Introduction = 1
CHAPTERS
1. The right to speak loudly: From free education to freedom of speech = 3
2. Social change and underlying problems relating to the rule of law = 5
3. Dealing with torture in Asia = 9
4. Impunity as a cause of poverty = 17
5. The 1997 transition and the place of Hong Kong in the Asian debate on the rule of law = 23
6. Something to learn from the people of Hong Kong = 27
7. Demonstration of an aspiration = 31
8. Some features of the new authoritarianism = 33
9. Disappearances of persons and the disappearance of a system = 39
10. Trying to understand the police crisis in Sri Lanka = 45
11. “Good roads or a law-abiding society?” Investing in the rule of law = 53
12. Forensic science, mortuaries and the rights of victims of crime = 55
13. Who is responsible for the increase in crime? = 59
14. National Police Commission a welcome move: Asiff Hussein talks with Basil Fernando = 61
15. An Asian framework for governance = 67
16. Democracy and the law of contempt = 75
17. “Is the judiciary a holy cow?” The Indian debate = 81
APPENDICES
1. Procedural implementation of Article 155G(2) of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka = 85
Asian Human Rights Commission
2. Concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights
Committee on the Fifth Periodic Report of Sri Lanka = 107
3. Open letter to the international community: Let us rise to article 2 of the ICCPR = 117
Editorial board, article 2
4. A law to encourage and reward torture: A comment on the Bill on Organized Crime = 121
A statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
CHAPTERS
1. The right to speak loudly: From free education to freedom of speech = 3
2. Social change and underlying problems relating to the rule of law = 5
3. Dealing with torture in Asia = 9
4. Impunity as a cause of poverty = 17
5. The 1997 transition and the place of Hong Kong in the Asian debate on the rule of law = 23
6. Something to learn from the people of Hong Kong = 27
7. Demonstration of an aspiration = 31
8. Some features of the new authoritarianism = 33
9. Disappearances of persons and the disappearance of a system = 39
10. Trying to understand the police crisis in Sri Lanka = 45
11. “Good roads or a law-abiding society?” Investing in the rule of law = 53
12. Forensic science, mortuaries and the rights of victims of crime = 55
13. Who is responsible for the increase in crime? = 59
14. National Police Commission a welcome move: Asiff Hussein talks with Basil Fernando = 61
15. An Asian framework for governance = 67
16. Democracy and the law of contempt = 75
17. “Is the judiciary a holy cow?” The Indian debate = 81
APPENDICES
1. Procedural implementation of Article 155G(2) of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka = 85
Asian Human Rights Commission
2. Concluding observations of the United Nations Human Rights
Committee on the Fifth Periodic Report of Sri Lanka = 107
3. Open letter to the international community: Let us rise to article 2 of the ICCPR = 117
Editorial board, article 2
4. A law to encourage and reward torture: A comment on the Bill on Organized Crime = 121
A statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission