Closing the Human Rights Gap in Asia

• Project/Area Number: 24830042
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: CROYDON Silvia 京都大学, 学内共同利用施設等, 助教 (00634643)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 東アジア / 人権擁護 / 人権擁護組織 / アジア太平洋フォーラム / ASEAN政府間人権委員会 / ボトムアップ型人権擁護組織 / 東南アジア諸国連合 / 地域レベル組織 / ボトムアップ型地域人レベル権擁護機関 / 国内人権擁護委員会構成の地域レベル人権擁護機関 / アジア的地域主義 / 人権擁護機関の移植

Research Abstract

The contribution of this research is twofold. Firslty, it introduced the development of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) as a bottom-up type of regional human rights organisation. Secondly, it suggested that even though there are shortcomings to both the APF and ASEAN, the mutually propelling developments of these co-existing organisations in East Asia improves the prospects for filling the gap with regards to a human rights mechanism in the region.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Towards a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in the Asia Pacific?: Exploring the potential of the Asia Pacific Forum (2014)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Journal Title: Pacific Review Volume: Vol.27: Iss.2 Issue: 2 Pages: 289-306
  • DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2014.893252
• [Journal Article] The Death Penalty in a Changing Society : A Survey of Recent Developments in Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia.
  • Journal Title: Contemporary Japan Volume: Vol.26: Iss.1 Issue: 1 Pages: 102-23
  • DOI: 10.1515/cj-2014-0005
• [Journal Article] Towards a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in the Asia Pacific?: Exploring the potential of the Asia Pacific Forum (2014)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: Pacific Review Volume: 27: 2 Pages: 289-306
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Death Penalty in a Changing Society (2014)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: Contemporary Japan Volume: 26: 1 Pages: 102-23
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Two Rights Paths : East Asia's Emerging Regional Human Rights Framework (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Journal Title: Asia Pacific : Perspectives Volume: Vol.11No1 Pages: 22-35
  • URL: http://usf.usfca.edu/pac_rim/new/research/perspectives/app_v11n1.html
• [Journal Article] A Step Change for Human Rights?: The Burgeoning Regional Human Rights Infrastructure of Asia (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Journal Title: Eye Magazine : The International, Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Magazine of the International Academic Forum Volume: Issue 1 Pages: 20-21
  • URL: http://iafor.org/Newsletter/iafor-magazine-issue-001-HD.pdf
• [Journal Article] The Establishment of a National Human Rights Commission in Japan (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Journal Title: Hakubi News Letter Volume: #6 Pages: 13-13
• [Journal Article] Two Rights Paths: East Asia’s Emerging Regional Human Rights Framework (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: Asia Pacific: Perspectives Volume: 11: 1 Pages: 22-35
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Step Change for Human Rights?: The Burgeoning Regional Human Rights Infrastructure of Asia (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: Eye Magazine: The International, Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Magazine of the International Academic Forum Volume: 1: Summer Pages: 20-21
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Two Rights Paths: East Asia’s Emerging Regional Human Rights Framework (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: Asia Pacific Perspectives Volume: June Issue
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Towards a regional human rights mechanism in the Asia Pacific?: Exploring the potential of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: Pacific Perspectives Volume: Undetermined
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Step Change for Human Rights?: The Burgeoning Regional Human Rights Infrastructure of Asia (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Journal Title: International Academic Forum Volume: Undetermined
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Examining the Establishment of National Human Rights Commissions in Japan and China : Prospects and Perils (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Joint East Asian Studies Conference (including BAJS)
  • Place of Presentation: Nottingham, U.K
• [Presentation] A National Human Rights Commission for Japan : Domestic and Regional Implications (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: 9^<th> Conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS)
  • Place of Presentation: Bergen, Norway
• [Presentation] Regional Human Rights Protection in East Asia European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization (2013)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Venice Academy of Human Rights 2013"The Obligations of States"
  • Place of Presentation: Monastery of San Nicolò al Lido, Venice, Italy
• [Presentation] Caught in a Turf War : Taiwan's National Human Rights Institution (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Soochow University, Centre for Human Rights
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei, Republic of China
  • Invited
• [Presentation] China's Role in Asia's Regional Human Rights Governance (2012)
  • Organizer: Beijing University, Law School, Beijing
  • Place of Presentation: People's Republic of China
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Setting an Example : South Korea's Role in Human Rights Governance in Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Graduate School of International Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Korea University, Graduate School of International Studies. Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Institutions Intertwined : Evolving a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for East Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Association for Asia-Pacific Studies 3^<rd> Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
• [Presentation] The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions : A Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia Pacific? (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: International Association for Asia Pacific Studies 3rd Annual Conference (ASPAC)
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
• [Presentation] Filling Asia Pacific's Human Rights Vacuum : The Prospects of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference (WCAS)
  • Place of Presentation: West Yellowstone, Montana, U.S.A
• [Presentation] Closing the Regional Human Rights Gap in Asia : The Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: 44^<th> Hakubi Seminar, Centre for Advanced Research
  • Place of Presentation: Kyōto University, Japan
• [Presentation] Two Rights Paths? East Asia's Emerging Regional Human Rights Mechanisms. (Also, served as the chair of the session"Human Rights".) (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: International Conference on Asian Studies (ICAS)
  • Place of Presentation: Negombo, Sri Lanka
• [Presentation] Closing the Regional Human Rights Gap in East Asia : The Future of the Asia Pacific Forum (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 19^<th> Biennial Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Sydney, Australia
• [Presentation] The Asia Pacific Forum : East Asia's Emerging Human Rights Structure (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: 22^<nd> World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association (IPSA)
  • Place of Presentation: Madrid, Spain
• [Presentation] Advancing Regional Human Rights Mechanisms : The Prospects of the Asia Pacific Forum (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon, Silvia
  • Organizer: The Asian Conference on Asian Studies, International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
  • Place of Presentation: Ōsaka, Japan
• [Presentation] Filling Asia Pacific’s Human Rights Vacuum: The Prospects of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: West Yellowstone (United States of America)
• [Presentation] The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions: A Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia Pacific? (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: International Association for Asia Pacific Studies 3rd Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)
• [Presentation] Institutions Intertwined: Evolving a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for East Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silva
  • Organizer: Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Setting an Example: South Korea’s Role in Human Rights Governance in Asia (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul (Republic of Korea)
  • Invited
• [Presentation] China’s Role in Asia’s Regional Human Rights Governance (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: Beijing University, Law School Beijing
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing (People's Republic of China)
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Caught in a Turf War: Taiwan’s National Human Rights Institution (2012)
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: Soochow University, Centre for Human Rights
  • Place of Presentation: Taipei (Republic of China)
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Regional Human Rights Protection in East Asia
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: Venice Academy of Human Rights 2013 "The Obligations of States"
  • Place of Presentation: Monastery of San Nicolo, al Lido, Venice, Italy
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Examining the Establishment of National Human Rights Commissions in Japan and China: Prospects and Perils
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: Joint East Asian Studies Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Nottingham, U.K.
  • Invited
• [Presentation] A National Human Rights Commission for Japan: Domestic and Regional Implications
  • Author(s): Croydon Silvia
  • Organizer: 9th Conference of the Nordic Association of Japanese and Korean Studies (NAJAKS)
  • Place of Presentation: Bergen, Norway
  • Invited