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Some few people devote their
lives to the fulfillment of principles they believe humanity
requires. Hans Köchler is one of these few. His vision of peace
depends on democratic institutions of governance, an effective
United Nations, the full development and enforcement of
international law, the protection of the human rights of all,
non-violence and reason.
(Ramsey Clark,
former Attorney-General of the United States, commenting on the book
“Democracy and the International Rule of Law,” 1995)
If "the world's a stage," as Shakespeare had put it,
and we merely players, Professor Köchler made several appropriate
entrances and played very good parts. In so many instances he was
the first to try the new, and make it in time familiar. He observed
a world where fair was foul, and foul was fair. His task was to
ring out the false, and ring in the true. To many of his
contemporaries, he became a guide.
Türkkaya
Ataöv,
Professor of International Relations, University of Ankara, Turkey,
at a book launching ceremony at East-West University, Chicago, USA,
June 2004
[The
member nations] need to take Köchler seriously. Dissecting the ICC
model with great dexterity, the Austrian professor successfully
promotes interest in a subject that is of the utmost relevance.
I would like to see many Indian scholars emulating Prof. Köchler
whose work unmistakably bears the stamp of scholarship and clarity
of thinking.
R. K. Raghavan,
PhD, former Director of India’s Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI), commenting on the book “Global Justice or Global Revenge?” in
Frontline. India’s National Magazine, February-March 2004
This
publication provides a complete documentation of Hans Köchler’s
writings, lectures and scholarly activities of more than three
decades. In addition, it offers a glimpse at the impact of the
Austrian philosopher’s thinking on political discourses in South and
South-East Asia, in particular the Philippines, where the Hans
Koechler Political and Philosophical Society (HKPPS) was
established in 2004.
Hans Koechler Political and Philosophical
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