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Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 29

deal with important structural issues such as, should also be a broader focus on the ways
for example, the problem of land or local things are done in the East, with an emphasis
natural resources. “If the power can be more on community, on people, cultural roots,
equally shared from the centre, there can be a social cohesion, mutual responsibilities
more collaborative management system, towards the communities, and using civil
which should alleviate many of the problems,” dialogue and consent of local groups as
she says. agreement to follow. This would also bring
about the same goals with much better
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of consensus seen from the perspective of
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ms. the West.
Boonyabancha proposes that human rights in
Thailand should not only follow Western
models or existing legal frameworks. There

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