TY - BOOK AU - Muntarbhon, Vitit, TI - Human rights and human development :Thailand country study /Vitit Muntarbhon U1 - 323.352 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - Human Development Report Office, KW - Conflicto armado KW - Derechos humanos KW - Victimas de la violencia KW - Tailandia N1 - Introduction. -- Situation. -- Milestones. -- Challenges. -- Targets for Specific Action. -- Directions. N2 - The roots of human rights can be found in Thai society, as elsewhere, in age-old traditions. Various religions prevalent in Thai society, including Buddhism, provide the moral and ethical underpinnings for the considerate treatment of human beings. The rise of Thailand as a nation state also attests to various origins of human rights. For example, in the Middle Ages during the Sukothai era, there was a royal stone inscription, which called for the humane treatment of prisoners of war and advocated the freedom to travel and to trade. At the pinnacle of society was the King, who could be called upon to render justice by the sounding of a bell by ordinary citizens at the royal palace. (tomado de la fuente) ER -