Readings for Workshop

Integrating Human Rights into the Curriculum: Case Studies from Asia

Session	Participants
Session One: Defining Human Rights	Presentator: Geoffrey Robinson Core Readings Voices from Asia Chat Piersath, "A Letter to My Mother," in Dith Pran and Kim DePaul, eds. Children of the Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors. Yale University Press, 1997, pp. 6-9. Aung San Suu Kyi, "The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech," in Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom From Fear and Other Writings, Penguin, pp. 235-238. Bishop Belo, "The Search for Human Rights," Asiaweek (August 20-27, 1999). Pramoedya Ananta Toer, "I Can Only Oppose With Words" and "Letter to My Daughter," in Index on Censorship, May 1997. Amartya Sen, "Human Rights and Asian Values: What Lee Kwan Yew and Li Peng Don’t Understand About Asia," in The New Republic, July 14, 1997, pp. 33-40. The U.S. connection "What One American President Thought About Civilian Casualties," Santa Barbara Independent. March 20, 2003. "CIA links to Indonesian massacres revealed," Guardian Weekly (August 2-8, 2001). Jonathan Turley, "Naked Power, Arbitrary Rule," Los Angeles Times. July 21, 2003. Lisa Girion, "California Law to Govern Unocal Human Rights Case, Judge Rules," Los Angeles Times, Augsut 1, 2003. Overview and issues Burns H. Weston, "Human Rights," in Richard Pierre Claude and Burns H. Weston, eds. Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989, pp. 12-29. Geoffrey Robertson, "Introduction," in Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice. New York: The New Press, 2002, pp. xxi-xxxiv. Robert F. Drinan, "A Global Revolution for Children," in The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights. Yale University Press, 2001, pp. 45-50. Frank Bruni, "Doctor in Italy Tries to Ease Pain of an African Tradition," NY Times, February 1, 2004.
Session Two: Bearing Witness in the Field	Presentator: Lorna Chiu, Doctors Without Borders
Session Three: An Overview of Modern-day Slavery: Trends & Responses to the Trafficking of Women and Girls	Presentator: Namju Cho Required Reading: "The Trafficking of Asian Women" Recommended Readings: "Trafficking in Persons" "Assessment of U.S. Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons" "Trafficking in Women and Children" CAST Brochure Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, edited by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild Disposable People, by Kevin Bales Disposable Domestics, Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy, by Grace Chang Trafficking in Persons Report 2003, by the State Dept (http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2003/) National Geographic's Sept. 2003 issue has a feature on 21st Century Slaves. New York Times Magazine will feature a story on sex trafficking on Jan or Feb.
Session Four: Universal Standards, Asian Prisons	Presentator: Saman Zia-Zarifi Core Readings HRW Asia overview 2003 http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/asia.html Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_comp36.htm Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_comp34.htm Additional Resources Pakistani Political Activists http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/10/postcoup.htm (and linked material) http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/10/pakistan101003.htm Malaysian Critics -- Irene Fernandez and Anwar Ibrahim http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/malaysia/2000/ (and linked material) http://hrw.org/press/2003/11/malaysia110603.htm (and linked material) Cyberdissidents in Viet Nam http://hrw.org/press/2003/06/vietnam061703.htm (and linked material) Chinese Academics http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/china/scholars/index.htm (and linked material) Abuses of Counter-Terrorism Laws http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/01/29/global7127.htm (and linked material)
Session Five: East Timor Case Study	Presentator: Geoffrey Robinson Core Readings Geoffrey Robinson, "If You Leave Us, We Will Die," Dissent (Winter 2002), pp. 87-99. Amnesty International, "As Violence Descended: Testimonies From East Timorese Refugees." London, October 1999. National Security Archive, "East Timor Revisited: Ford, Kissinger and the Indonesian Invasion, 1975-76." Available at NSA website: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62/
Session Six: LA Students in Action	Presentator: Mark Elinson
Session Seven: Deconstructing the Asian Mystique: From Orientalism to Sexual Slavery in the Media and Society	Presentator: Anne Parris and Todd Jennings

Published: Monday, August 16, 2004

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