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When ear squats were fun by Abd Razak, Dzulkifli

“…This has been practised for a long time in our society without much fuss, let alone being linked to human rights abuse. What has changed? The Kamus Dewan (2000) definition of ketampi is a kind of bird, an owl of the genus Ketupa, which recently has been changed to Bubo. …”
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Rigorous morality: norms, values, and the comparative politics of human rights by Landman, Todd

“…It argues further that different kinds of human rights measures (events, standards, surveys, and official statistics) and comparative methods (large-N, small-N and single-country studies) offer systematic ways in which to map, explain, and understand the variation in human rights abuse around the world. In this way, the comparative politics of human rights is prime example of how the ‘is’ of the world can be used to address the ‘ought’ of international human rights theory, philosophy, and law. …”
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Human rights for the stateless: A case study of the Rohingya in Malaysia / Suganthy Sathasivam by Suganthy, Sathasivam

“…Here and outside the detention centers there have been many reports of human rights abuse suffered by the Rohingya. The research approach adopted involves both quantitative and qualitative. …”
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Human rights shaming and FDI: effects of the UN Human Rights Commission and Council by Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, Janz, Nicole, Berntsen, Øyvind Isachsen

“…This effect is amplified by media reporting of human rights abuse, and stronger and more robust than a bad human rights record of a state itself. …”
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Human rights incorporated? Business and human rights in an age of neoliberalism by Kelsall, Michelle Ruby

“…The normative move claims that this is of benefit to those most vulnerable to human rights abuse. By excavating the recent past and interrogating the basis upon which business and human rights has emerged, the thesis questions whether this collapse in distinction really is of benefit to the poor, the disenfranchised and the marginalized, or whether it instead gives rise to a technocratic form of human rights managerialism, and if so, what might be done about it. …”
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The governance of mining and the human security of local community: a case study of the Indonesian coal mining industry by Indriastuti, Suyani

“…Human security refers to freedom from want (poverty and unemployment), fear (violence and conflict), and indignity (displacement and human rights abuse). As a result of poor mining practices such as land grabbing, deforestation, unmaintained mining pits and waste local communities encounter social and environmental problems. …”
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Essays on modern slavery: disclosure, supply chain governance, and human rights violation consequences by Zafar, Faiza

“…Notably, the results show that there is no reputational penalty for firms’ complicity in human rights abuses based on the capital market-based measure of reputation. …”
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Foreign Fighters, Human Rights and Self-Determination in Syria and Iraq: Decoding the Humanitarian Impact of Foreign Fighters in Practice by Conduit, D., Rich, Ben

“…Foreign fighters have become inextricably linked to perceptions of human rights abuses in the Syria and Iraq wars, particularly since the Islamic State group founded its caliphate. …”
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Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia by Zion, D., Briskman, Linda, Loff, B.

“…Australia's policy of mandatory indefinite detention of those seeking asylum and arriving without valid documents has led to terrible human rights abuses and cumulative deterioration in health for those incarcerated. …”
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Preventive detention: the ethical ground where politics and health meet. Focus on asylum seekers in Australia by Sheikh, M., Macintyre, C., Perera, Suvendrini

“…If we do not do this, we risk turning a blind eye to, or even condoning, human rights abuses.…”
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Between citizenship and human rights: the struggle for justice after Indonesia’s 1965 mass violence by Hearman, Vannessa

“…However, Indonesian government inaction on past human rights abuses forced them to reconsider their strategy. …”
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Conceptualising national interest in Nigerian foreign policy: A focus on Abacha Regime by Adamu, Abdulrasheed, Muda, Muhammad, Ahmad, Mohammad Zaki

“…As it is not practicable to subject all states and governments to empirical details in a study, this research employs the concept of national interest to discern Nigerian foreign policy direction under the most “despotic regime” in Nigeria history, General Sanni Abacha, between 1993 and 1998.This is expedient given the continuous criticism of the regime from both academic and policy quarters in Nigeria and abroad.The regime is recorded to have the worst record in human right abuse and as such put Nigeria under pariah status in the comity of nations.The research is conducted to unravel how Abacha defined and conceptualised Nigeria’s national interests and how policies were formulated and implemented to achieved such interests. …”
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The Rohingya refugee crisis in Southeast Asia: Asean’s role and way forward by Shukri, Shazwanis

“…For the past 40 years, ASEAN member states in particular Malaysia and Thailand have been a preferred destination for refugees seeking refuge from violence and human rights abuse. In light of this, ASEAN has adopted security mechanism as part of regional responses for addressing the crisis facing the Rohingya ethnic. …”
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The representation of Malaysia in the Philippines media in the Lahad Datu incident / Ng Kit Meng by Ng, Kit Meng

“…A number of controversial issues arose after the incident, such as arguing the cause of the shootout, the failure of both governments to report the truth via the media, and allegations of human rights abuses. Even the issue of the Philippines’s claim over North Borneo (now Sabah) that started way back at 1962 was argued as one of the causes that sparked off the incident. …”
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Human rights in Southeast Asia: Comparing Malaysia and the Philippines by Taya, Shamsuddin L.

“…Arroyo did in the Philippines.Furthermore, there is nothing that resembles the violence that frequently erupts in the Philippines and the continuing human rights abuses committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its agents against its people.…”
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Corporate violations of human rights and the environment in developing markets: exploring the role of corporate law by Ojogbo, Samuel E.

“…This thesis addresses the problem of environmental degradation and human rights abuses by Multinational Corporations (MNCs) operating in developing markets, which has been attributed to the difficulty in regulating modern MNCs. …”
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Corporate social responsibility, business and human rights standards in Indonesia by Gayo, Sabela, Yeon, Asmah Laili

“…The international standard on business and human rights is quite new in the international law regime but it is highly necessary for stakeholders to deal with several issues related to business and the human rights domain.Corporate Social Responsibility policies and programmes are still being discussed intensively by interest groups on whether they meet the beneficiaries’ satisfactory level as a win-win solution for human rights abuses committed by multinational corporations or are they just a “make up” from multinational corporations to reduce social rejection from local people where they operate.The Content policy analysis and the comparison method with other countries would describe comprehensively the importance of corporate respect for human rights principles and corporate social responsibility practices.…”
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The role of the UNHCR in assisting the protection of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Borno State of Nigeria by Magaji, Tasiu

“…What is more of a concern is that these IDPs have been living without the basic necessities of life and are frequently exposed to human rights abuses. Despite this, the Nigerian government is unable to provide adequate protection to these people. …”
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