The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region.
The focused theme of Volume 6 is Essays in Honour of Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali.
Editorial
Javaid Rehman, Ayesha Shahid and Steve Foster
PART 1: Festschrift: Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali
1 In Conversation with Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali
âAyesha Shahid and Javaid Rehman
2 Shaheen Sardar Ali
âCurriculum Vitae
3 The Status of Dalit Women in Nepal
âSurya P. Subedi
4 Prophet Muhammad as âA Mercy for the Worldsâ: A Human Rights Perspective in Relation to the Blasphemy Laws and Respect for the Rule of Law in Pakistan
âMashood A. Baderin
5 Caught Between Religion and Law: The Case of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in Iran
âNadjma Yassari
6 Womenâs Status in Islam: An Analysis from the Perspective of Private and Public Spheres
âShahbaz Ahmad Cheema
7 Marital Choice and âSuitabilityâ in a Heterogeneous Society: Some Reflections on Kafaa in the United Arab Emirates
âLena-Maria Möller
8 Al-Shaybani and Grotius: An Inquiry into Comparative International Law
âMamman Lawan
9 Interrogating the Plea of Grave and Sudden Provocation In Islamic Criminal Law: Case Study of Pakistan
âMusa Usman Abubakar
10 Child Domestic Workers in Pakistan: Challenges, Legislative Interventions, and Finding a Way Forward
âAyesha Shahid
Part 2: General Articles
11 The Role of Education in Protecting the Right to Culture of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities and in Peacebuilding: The Rohingya
âSiobhan Smith
12 Analyses of Non-compliance to Legislation by Signatories to the Arab Charter of Human Rights: A Framework for National Observance and Regional Enforcement
âAhmed Almutawa and Hajer Almanea
13 Redefining the Interaction Between Patents and Access to Medicines; Will Word Trade Organisation (WTO) show Solidarity by Accommodating Human Rights?
âMohammad Danyal Khan
Part 3: Developments in State Practice
14 Contracting Space for Opposing Speech in South East Asia and Restrictions on the Online Freedom of Expression
âAlexander Gilder
15 Nexus between Underdevelopment, Corruption and Legal Disorder in Nigeria
âMamman Lawan
Part 4: Documents and Summaries of Documents
16 Summaries of Proceedings of Human Rights Monitoring Bodies
â(Covering the Period January 2021âJanuary 2022)
âDenise Venturi and Silvia Venier
17 Legislation: Pakistan
âZia Ullah Ranjah
â1 Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021
â2 Muslim Family Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021
â3 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Domestic Violence against Women (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2021
â4 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Based Workers (Welfare and Protection) Act, 2021
â5 Punjab Enforcement of Womenâs Property Rights Act, 2021
â6 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Amendment) Act, 2020
18 The Cairo Declaration of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Human Rights
Part 5: Book Reviews
19 Book Reviews
Part 6: Kamran Arif Memorial Award
20 In Memory of Kamran Arif (1966â2021)
â Volume 6 (2022): Kamran Arif: Best Article Award: Siobhan Smith, The Role of Education in Protecting the Right to Culture of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities and in Peacebuilding: The Rohingya
â Volume 6 (2022): Kamran Arif: Best Article Award: Ahmed Almutawa and Hajer Almanea, Analyses of Non-Compliance to Legislation by Signatories to the Arab Charter of Human Rights: A Framework for National Observance and Regional Enforcement