http://www.imadr.org/publications/ ja Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:54:39 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sri Lanka - Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Interview with President Nimalka Fernando (IMADR International Secretariat)

IMADR Regrets the Termination of 2002 Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka (IMADR International Secretariat)

Field Mission Report from Mannar (IMADR Asia Committee/Centre for Policy Alternatives/INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre/Law and Society Trust)

Unity is Strength: Struggles of Dalits lead to victories in southern Indian villages (Tamil Nadu Dalit Women's Movement)

We Cannot Tolerate the Institutionalization of Racism and Racial Discrimination: The "Japanese version of US-VISIT" tightens control over foreigners (Hideki Morihara)

Japan's Minority Women Stand Up and Reach Out: Surveys and recommendations from the viewpoint of Ainu, Buraku, and Resident Korean women (Yuriko Hara)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_121_march_2008/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_121_march_2008/ 01)Connect Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:54:39 +0000 From a Place for Childcare and Education to a Base for the Liberation Movement: The Dalit Daycare Center Project - past, present and future (IMADR International Secretariat)

Notes on the Kazuo Ishikawa Tour (D Jae Lee)

Institution Building and Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights: Deliberations at the Sixth Session of the UN Human Rights Council (Georgina Stevens)

The Adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A historic moment for human rights (IMADR International Secretariat & Rodolfo Stavenhagen & Tadashi Kato)

The Community Police in Guerrero: An alternative justice (Gabriel Baeza Espejel)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/has_someth/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/has_someth/ 01)Connect Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:04:53 +0000 Has Something New Emerged from the United Nations Human Rights Council? (Osamu Shiraishi)

The UN Human Rights Council One Year On: Opportunities and threats for minorities (Kathryn Ramsay)

Reflections on Caste, Class, and Gender in India: A report from participants of the 2007 IMADR India Study Tour

The View from CERD: Summary report of the 71st session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Sarah Hollier&Thomas Orrell)

CERD Expresses Concern over Canada's Treatment of Aboriginal Peoples (Ed. Bianchi)

The Sixth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Kanako Uzawa)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_113_september_2007/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_113_september_2007/ 01)Connect Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:17:48 +0000 Launch of the Japan NGO Network for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Hideki Morihara, Secretary-General, IMADR/IMADR-JC)

A Murky New Year for Batti IDPs (Uditha Jayasinghe)

The Current Crisis in the Middle East and the Challenge to World Peace (Chandra Muzaffar)

On the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (Theo van Boven)

Japan's Conspiracy Crime Bill (Toshimaru Ogura)

Dalits in the Making of an Inclusive Democracy in the New Nepal (Durga Sob)

Human Trafficking: Strengthening the commitment of the churches in the face of human rights violations (IMADR Latin American Base)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_112_june_2007/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_112_june_2007/ 01)Connect Connect Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:55:12 +0000 Human Trafficking and Racism - Exploring the Links between Marginalization and Exploitative Migration CONTENTS

Preface (Nimalka Fernando)

Part One: Contextualizing Human Trafficking in the Global Era

Human Trafficking, Human Insecurity, and Exploitative Migration (Kinhide Mushakoji)

Migration and Human Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the Gender and Poverty Links (Thanh-Dam Truong)

Trafficking in Children: Lack of Reliable Data Leads to Invisibility for Myriads of Trafficked Children and Youth (Helene Sackstein)

Part Two: Ground-based Observations on Human Trafficking, Racism and Marginalization

Discrimination and Racism – Root Causes of Trafficking in Nepal (Renu Rajhandari)

Human Trafficking, Racism and Minority Rights – The Situation in West Africa (Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi)

Migration and Human Trafficking in Latin America: The Cultural Impact on Indigenous Communities (Lina Cahuasquí)

Trafficking in Japan: Racism Hindering Victims’/Survivors’ Access to Help for Human Rights Abuses (Nanako Inaba)

Sexual Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada (Erin Wolski)

Part Three: Addressing the Problem – Local, Regional and International Initiatives

Women Returnees as Agents of Change and Hope: The Story of the Batis Center for Women and the Filipina Entertainers to Japan (Andrea Luisa C. Anolin)

From Victimization to Empowerment: Experiences at KALAKASAN Migrant Women Empowerment Center (Leny Tolentino)

Regional Cooperation to Combat Trafficking in South Asia (Nimalka Fernando)

Human Rights and Human Wrongs: The Case of Trafficking in Persons (Jyoti Sanghera)

Appendix 1: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Appendix 2: Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Economic and Social Council Addendum ]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/peoples_for_human_rights_serie/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/peoples_for_human_rights_serie/ 02)Peoples for Human Rights Peoples for Human Rights Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:40:48 +0000 Unheard Voices: Dalit Women (Tamil Nadu Women's Forum)

The View from CERD: Summary report of the 70th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Sarah Hollier)

Mainstreaming the Combat against Exploitative Migration at the World Social Forum [PDF 500KB] (IMADR International Secretariat)

Democracy, Human rights and Castes in Senegal (Penda Mbow)

Roma and Sinti Mobile Exhibition at the United Nations in New York (Uwe Wenzel)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_111_april_2007/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_111_april_2007/ 01)Connect Connect Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:39:01 +0000 An Ethnic Korean School Struggles to Survive in Japan [PDF 132KB] (D Jae Lee)

Domestic Violence among the Migrant Community in Japan (Sachiko Nakagome)

Creating Space for Indigenous Voices: Conflict and Its Resolution (Joseph Doyle Hankins)

On Reclaiming a Ryukyuan Culture (Ben Takara)

The 2006 Empowerment Forum for Minority Women (Ryoko Tahara)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_104_february_2007/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_104_february_2007/ 01)Connect Connect Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:14:05 +0000 Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka: A call to aid the internally displaced [PDF 660KB] (IMADR International Secretariat)

Globalization and Multiple Discrimination (Mieko Fujioka)

The View from CERD: Summary report of the 69th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Rachel Pike)

Guatemala Project Update: Tough challenges ahead for organizational buildup (Mieko Fujioka)

Trafficking in Persons in Argentina (Lic. Violeta Adela Correa)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_103_december_2006/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_103_december_2006/ 01)Connect Connect Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:47 +0000 Descent-based Discrimination CONTENTS

Editorial Introduction: Racial Discrimination Based on Descent : A Challenge for All Human Beings (Mario Jorge Yutzis)

Part One: Regional or/and National Dimensions South Asia

Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Color and Religion (Bhagwan Das)

Dalit Women (Burnad Fathima Natesan)

The Jogini System (Mallela Grace Nirmala)

East Asia

ICERD and Buraku Discrimination (Kenzo Tomonaga)

Buraku Discrimination and I (Shigeyuki Kumisaka)

African Region

The Existence and Implications of Discrimination Based on Descent in Africa (Alexander Stevens)

My Testimonial on the Watta Community of Northern Kenya (Ibrahim Kosi Galgalo)

Part Two: Initiatives at the UN

CERD General Recommendation on Discrimination based on Descent: Contribution and Empowerment of Affected Communities (Atsuko Tanaka)

Race, Descent and Caste under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Patrick Thornberry)

Eliminating discrimination based on descent: The role of the UN Sub-Commission on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (Asbjorn Eide)

Caste Wars at the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: A commentary on the Sub-Commission's on-going examination of discrimination based on work and descent (Peter N. Prove)

Appendix Sub-Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2000/4 "Discrimination based on work and descent" (Fifty-second session, 2000) CERD General recommendation XXIX on article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention (Descent) (Sixty-first session, 2002)]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/9_descentbased_discrimination/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/9_descentbased_discrimination/ 02)Peoples for Human Rights Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:47 +0000 The Holocaust Against the Roma and Sinti (Uwe Wenzel)

Guatemala's Periodic Report to CERD (Jorge Simaj Ruiz)

The Sayama International Solidarity Campaign (IMADR International Secretariat)

Fighting for the recognition of the marginalized and invisible in Japan (IMADR Japan Committee)

NGO Joint Statement: Overcoming 'Marginalization' and 'Invisibility'--Towards the Realization of a Multicultural Society Free of Prejudice and Discrimination

The Fifth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Makiko Kimura)

Obituaries: IMADR pays respect to Professor Soon Man Rhim and Professor Satoru Ogawa

Schools and Anti-Discrimination (Jefferson R. Plantilla)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_102_september_2006/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_102_september_2006/ 01)Connect Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:46 +0000 Durban and Beyond CONTENTS

The World Conference Against Racism: A Historic Event? (Theo van Boven)

The World Conference Against Racism: A Great Failure or a Great Success (Kinhide Mushakoji)

Moving Past Durban: Black Americans and the UN Racism Conference (Clarence Lusane)

Obstacles and Alternatives in the Struggle Against Racism and Xenophobia with Relation to Migrant Populations (Mario Jorge Yutzis)

Promoting Human Security to Prevent Exploitive Migration in Africa with Special

Emphasis on Trafficking in Women and Children (Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi)

Gender Issues: Globalization and the World Conference Against Racism (Electa Arenal)

Meaning of "Descent" in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and Its Applicability to Caste and Buraku Discrimination (Masanao Murakami)

Appendix IMADR Post-Durban Statement Declaration and Programme of Action of NGO Forum at the WCAR: Slavery, Slave Trade, Reparation, Indigenous Peoples, Trafficking, Migrants and Migrant Workers. Address of the Dalit Caucus Delivered by Paul Divakaar to the WCAR]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/8_durban_and_beyond/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/8_durban_and_beyond/ 02)Peoples for Human Rights Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:46 +0000 One Year After the Tsunami - Update from Sri Lanka (Nimalka Fernando)

One Year After the Tsunami - Update from India (Burnad Fatima Natesan)

November Uprisings in France: Reasons and Remedies---An Interview with Mr. Mouloud Aounit (Catherine Cadou)

A Place to Sit: Dalit Women's Search for Inclusive Democracy in Nepal (Malaya Ileto)

The Working Group on the Declaration 2005: The Indigenous Struggle to include our Unique Worldview (Kent Lebsock)

Regulating the 'paradigm of racism' in the administration of justice (Hayato Nakamura)

The Effects of Hurricane Stan (Jorge Simaj Ruiz)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_101_february_2006/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_101_february_2006/ 01)Connect Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:45 +0000 Racism in a Globalized Era CONTENTS

Tolerance and Diversity: Vision for the 21st Century (Mary Robinson and Nelson Mandela)

Making the Most Use of the WCAR (Mieko Fujioka)

Towards and Beyond the WCAR 2001: IMADR's Action at the UN Level (Atsuko Tanaka)

Message of Mary Robinson to the Asia-Pacific Seminarof Experts in Preparation for the WCAR: Migration and Trafficking in Persons with Particular Reference to Women and Children, Bangkok, 5-7 September, 2000

The Link Between Racism and Trafficking in Persons in the Region of Asia: An Overview of the Problems and Regional and International Measures (Kinhide Mushakoji)

United Nations Strategies to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination: Past

Experiences and Present Perspectives (Theo van Boven)

Structural Racism and Trends in the Global Economy (Rodolfo Stavenhagen)

Human Rights as Instruments for the Consolidation of Multiracial and Multiethnic States (Mario Jorge Yutzis)

Japanese Religion and Discrimination against Burakumin (Soon Man Rhim)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/7_racism_in_a_globalized_era/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/7_racism_in_a_globalized_era/ 02)Peoples for Human Rights Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:45 +0000 Steps Forward - Towards an Uncertain Future: The 57th session of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights and the 67th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Atsuko Tanaka-Fox)

Shadow Report to CERD: The Icelandic Experience (Gudrun D. Gudmundsdottir)

IMADR Statement on Discrimination on the basis of Work and Descent

Report on the 23rd Session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (Kaori Tahara)

Overcoming the contradiction of tradition and patriarchy: Activists for Minority Women' s Rights in Academic Conference (Hayato Nakamura)

Report on Common Fact Finding Mission of IMADR and the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma (Part 2 of 2) (Romani Rose)

Interview with Samir Amin: Towards a Revival of Solidarity Between the Peoples of the South? (Part 2 of 2) (Remy Herrera)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_95_november_2005/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/connect/connect_95_november_2005/ 01)Connect Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:44 +0000 Globalization and Discrimination

Introduction: Globalization of the Economy: A New Face of Poverty and Exclusion (Mario Jorge Yutzis)

Globalization and Exclusion (Rodolfo Stavenhagen)

Globalised Discriminatory Violence: Thesis about the Ideology of Globalised Discrimination (Guillermo A. Maci)

Globalization, Inequality and Discrimination: Theorizing Global Democratization in the Twenty-First Century (Stephen Gill)

Globalization, Hegemony and the Structure of Discrimination: In Search of a New Counter Hegemonic Alliance (Kinhide Mushakoji)

Looking to the Seventh Generation and the Responsibility of Leadership: The Concept of Leadership and Preparing for the 21st Century (Tonya Gonnella Frichner)

Rights and Globalization: East Asian Experience (Yash Ghai)

Women and Globalisation (Nimalka Fernando)

Balances and Challenges of the International Protection of Human Rights: 50 Years Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Theo van Boven)

]]> http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/6_globalization_and_discrimina/ http://www.imadr.org/publications/peoples_for_human_rights/6_globalization_and_discrimina/ 02)Peoples for Human Rights Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:39:44 +0000