Human Rights Quarterly articles from February 1994

Human Rights Quarterly archives from February 1994

Indigenous peoples and the United Nations: human rights as a developing dynamic.
February 1, 1994... I. INTRODUCTION The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 1993 the International Year of the Worlds Indigenous People.(3) "It is a prerequisite for the fulfillment of the slogan of this year - A New Partnership - that we...

Toward a culture of human rights in Cambodia.
February 1, 1994... I. CAMBODIA: THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT Cambodia's recent history has been one of untrammelled human rights violations culminating the genocide years of the Khmer Rouge. Therefore, it is not surprising that the activities of the...

To prosecute or to pardon? Human rights decisions in the Latin American Southern Cone. (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay)
February 1, 1994... I. THE PROBLEM This paper examines why human rights trials against military offenders were held in Argentina and not elsewhere. Although nearly all South American countries were afflicted by state repression and terror during the decade...

How to speak with the dead? A poet's notebook.
February 1, 1994... And there they were, numbed in their millennial and captivating pain. They were there, inclined, dangling in an invisible net of suspended time. I approached them. I wanted to speak to them, but what could I ask them? How could I comfort them?...