This publication is the report of the Penang seminar on Human Rights and Development in the Rural Areas of South-East Asia, organized jointly by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP).
This was the sixth in a series of third world seminars organized by the ICJ, the previous ones being in Dar-es-Salaam (1976), Barbados (1977), Dakar (1978), Bogota (1979) and Kuwait (1980).
SoutheastAsia-rural development-seminar report- 1981-eng (download the full report in PDF)
Following the seminar, the ICJ published a report featuring the conclusions and recommendations of the Penang Seminar as well as a study on the scope, content and implementation of the Right to Development.
South-East Asia-human rights rural development-conclusions Penang seminar-1982-eng (full text in English, PDF)