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Abstract: Islam brings universal messages involve justice, equality, respect and humanity. These actually are the sacred Sunnah of the Prophet. However, the current problems of human are so varied, in line with the development of information and technology which are so advanced. Those problems could be positive if everyone really understands the universal messages of Prophet by always on the side of social-humanity. This article seeks to examine the problem of human rights and Islamic law as the one of efforts to resolve the dichotomy between Islam and the humanity problems. This article is the conceptual study which specifically uses qualitative descriptive study. The conclusion of this study is the dichotomy between the concept of human rights and Islamic law must be resolved, both are on one purpose involve justice, equality and humanity. Human right is a common concern regardless of any interest, whether religious, politic, culture, and even science. If there is no harmony in the concept of humanity in a religious frame or tauhid, then the understanding of humanity must be freed from all forms of identity of interests.Abstrak: Islam membawa pesan universal yang abadi, yakni: keadilan, persamaan, penghargaan, dan kemanusiaan. Pesan universal inilah yang sebenarnya Sunnah Nabi yang suci. Namun problem terkini umat manusia begitu variatif, dengan semakin majunya informasi dan teknologi. Problem tersebut bisa menjadi positif jika semua orang benar-benar memahami pesan universal kenabian dengan selalu memihak kepada sosial-kemanusiaan. Artikel ini berupaya mengkaji problem HAM dan hukum Islam sebagai salah satu upaya untuk mengakhiri dikotomi antara Islam dan problem kemanusiaan. Artikel ini merupakan kajian konseptual, dengan jenis kajian kualitatif deskriptif. Kesimpulan dari kajian ini yaitu, dikotomi antara konsep HAM dan hukum Islam haruslah dituntaskan, kedunya berada pada satu ujung tujuan, yakni keadilan, kesetaraan dan kemanusiaan. Urusan kemanusiaan adalah urusan bersama tanpa memandang kepentingan apapun, baik agama, politik, budaya, bahkan pengetahuan. Jika tidak adanya keharmonisan dan kesepahaman antara konsep kemanusiaan dalam bingkai keagamaan atau tauhid maka pemahaman tentang kemanusiaan haruslah dibebaskan dari segala bentuk kepentingan identitas.

The aim of this case study is to showcase practicalities of using the method of elite interviewing in an international context. The article is based on the experience gained by the author during the process of collecting data from 80 interviews with diplomats and non-governmental organization representatives in the United States, Norway, and Australia. The initial study focused on the phenomena of governmentnon-governmental organization cooperation in the domain of public diplomacy, providing evidence that elite interviewing as an important method of decrypting meaning in an international, multi-stakeholder environment. The case study argues that such large multinational studies require long-term planning, proper financing, and a practical approachall to be taken into consideration at the study design stage. The article also clearly differentiates between the pre-implementation phase of elite interviewing (assuring funding, building credentials, mapping participants, and building their portfolio) and its implementation phase (contacting, organizing meetings, and making proper follow-up). Finally, it provides the readers with strategies of approaching high-level, senior international stakeholders for potential interviews.

This paper examines the determinants of alignment in bilateral partnerships. While it was impossible to think about international cooperation without referring to the term "alliances" during much of the Cold War period, strategic partnerships have taken a central place in many states' diplomatic toolkits over the past two decades. This paper sheds light on such international alignment decisions by examining the case of China's partnership diplomacy in the period from 1990 to 2014. Theoretically, the analysis draws on scholarly insights about alliance formation and international cooperation to formulate two broad assumptions about partner choice, which are based on interest‐driven and ideology‐based rationales of alignment. Binary regression estimations highlight the importance of economic interests in explaining partnership onset. In contrast to common arguments about alliance formation, partnerships seem to be less driven by shared domestic ideologies. In fact, bilateral partnerships help bridge ideological gaps, enabling the partners' pursuit of economic gains and diplomatic preferences, at least in the case of China.

Preface -- The paradigm shift from economic development to social development -- Western modern ideologies and history of industrialization and colonization -- Political economy of development and globalization -- Alternate ideologies and development approaches -- Changing roles of the united nations and development aid systems -- Changing roles of state and civil society -- Feminism and policy approaches for gender aware development -- Ecologism and policy approaches for sustainable development -- Changing explanations of poverty and policy approaches for poverty eradication -- International human rights law and policy approaches for rights-based development -- The paradigm shift from residual welfare to rights-based social policy approaches -- Changing social policy approach from residual welfare to rights-based social protection -- Planning a rights-based approach for social policy and service delivery systems -- Family diversity and rights-based family policy approach -- Childhood vulnerability and rights-based policy approach for children -- Old age vulnerability and rights-based policy approach for older persons -- Role of international developmental social work for international social development -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index.