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    Global Concepts, Local Meanings: How Civil Society Interprets and Uses Human Rights in Asia

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    Setiawan, KMP; Spires, AJ
    Date
    2021-03-01
    Source Title
    Asian Studies Review
    Publisher
    Informa UK Limited
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Setiawan, Ken
    Affiliation
    Asia Institute
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    Journal Article
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    Setiawan, K. M. P. & Spires, A. J. (2021). Global Concepts, Local Meanings: How Civil Society Interprets and Uses Human Rights in Asia. Asian Studies Review, 45 (1), pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2020.1849028.
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    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/254337
    DOI
    10.1080/10357823.2020.1849028
    Abstract
    Over the past few decades, the human rights movement has made impressive inroads in Asia: human rights have become enshrined in national constitutions as well as increasingly visible in popular discourse and as a legitimising resource for civil society groups. With the recent rise of populist leaders and increased nationalistic discourses, however, a backlash against rights-based activism and counterclaims made by illiberal groups have brought into question the present and future of human rights as a tool for emancipation. In this article we argue that despite these current challenges, and drawing on case studies from the Philippines, China, Korea and Malaysia, human rights continue to inform and strengthen civil society. At the same time, it is also possible that civil society and state actors may use human rights towards sometimes contradictory ends. The contestation and articulation of rights across the region, however messy, demonstrates that human rights remain a valuable resource for civil society actors to promote political and social change even in the face of immense challenges.

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