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The
XV International Congress of Anthropological &
Ethnological Sciences will be held in Florence, Italy
during 5-12 July, 2003. I am happy to inform that
the following session proposed by me has been accepted
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The
concept of Human Rights is a dynamic one which covers
new areas as human society continues to evolve. The
original concept was limited to civil and political
rights of the individual. But with the realization
that without guaranteeing economic, social and cultural
rights, full enjoyment of civil and political rights
is not possible has led to the inclusion of economic,
social and cultural rights. The concept of human rights
now cover right to self determination, right regarded
as belonging to peoples rather than individuals, right
to sovereignty over natural wealth and resources of
the country and right to development as well as rights
of disadvantaged groups to special protection. The
issue of Human Rights is inherent and universal, but
we have been witnessing to severe violation of human
rights which take various expressions ranging from
deprivation of basic needs and discrimination against
women, children, Dalit, tribal, ethnic, linguistic
and other minorities. These have resulted in conflict,
insurgency and general restiveness of the people resulting
to their eviction, migration and untold sufferings.
Global political and economic regimes and dominant
development model in this era of globalization have
resulted in the massive depletion of natural resources
and exploitation of human labour leading to further
marginalization and impoverishment of the people.
However, there may be positive effects of globalization
in reducing the cases of human rights violation. Now
as cases or instances of human rights violation are
known very quickly with improved communication facilities,
mobilization against human rights violation becomes
quicker and easier. Again, even though human rights
have legal dimensions, in many cases, the instances
of human rights violations are the result or product
of the existing socio-economic system. Thus anthropology,
with its holistic approach, can contribute much in
understanding the problems of human rights.
Considering
your keen interest and significant contribution, I
warmly invite you to contribute a paper in my session.
Please send the abstract of your paper (10-12 lines)
within 25th December,2002. Please mention your full
name, complete address including Phone, Fax and E.mail
ID, Institution and three key words. You can also
send a copy in the following address mentioning the
name of session and session organiser:
Organising Secretariat, XV ICAES
Via Panciatichi, 40/11,
1-50127 Florence (Italy)
E.Mail: oliver@dada.it
More information :
(B.Chaudhuri)
Prof. Buddhadeb Chaudhuri
Dr.Ambedkar Chair Professor in Anthropology, Deptt.
of Anthropology, Calcutta University
Coordinator, International Post Graduate Human Rights
Programme, Calcutta University
B-3, Rochdale Housing (Sunanda), 15C, Jubilee Park,
Calcutta -700 033, INDIA.
Phone: (Res) 91-33-471 7233 (Off) 4741528 Fax: 91-33-481
0981
E-mail: chau@cal2.vsnl.net.in
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