Constitutions and Human Rights in a Global Age: an Asia Pacific perspective SymposiumMorris-Suzuki, Tessa2015-11-042015-11-04909524262http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16320In the modern world, the constitutions of nation states have come to be seen as the key guarantors of human rights. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the national constitution became the basis of the political order in most countries around the world. The extent to which the constitution provides effective protection for the rights of citizens has thus become a major determinant of the political life of nations, including the nations of the Asia-Pacific region. (First paragraph of introduction).This conference was supported by the generosity of the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, AusAID, the Daiwa Foundation for Asia and Oceania, the Myer Foundation and The Australian National University's National Institute for Asia and the Pacific and the Humanities Research Centre.179 pagesapplication/pdfen-AU(C) Division of Pacific and Asia History, RSPAS, ANU 2003. This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism, or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 as amended, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.constitutionhuman rightsglobalAsia-Pacfic2001