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INTRODUCTION: Questions and challenges for civil society and human rights in Asia

  • Dr Anthony J. Spires,

As elsewhere, many societies in Asia have recently witnessed the rapid rise of populists and democratic regression.

Politicising the natural environment through Indonesian art

  • Dr Edwin Jurriëns,

Many Indonesian artists discuss natural disasters not in isolation, but in relation to broader social, political and historical processes and injustices.

Pandemics, politics and principles: business and human rights in Southeast Asia in a time of crisis

  • Professor Andrew Rosser, Dr Kate Macdonald and Dr Ken M.P. Setiawan ,

It’s clear that full implementation of the UNGPs in Southeast Asia isn’t currently politically feasible.

Dilemmas for advocacy organisations in Myanmar’s changing political landscape

  • Dr Tamas Wells, Dr Vanessa Lamb,

Under the government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi there are political realignments which have reshaped advocacy activity.

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