This double issue contains the following chapters: Death Penalty; Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Human Rights dialogues with third countries; Children and armed conflict; Human Rights Defenders; Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child; Violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them; Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
Politis asia is a periodical that Armanshahr Foundation (Human Rights and Justice for Asia) publishes mainly for all Persian speakers across the region with scholarly studies, articles and other items aiming to produce ideas, stir criticism, launch new debates…
17 issues of Politis asia have been published to this date mostly in Persian only. A number of issues, however, contain a section in English. Two issues have been published in separate Persian and English versions.
Fully bilingual Persian-English issues:
- 8-9: A Handbook of Transitional Justice, A to Z (2011)
This is the first handbook of its kind to appear in the geographical expanse of the Persian language. However, it is also indispensable to English speaking human rights and transitional justice activists.
Issues with separate English and Persian editions:
- 12-13: Prison, prisoners and human rights, 2012
Issues with a chapter in English:
- 4-5: Discrimination and Political Participation of Women: Role of Education 2010 (2nd Edition: 2011)
- 6-7: Universal Jurisdiction, mechanisms to prosecute human rights violators (2010)
Issues in Persian:
- 1-2: Violations of Human Rights and Us Policy (2009) (2nd Edition: 2011)
- 3: NATO, Exceptions to Democracy and Decline of Empires, 2010 (2nd Edition: 2011)
- 10-11: Federalism and democracy, 2011
- 14-15: War and the City, 2013
16-17: EU guidelines-Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, 201
