A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS Damien Keown COPYRIGHT (c) Damien Keown 1995 This third revised version dated: 24 August1995. Compiled by Damien Keown for the //Journal of Buddhist Ethics//, original version 15 March 1995. The latest version of this bibliography will always be available online from the Journal's "Resources" directory in the file rightbib.txt. Please send suggestions for inclusion to d.keown@gold.ac.uk. This bibliography may be used freely for teaching and research purposes but please acknowledge the source. BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS The subject of Buddhism and human rights can be approached in a variety of ways and through a number of academic disciplines. Issues of a philosophical, historical, legal, political, cultural, sociological, ethnographic, economic and even ecological nature can all be raised under this rubric. There is an expanding literature on women and human rights, and many case-studies of the treatment of minorities and indigenous populations in Buddhist countries. It will be noted that the majority of the available literature deals with contemporary aspects of the subject, and there is a noticeable absence of historical and philosophical studies on the connection between human rights and Buddhist doctrine and practice. Many of the items listed below are taken from the excellent bibliography of Claude E.Welch Jr. and Virginia A.Leary _Asian Perspectives on Human Rights_ (Westview Press, 1990), Part Four. This bibliography contains English language material published between 1976 and 1990, and readers are referred to this source for further particulars. Curiously, it contains next to nothing on Tibet, and I would welcome information about publications on this topic (or indeed on any of the sections below) for inclusion in updates to the present bibliography. ONLINE RESOURCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS Project Diana is an online resource containing bibliographies on the Rights of Women and Indigenous Peoples at the University of Cincinnatti College of Law (http://www.law.uc.edu/Diana/bib/womensrights.html and http://www.law.uc.edu/Diana/bib/ipr.html). Two other online bibliographies may be of interest, both of which are available from Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, which maintains the Clearinghouse for Social Sciences & Asian/Pacific Studies Subject Oriented Bibliographies (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombswebPages/BiblioClear.html). The bibliographies are No.39 feminism and world politics [S.Peterson & L.Gonick. 1993. 42Kb. E-Archive: Carnegie Mellon U,USA] and No 97 women-and-buddhism-bibl.txt [W.Bodiford. 1995. 18Kb. E-Archive: ANU,Australia]. The Human Rights Brief is a publication of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in conjunction with the Washington College of Law at The American University. http://sray.wcl.american.edu:80/pub/journals/hmnrghts.htm ARRANGEMENT OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY Due to the nature of the subject-matter a bibliography on human rights could be arranged in almost infinite ways, and in what follows the same item will often be found under more than one heading. The headings below have been chosen because they seem relevant to the needs of students approaching the subject of human rights from a Buddhist perspective. They are: Human Rights and the West Human Rights and Other Cultures Human Rights and Religion Human Rights and Buddhist Teachings Women and Human Rights Burma Nepal Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WEST Alston,Philip (1992), _The United Nations and Human Rights_. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Brownlie, Ian, ed. (1992), _Basic Documents on Human Rights_. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Blaustein, Albert P., Roger S. Clark, and J.A. Sigler, eds. (1987), _Human Rights Sourcebook_. New York: Paragon House. Carlyle, R.W. and A.J. Carlyle (1950), _A History of Medieval Political Theory in the West_. Edinburgh: Blackwood and Sons. Cingranelli, David Louis, ed. (1988), _Human Rights: theory and measurement_. New York: St.Martin's Press. Dagger, Richard (1989), 'Rights,' in _Political Innovation and Conceptual Change_, ed. et al Terence Ball, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 292-308. Donnelly, Jack (1985), _The Concept of Human Rights_. London and Sydney: Croom Helm. Eisler, Rianne (1987) 'Human Rights: toward an integrated theory for action,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 9, pp. 287-308. Finnis, J.M. (1980), _Natural Law and Natural Rights_. Clarendon Law Series, H.L.A. Hart, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Hohfeld, Wesley (1964), _Fundamental Legal Conceptions_. New Haven: Yale University Press. Lutz, Ellen L., Hurst Hannum, and Kathryn J. Burke, eds. (1989), _New directions in human rights_. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Nickel, James W. (1987), _Making Sense of Human Rights_. Berkeley: University of California Press. Panikkar, R. (1982) 'Is the Notion of Human Rights a Western Concept?,' //Diogenes// 120, pp. 75-102. Pollis, Adamantia and Peter Schwab (1979), _Human Rights: Cultural and Ideological Perspectives_. New York: Praeger. UNESCO and International Institute of Philosophy (1986), _Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights_. Paris: UNESCO. Winston, Morton E. (1989), _The Philosophy of Human Rights_. Belmont,Ca: Wadsworth. HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER CULTURES Alston, Philip, ed. (1982), _The international dimension of human rights_. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. Beg, Mirza Hameedullah (1980) 'Human Rights and Asia,' //Santa Clara Law Review// 28, pp. 319-350. Coalition of Human Rights Organizations (ACHRO), ed. (1984), _Human rights activism in Asia: some perspectives, problems and approaches_. New York: Council on International and Public Affairs. Carman, John B. (1988), 'Duties and Rights in Hindu Society,' in _Human Rights and the World's Religions_, ed. Leroy S. Rouner, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 113-128. Diokno, Jose W. (1980) 'Asian lawyers, people's rights and human rights,' //New Zealand Law Journal// 19, pp. 43-47. Donnelly, Jack and Rhoda E. Howard, eds. (1987), _International Handbook on Human Rights_. Westport,CT: Greenwood Press. Howard, Rhoda (1986), 'Is there an African concept of human rights?,' in _Foreign Policy and Human Rights_, ed. R.J. Vincent, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 11-32. Hsiung, James C. (1985), _Human Rights in East Asia: A Cultural Perspective_. New York: Paragon House. Humana, Charles (1992), _World Human Rights Guide_. Oxford: Oxford University Press. James, Stephen A. (1994) 'Reconciling International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism: the case of female circumcision,' //Bioethics// 8, pp. 1-26. Khushalani, Yougindra (1983) 'Human Rights in Asia and Africa,' //Human Rights Law Journal// 4, pp. 403-442. Kng, Hans and Karl-Josef Kuschel, eds. (1993), _A Global Ethic. The Declaration of the Parliament of the World's Religions_. London: SCM Press. Kumar, Satish (1981) 'Human rights and economic development: the Indian tradition,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 3, pp. 47-55. Ladd, John, ed. (1983), _Ethical Relativism_. Lanham: University Press of America. Leary,Virginia A. (1987) 'Human rights in the Asian context: prospects for regional human rights instruments,' //Connecticut Journal of International Law// 2, pp. 319-339. Little, David, John Kelsay, and Abdulaziz Sachedina, eds. (1988), _Human Rights and the Conflict of Cultures_. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press. Milne, A.J.M. (1986), _Human Rights and Human Diversity_. London: Macmillan. Panikkar, R. (1982) 'Is the Notion of Human Rights a Western Concept?,' //Diogenes// 120, pp. 75-102. Pollis, Adamantia and Peter Schwab (1979), _Human Rights: Cultural and Ideological Perspectives_. New York: Praeger. Scoble, Harry M. and Laurie S. Wiseberg, eds. (1985), _Access to justice: the struggle for human rights in South East Asia_. London: Zed Books. Snyder, Frederick E. and Surakiart Sathirathai, eds. (1987), _Third world attitudes toward international law_. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff. Teson, Fernando R. (1985) 'International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism,' //Virginia Journal of International Law// 25, pp. 869-898. Thompson, Kenneth W., ed. (1980), _The moral imperatives of human rights: a world survey_. Washington DC: University Press of America. Tiruchelvam, Neelan and Radhika Coomaraswamy, eds. (1987), _The role of the judiciary in plural societies_. New York: St.Martin's Press. Tyagi, Yogesh K. (1981) 'Third World Response to Human Rights,' //Indian Journal of International Law// 21, pp. 119-140. UNESCO and International Institute of Philosophy, eds. (1986), _Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights_. Paris: UNESCO. United Nations (1982), _Seminar on national, local and regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian region_. New York: United Nations. Vincent, R.J. (1986), _Human Rights and International Relations_. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Weeramantry, C.G. (1976), _Equality and Freedom: some third world perspectives_. Colombo: Hansa Publishers. Weinstein, Warren (1981) 'South Asian Colloquium on Human Rights and Development,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 3, pp. 1-10. Welch, C.E. and V. Leary (1990), _Asian Perspectives on Human Rights_. Boulder, Co: Westview Press. Yamane, Hiroko (1982) 'Human rights for the peoples of Asia,' //Human Rights Teaching// 3, pp. 18-22. Zifkap, Spencer (1988) 'Developments in human rights in Asia and the South Pacific,' //Law Institute Journal// 62, pp. 138-140. HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION An-Nai'in, Abdullahi A, Jerald D.Gort, Henry Jansen, Hendrik M.Vroom (eds) (1994) _Human Rights and Religious Values_. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B.Erdmans Publishing Co. Bradney, A. (1993), _Religions, Rights and Laws_. Leicester: Leicester University Press. Gremillion, Joseph and William Ryan, eds. (1987), _World faiths and the new world order: a Muslim, Jewish,Christian search begins_. Washington DC: Interreligious Peace Colloquium. Kng, Hans and Karl-Josef Kuschel, eds. (1993), _A Global Ethic. The Declaration of the Parliament of the World's Religions_. London: SCM Press. de Laubier, Patrick (1985) 'Sociology of human rights: religious forces and human rights policy,' //Labour and Society// 10, pp. 97-104. Rouner, Leroy S. (1988), _Human Rights and the World's Religions_. Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. Stackhouse, Max L. (1984), _Creeds, Society, and Human Rights_. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B.Eerdmans Publishing Company. Swidler, Arlene, ed. (1982), _Human Rights in Religious Traditions_. New York: Pilgrims Press. Swidler, Leonard, ed. (1986), _Religious liberty and human rights in nations and in religions_. Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press. HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUDDHIST TEACHINGS Abe, Masao (1986), 'Religious Tolerance and Human Rights: a Buddhist Perspective,' in _Religious liberty and Human Rights_, ed. Leonard Swidler, Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press. Chamarik, Saneh (1982), _Buddhism and Human Rights_. Bangkok: Thai Khadi Research Institute, Thammasat University (paper number 12). Dalai Lama (His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet) (1993), 'Human Rights and Universal Responsibility,' statement made at The United Nations World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 15 June 1993 (available electronically from JBE archives, filename Dalai1.txt). Harvey, Peter (1987) 'The Buddhist Perspective on Respect for Persons,' //Buddhist Studies Review// 4, pp. 31-46. --- (1987) 'A Note and Response to 'The Buddhist Perspective on Respect for Persons',' //Buddhist Studies Review// 4, pp. 97-103. Gorin, Joe (1994) _Choose Love. A Jewish Buddhist Human Rights Activist in Central America_. Berkeley: Parallax Press. Inada, Kenneth K. (1982), 'The Buddhist Perspective on Human Rights,' in _Human Rights in Religious Traditions_, ed. Arlene Swidler, New York: Pilgrims Press, pp. 66-76. --- (1990), 'A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights,' in _Asian Perspectives on Human Rights_, eds. Claude E.Jr Welch and Virginia A. Leary, Boulder,Co: Westview Press, pp. 91-103. Kelly, Petra, ed. (1994) _The Anguish of Tibet_. Berkeley: Parallax Press. Keown,Damien (1995) 'Are there "Human Rights" in Buddhism?' //Journal of Buddhist Ethics//, volume 2, 1995, pp.3-27. Lazar, Edward, ed. ( ) _Tibet. The Issue is Independence_. Berkeley: Parallax Press. Perera, L.P.N., ed. (1988), _Human Rights and Religions in Sri Lanka. A Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights_. Colombo: Sri Lanka Foundation. --- (1991), _Buddhism and Human Rights. A Buddhist Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights_. Colombo: Karunaratne and Sons. Shih Tao-An, Bhikshu (1977) 'La Doctrine du Bouddha et les Droits de l'Homme,' _Revue des Droits de l'Homme/Human Rights Journal_ 10, pp. 5-13. de Silva, K.M. et al., eds. (1988), _Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma_. Boulder,Co: Westview Press. Thurman, Robert A.F. (1988) 'Social and Cultural Rights in Buddhism' in _Human Rights and the World's Religions_, ed. Leroy S.Rouner, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, pp.148-163. Traer, Robert (1995) 'Buddhist Affirmations of Human Rights,' _Journal of Buddhist Ethics_ (Human Rights Conference Related Materials), pp. 1-12. Unno, Taitetsu (1988), 'Personal Rights and Contemporary Buddhism,' in _Human Rights in the World's Religions_, ed. Leroy S. Rouner, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, pp. 129-147. WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS Several of the references below are taken from Human Rights Law: A Research Guide to the Literature, an online resource from the Center for Electronic Text in the Law, University of Cincinnatti College of Law (http://www.law.uc.edu./Diana/bib/womensrights.html). Two other online bibliographies may be of interest, both of which are available from Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, which maintains the Clearinghouse for Social Sciences & Asian/Pacific Studies Subject Oriented Bibliographies (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombswebPages/BiblioClear.html). The bibliographies are No.39 feminism and world politics [S.Peterson & L.Gonick. 1993. 42Kb. E-Archive: Carnegie Mellon U,USA] and No 97 women-and-buddhism-bibl.txt [W.Bodiford. 1995. 18Kb. E-Archive: ANU,Australia]. Agarwal, Bina, ed. (1988), _Structures of patriarchy: the state, the community and the household_. London: Zed Press. Brennan, Katherine (1989) 'The Influence of Cultural Relativism on International Human Rights Law : Female Circumcision on a Case Study,' //Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice// 7, pp. 367-398. Bunch, Charlotte (1990) 'Women's Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Revision of Human Rights,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 12, pp. 486-498. Calman, Leslie (1984), _Women and human rights: a syllabus. International human rights syllabi: No.2_. New York: Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University. Chinkin, Christine and Shelley Wright (1993) 'The Hunger Trap: Women, Food and Self-determination,' //Michigan Journal of International Law// 14, pp. 262-321. Cook, Rebecca J. (1989) 'Bibliography: The International Right to Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex,' //Yale Journal of International Law// 14, pp. 161-181. Fraser, Arvonne, ed. (1987), _The U.N. Decade for Women: Documents and Dialogue_. Boulder,Co: Westview Press. Grant, Rebecca and Kathleen Newland, eds. (1991), _Gender and International Relations_. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Hazou, Winnie (1990), _The Social and Legal Status of Women: A Global Perspective_. New York: Praeger. Guggenheim, Malvina H. (1977) 'Implementation of Human Rights by the U.N.Commission on the Status of Women,' //Texas International Law Journal// 12, pp. 239-249. Hernandez, Berta E. (1991) 'To Bear or Not to Bear: Reproductive Freedom as an International Human Right,' //Brooklyn Journal of International Law// 17, pp. 309-358. James, Stephen A. (1994) 'Reconciling International Human Rights and Cultural Relativism: the case of female circumcision,' //Bioethics// 8, pp. 1-26. Jayawardena, Kumari (1986), _Feminism and nationalism in the third world_. London: Zed Press. Ong, Aihwa (1985), _Beyond stereotypes: Asian women in development_. New York: Women's International Resource Exchange. Reanda, Laura (1991) 'Prostitution as a Human Rights Question: Problems and Prospects of United Nations Action,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 13, pp. 202-228. Rhoodie, Eschel M. (1989), _Discrimination against Women: a Global Survey of the Economic, Educational, Social and Political Status of Women_. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. Skjonsberg, Else (1982), _A special caste? Tamil women of Sri Lanka_. London: Zed Press. Slack, Alison T. (1988) 'Female Circumcision: a Critical Appraisal,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 10, pp. 437-486. Stark, Barbara (1991) 'Nurturing Rights: An Essay on Women, Peace, and International Human Rights,' //Michigan Journal of International Law// 13, pp. 144-160. Symposium (1981) 'Women and International Human Rights,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 3, pp. 1-135. Symposium (1987) 'Women's Rights in International Law,' //Whittier Law Review// 9, pp. 393-443. U.N. Non-Governmental Liaison Service (1984), _Female Sexual Slavery and Economic Exploitation: Making Local and Global Connections_. New York: The Service. Wetzel, Janice Wood (1993), _The World of Women: In Pursuit of Human Rights_. New York: New York University Press. BURMA Aung San Suu Kyi (1991) Aung San of Burma. _A biographical portrait by his daughter_. London: Kiscadale Publications. Lintner,B. (1990) _Land of Jade. A journey through insurgent Burma_. London: Kiscadale Publications. International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (1987) 'Burma: human rights in Burma,' //IWGIA Newsletter// 50, pp. 35-45. de Silva, K.M. et al., eds. (1988), _Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma_. Boulder,Co: Westview Press. NEPAL Amnesty International (1987), _Nepal: a pattern of human rights violations_. London: Amnesty International. Rai, Lal-dhoj Deosa (1981) 'Human rights development in ancient Nepal,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 3, pp. 37-46. SRI LANKA Canagaretna, Sujit M. (1987) 'Nation building in a multi-ethnic setting: the Sri Lankan case,' //Asian Affairs// 14, pp. 1-19. de Silva, K.M. et al., eds. (1988), _Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma_. Boulder,Co: Westview Press. Gunewardena, Victor (1981) 'Man, media and development: the press in Sri Lanka,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 3, pp. 89-100. Hyndman, Patricia (1985) 'Human rights and the rule of law and the situation in Sri Lanka,' //University of New South Wales Law Journal// 8, pp. 337-361. --- (1987) 'The 1951 convention definition of refugee: an appraisal with particular reference to the case of Sri Lankan Tamil applicants,' //Human Rights Quarterly// 9, pp. 49-73. --- (1987) 'The law and the Veddas of Sri Lanka: vanishing aborigines?,' //Law and Anthropology// 2, pp. 215-237. Jayawardena, Kumari and Jayadeva Uyangoda (1986) 'Special issue on the national question in Sri Lanka,' //South Asia Bulletin// 6, pp. 1-47. Leary, Virginia A. (1983), _Ethnic conflict and violence in Sri Lanka: report of a mission to Sri Lanka in July-August 1981 on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists_. Geneva: International Commission of Jurists. Perera, L.P.N., ed. (1988), _Human Rights and Religions in Sri Lanka. A Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights_. Colombo: Sri Lanka Foundation. Rubin, Barnett R. (1987), _Cycles of violence: human rights in Sri Lanka since the Indo-Sri Lanka agreement_. Washington DC: Asia Watch. Rupesinghe, K., B. Verstappen, and A.S. Philip (1993), _Ethnic Conflicts and Human Rights in Sri Lanka. An annotated bibliography_, Vol. 2 1989-1992. London: Hans Zell Publishers. Skjonsberg, Else (1982), _A special caste? Tamil women of Sri Lanka_. London: Zed Press. Tambiah, S.J. (1986), _Sri Lanka: ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of democracy_. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. --- (1992), _Buddhism Betrayed? Religion, politics and violence in Sri Lanka_. Chicago: University of Chicago. Tiruchelvam, Neelan (1986), 'Competing ideologies of conflict resolution in Sri Lanka, a multi-religious society,' in _Asian indigenous law in interaction with received law_, ed. Masaji Chinba, New York: KPI Ltd, pp. 171-215. THAILAND Garrett, Stephen A. (1980) 'Human rights in Thailand:the case of the Thammasat 18,' //Universal Human Rights// 2, pp. 43-56. Kasemup, Preedee (1986), 'Reception of law in Thailand, a Buddhist Society,' in _Asian indigenous law in interaction with received law_, ed. Masaji Chinba, New York: KPI Ltd, pp. 267-300. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (1989), _Forced back and forgotten: the human rights of Laotian asylum seekers in Thailand_. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Muecke, Marjorie (1984) 'Make money not babies: changing status markers of northern Thai women,' //Asian Survey// 24, pp. 459-470. Muntarbhorn, Vitit (1987) 'The aborigine in Thai law,' //Law and Anthropology// 2, pp. 267-276. de Silva, K.M. et al., eds. (1988), _Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma_. Boulder,Co: Westview Press. Sivaraksa, Sulak (1983) 'Buddhism and Development - A Thai Perspective,' _Ching Feng_ 26, pp. 123-133. Tapp, Nicholas (1986), _The Hmong of Thailand: opium people of the golden triangle_. London: Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights and Cultural Survival. VIETNAM Tai, Ta Van (1988), _The Vietnamese tradition of human rights_. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES See Human Rights Law: A Research Guide to the Literature, an online resource from the Center for Electronic Text in the Law, University of Cincinnatti College of Law (http://www.law.uc.edu/Diana/bib/ipr.html). [End of file]