PEBATING HUMANRIGHTS

Critical essays from the United States and Asia

Edited by

Peter Van Ness

with contributions byNikhil Aziz, Linda Butenhoff, Radhika Coomaraswamy,

Manisha Desai, Edward Friedman, Hoshino Eiichi,Kishore Mahbubani, Chandra Muzaffar, Shih Chih-yu,

Michael J. Sullivan, Daniel Wessner and Zjm Feng

London and New York

CONTENTS

List of contributors ixAcknowledgments xi

Introduction 1PETER VAN NESS

PART 1Issues in dispute

1 From human rights to human dignity 25CHANDRA MUZAFFAR

2 The human rights debate in an era of globalization:hegemony of discourse 32NIKHIL AZIZ

3 Asia as a fount of universal human rights 56EDWARD FRIEDMAN

4 An Asian perspective on human rights and freedomof the press f 80KISHORE MAHBUBANI

PART 2Human rights in Greater China

5 East meets West: human rights in Hong Kong 101LINDA BUTENHOFF

CONTENTS

6 Developmentalism and China's human rights policy 120MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN

7 Human rights as identities: difference anddiscrimination in Taiwan's China policy 144SHIH CHIH-YU

PART 3Women's rights

8 Reinventing international law: women's rights ashuman rights in the international community 167RADHIKA COOMARASWAMY

9 From Vienna to Beijing: women's human rightsactivism and the human rights community 184MANISHA DESAI

PART 4Human rights and international relations

10 Human rights and development aid: Japan afterthe ODA Charter 199HOSHINO EIICHI

11 Human rights problems and current Sino-Americanrelations 232ZHU FENG

12 From judge to participant: the United States aschampion of human rights 255DANIEL WESSNER

Conclusion 278PETER VAN NESS

Index 282

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