ASIA: Failed criminal justice institutions in Asia and its impact on human rights in the region

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform you about the side event that it is jointly organising with the Right Livelihood Award Foundation – Sweden/Switzerland, The Bread for the World: Protestant Development Service, OMCT: World Organisation against Torture, and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 7 March 2016 at Palais des Nations coinciding with the 31st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council – Geneva, Switzerland.

ASIA PACIFIC: Action required to protect human rights defenders at risk for protecting migrants’ rights

ALRC-CWS-28-001-2015 March 03, 2015 A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre ASIA PACIFIC: Action required to protect human rights defenders at risk for protecting migrants’ rights 1. The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to draw the attention of the Human Rights Council to the increasing trend of harassment, intimidation, and threats on human rights defenders advocating for or protecting the rights of migrants in Asia and the Pacific. 2. The General Assembly Resolution (A/RES/68/181, para. 6) has “recognize the valuable work of human rights defenders” and reiterates the obligations of States to […]