Indigenous Rights Discourse in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
aklima jesmin ◽  
Emamul Islam ◽  
Md. Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Aminul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Minority People

Socio-economic and political struggles of the ethnic minority people in Bangladesh resulted from the cumulative injustice and exploitation throughout the history – hence, both the retrospective and prospective analysis were essentials for understanding today’s indigenous rights discourse in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to generate a discourse over indigenous people’s rights with specific case of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh to be revisited by the intellectual communities, policy and law makers and human rights activists to uphold the social justice. It was a qualitative study used exhaustive literature reviews along with four key Informant Interviews to recontextualize the findings. A discourse analysis revealed that the existing human rights violations against the ethnic minorities in (CHT) was deeply rooted in the <i>habitus </i>of the society with strong influences by the political cultures, which had naturalized the oppression against them through language (expressed/ unexpressed) under the mantle of nationalism. However, “Diversity” could be an alternative language to slowly diffuse the dominant discriminatory political culture and to promote the rights of all ethnic minorities in Bangladesh.

Indigenous Rights Discourse in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
aklima jesmin ◽  
Emamul Islam ◽  
Md. Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Aminul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Minority People

Socio-economic and political struggles of the ethnic minority people in Bangladesh resulted from the cumulative injustice and exploitation throughout the history – hence, both the retrospective and prospective analysis were essentials for understanding today’s indigenous rights discourse in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to generate a discourse over indigenous people’s rights with specific case of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh to be revisited by the intellectual communities, policy and law makers and human rights activists to uphold the social justice. It was a qualitative study used exhaustive literature reviews along with four key Informant Interviews to recontextualize the findings. A discourse analysis revealed that the existing human rights violations against the ethnic minorities in (CHT) was deeply rooted in the <i>habitus </i>of the society with strong influences by the political cultures, which had naturalized the oppression against them through language (expressed/ unexpressed) under the mantle of nationalism. However, “Diversity” could be an alternative language to slowly diffuse the dominant discriminatory political culture and to promote the rights of all ethnic minorities in Bangladesh.

Indigenous Rights Discourse in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
aklima jesmin ◽  
Emamul Islam ◽  
Md. Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Aminul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Minority People

Socio-economic and political struggles of the ethnic minority people in Bangladesh resulted from the cumulative injustice and exploitation throughout the history – hence, both the retrospective and prospective analysis were essentials for understanding today’s indigenous rights discourse in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to generate a discourse over indigenous people’s rights with specific case of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh to be revisited by the intellectual communities, policy and law makers and human rights activists to uphold the social justice. It was a qualitative study used exhaustive literature reviews along with four key Informant Interviews to recontextualize the findings. A discourse analysis revealed that the existing human rights violations against the ethnic minorities in (CHT) was deeply rooted in the <i>habitus </i>of the society with strong influences by the political cultures, which had naturalized the oppression against them through language (expressed/ unexpressed) under the mantle of nationalism. However, “Diversity” could be an alternative language to slowly diffuse the dominant discriminatory political culture and to promote the rights of all ethnic minorities in Bangladesh.

Indigneous rights discourse in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
aklima jesmin ◽  
Emamul Islam ◽  
Md. Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Aminul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Minority People

<p><i>Socio-economic and political struggles of the ethnic minority people in Bangladesh resulted from the cumulative injustice and exploitation throughout the history – hence, both the retrospective and prospective analysis were essentials for understanding today’s indigenous rights discourse in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to generate a discourse over indigenous people’s rights with specific case of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh to be revisited by the intellectual communities, policy and law makers and human rights activists to uphold the social justice. It was a qualitative study used exhaustive literature reviews along with four key Informant Interviews to recontextualize the findings. A discourse analysis revealed that the existing human rights violations against the ethnic minorities in (CHT) was deeply rooted in the "habitus" of the society with strong influences by the political cultures, which had naturalized the oppression against them through language (expressed/ unexpressed) under the mantle of nationalism. However, “Diversity” could be an alternative language to slowly diffuse the dominant discriminatory political culture and to promote the rights of all ethnic minorities in Bangladesh.</i></p><p><i><br></i></p>

Indigneous rights discourse in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
aklima jesmin ◽  
Emamul Islam ◽  
Md. Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Aminul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Minority People

<p><i>Socio-economic and political struggles of the ethnic minority people in Bangladesh resulted from the cumulative injustice and exploitation throughout the history – hence, both the retrospective and prospective analysis were essentials for understanding today’s indigenous rights discourse in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to generate a discourse over indigenous people’s rights with specific case of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh to be revisited by the intellectual communities, policy and law makers and human rights activists to uphold the social justice. It was a qualitative study used exhaustive literature reviews along with four key Informant Interviews to recontextualize the findings. A discourse analysis revealed that the existing human rights violations against the ethnic minorities in (CHT) was deeply rooted in the "habitus" of the society with strong influences by the political cultures, which had naturalized the oppression against them through language (expressed/ unexpressed) under the mantle of nationalism. However, “Diversity” could be an alternative language to slowly diffuse the dominant discriminatory political culture and to promote the rights of all ethnic minorities in Bangladesh.</i></p><p><i><br></i></p>

Indigenous Rights Discourse in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
aklima jesmin ◽  
Emamul Islam ◽  
Md. Ashrafur Rahman ◽  
Aminul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Minority People

Socio-economic and political struggles of the ethnic minority people in Bangladesh resulted from the cumulative injustice and exploitation throughout the history – hence, both the retrospective and prospective analysis were essentials for understanding today’s indigenous rights discourse in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to generate a discourse over indigenous people’s rights with specific case of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) in Bangladesh to be revisited by the intellectual communities, policy and law makers and human rights activists to uphold the social justice. It was a qualitative study used exhaustive literature reviews along with four key Informant Interviews to recontextualize the findings. A discourse analysis revealed that the existing human rights violations against the ethnic minorities in (CHT) was deeply rooted in the <i>habitus </i>of the society with strong influences by the political cultures, which had naturalized the oppression against them through language (expressed/ unexpressed) under the mantle of nationalism. However, “Diversity” could be an alternative language to slowly diffuse the dominant discriminatory political culture and to promote the rights of all ethnic minorities in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the social model of health: new perspectives

2014 ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope Weller
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Human Rights Discourse ◽  
Health Laws

Contemporary mental health laws are embedded in basic human rights principle, and their ongoing evolution is influenced by contemporary human rights discourse, international declarations and conventions, and the authoritative jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECrtHR). The<em> Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</em> (CRPD) is the most recent expression of international human rights applicable to people with disability including people with mental illness.3 It provides a fresh benchmark against which to assess the human rights compatibility of domestic mental health laws.

Maasai Girls' Subjectivities and the Nexus of Gender Justice and Education Rights Discourse

2018 ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Serena Koissaba
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Transnational Feminism ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
Gender And Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Rights Discourse

Global development discourse around the interplay between social justice and childhood issues are complicated when interpreting these ideas contextually through translocational gender and cultural lenses. This chapter attempted to address some of the following questions: How do international gender and education interventions problematize the transition for Maasai girls as they transition from childhood to adulthood? Can Amartya Sen's ‘capability framework, work effectively for African children in Kenya who by their cultural norms become adults before the age of 18? In what ways are the social justice schemes producing disaggregated cultural structures for Maasai Girls? This chapter, therefore examined how Maasai girls' subjectivities are affected by gender and education rights mediation through Amartya Sen's ‘capabilities approach' and a human rights framework. The experiences and perspectives of female subjects have seemingly been distorted within feminist and geopolitical rhetoric. Transnational feminism in this work is positioned as a postcolonial project that employs theories of human rights, capabilities, and multiculturalism as lenses in which to interrogate practices of erasures of voice and representation of active participants within the movement, but reconsider what feminist theory can do to move the conversation away from male-centric ideologies.

scholarly journals ‘Another Tool in the Kete’: Māori Engaging with the International Human Rights Framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Hannah Mackintosh
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Methodological Foundation ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
The Way

<p>In this study, I consider how the universal concept of human rights is being engaged with and interpreted by Māori communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The rights of indigenous peoples have recently been formally defined within United Nations forums and cemented in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This research argues that the indigenous rights movement indicates a shift in many of the debates that have dominated the global rights rhetoric to a more evolutionary concept of human rights. It suggests that engaging with these debates has the potential to open up new dialogue within the human rights discourse for alternative ways of considering human rights at the global level. This will impact the way that rights-based approaches to development are implemented, engaged with and utilised at the local level. However, currently little is known about the ways in which indigenous communities are using human rights at the local level. This work focuses on a successful rights-based community development programme as a case study. Through this exploration, I consider the levels of empowerment and the positive impacts that resulted from increased knowledge of human rights in the region. I further present some of the principles inherent in the successful application of a rights-based development project. From a methodological perspective, it provides an exploration into the way that research involving indigenous communities is conducted. As a Pākehā researcher working with Māori communities I had to take extra care to ensure that this research had an ethically sound methodological foundation. Taking a critical perspective, I consider some of the political and social implications of being a non-indigenous researcher working with indigenous communities. This work illustrates that highly ethical, critical methodological approaches are essential to any development work. Overall, the research proposes that Māori concepts of human rights are placed within a distinct cultural framework. Human rights are understood and given meaning through Kaupapa Māori, tikanga and whakapapa. They are also framed within the experiences of a colonial history. This research provides an example of how this universal framework is localised to fit particular historical, local and cultural contexts increasing its potential to be a tool for positive social change. It provides a conceptual, methodological and practical inquiry into rights-based approaches as a way of delivering development.</p>

Part I The UNDRIP’s Relationship to Existing International Law, Ch.3 Relationship to Human Rights, and Related International Instruments

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scheinin Martin ◽  
Åhrén Mattias
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
United Nations Declaration ◽  
Human Rights Norms ◽  
International Instruments

This chapter analyses how the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) fits within the broader picture of international legal instruments, with specific reference to related human rights norms. In many respects, the general approach the UNDRIP takes towards indigenous rights is natural. Largely from the very day indigenous peoples' representatives started to address the UN in order to claim recognition of and respect for their rights, the focus of such claims has been on allowing indigenous peoples the possibility to preserve, maintain, and develop their own distinct societies, existing side by side with the majority society. In other words, political rights — or sovereign rights — have always been at the forefront of the indigenous rights regime. In that way, indigenous peoples' rights distinguish themselves from those that apply to minority groups that are primarily individual rights. Thus, when placing emphasis on peoples' rights, the UNDRIP follows in the tradition of the indigenous rights discourse in general, as reflected in Article 3 of the Declaration.

Globalization and Multi-cultural Knowledge of Human Rights

1998 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Jay Drydyk
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
The Self ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Amnesty International ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
Human Rights Discourse

Responding to a call by Pierre Sané, Secretary-General of Amnesty International, for a worldwide political movement to overcome the social damage that has been wrought by economic globalization, this paper asks whether such a movement can invoke current conceptions of human rights. In particular, if human rights are Euro-centric, how well would they serve the self-understanding of a movement that is to be global, culturally pluralistic and counterhegemonic to Northern capital? I argue that it is not human rights that are Eurocentric, but only certain conceptions of human rights. Properly understood, human rights are justifiable from within all cultures. Moreover, current conceptions of human rights are not as narrow as they were in 1948, when the Universal Declaration was drafted. Nearly five decades of international dialogue have transformed human rights discourse in ways that are profoundly anti-Eurocentric, and further transformations are already underway. There are resources of moral and political experience, within all cultures, which argue strongly in favor of these transformations. Therefore, a more consistent and more complete knowledge of human rights can emerge cross-culturally if the dialogue is not abused and if the relevant moral and political experience is let into the dialogue from all quarters.

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