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  • ALRC AT THE UN
    • Human Rights Council
      • Human Rights Council

        ASIA: Human Rights Mechanisms need practical actions on domestic institutional developments for administration of justice

        ASIA: Actual protection of indigenous people within the framework of SDG Goal 16

        BANGLADESH: Claim of economic growth without protection of human rights is a fallacy

        MYANMAR/BANGLADESH: Rights, dignity, and future of genocide survivors at stake

        BANGLADESH: Free expression and free assembly cost high price

        BANGLADESH: Judiciary abdicates independence

        INDIA: Government must end violation of bodily integrity and health of women

        INDIA: Knee-jerk reactions to deal with violence against women will not help

        INDIA: Human trafficking and threats to anti-trafficking activists a grave concern

        INDIA: Human rights of migrants under threat

        INDONESIA: Extreme poverty in Asmat regency has caused measles and malnutrition

        INDIA: Right to freedom of opinion and expression deteriorating

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    • Commission on Human Rights
      • Commission on Human Rights

        ASIA: Protection of rights of the minorities requires capable justice institutions

        March 15, 2018

        ASIA: Protection of children from violence and armed conflicts require sincere and comprehensive actions by states

        March 15, 2018

        ASIA: Failure to uphold truth and justice and prevent genocide would endanger the existence of human beings in future

        March 15, 2018

        ASIA: States encroach into personal privacy for so called security without securing the citizens’ rights

        March 15, 2018

        ASIA: Protection of right to food is out of agenda as environmental rights are undermined for corruption-friendly policies

        March 15, 2018

        MYANMAR: Victims of crime against humanity deserve justice

        March 15, 2018
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    • ALRC/AHRC Alternative Reports
      • This section contains alternative (shadow) reports submitted by the Asian Human Rights Commission and/or Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC).


          • AHRC and ALRC Alternative Reports to the Human Rights Committee (HRC)

        ALRC Alternative Report on Thailand to the HRC in 2005
        ALRC Alternative Report on Sri Lanka to the HRC in 2003

          • AHRC and ALRC Alternative Reports to the Committee on Elimination on Racial Discrimination (CERD)

        Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination India
        ALRC Alternative Report on Nepal to the CERD in 2003

          • AHRC and ALRC Alternative Reports to the Committee Against Torture (CAT)

        ALRC Supplementary Document concerning Torture in Nepal in 2005
        ALRC Alternative Report on the Philippines to the CAT in 2009
        ALRC Alternative Report on Sri Lanka to the CAT in 2005
        ALRC Alternative Report on Indonesia to the CAT in 2005
        ALRC Alternative Report on Cambodia to the CAT in 2003

  • Countries
    • Bangladesh
      • Bangladesh

        BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances

        August 22, 2022

        BANGLADESH: Victims of Gross Human Rights Abuses are Defenceless in Absence of Judicial Independence

        May 23, 2022

        BANGLADESH: Government Uses Arbitrary Detention and Degenerated Judiciary Against Dissidents

        September 14, 2021
    • Burma / Myanmar
      • Burma/ Myanmar

        MYANMAR/BURMA: UN Member States’ Urgent Actions Needed for Addressing Human Rights Catastrophe

        October 12, 2021

        MYANMAR/BURMA: Perpetrators of International Crimes Must Face Punishment

        September 14, 2021

        MYANMAR/BANGLADESH: Rights, dignity, and future of genocide survivors at stake

        September 19, 2019
    • Cambodia
      • Cambodia

        CAMBODIA: The roots of Cambodia’s persistent rights violations: Impunity of the powerful

        September 10, 2019

        CAMBODIA: LRWC and ALRC denounce attacks against HRDs and problems with judicial independence

        September 25, 2012

        CAMBODIA: Comments on the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia

        March 17, 2010
    • India
      • India

        INDIA: Government must end violation of bodily integrity and health of women

        June 24, 2019

        INDIA: Country must bring its missing children back

        February 20, 2019

        INDIA: Government must officially recognize manual scavengers in order to end the practice of scavenging

        August 29, 2018
    • Indonesia
      • Indonesia

        INDONESIA: State Curbs Freedom of Expression amidst Non-stop Human Rights Violations in Papua

        May 20, 2022

        INDONESIA: Withdraw police officers and stop the seizure of people’s living space in the Wadas village

        February 16, 2022

        INDONESIA: Urging inquiry and investigation related to the death of Mede Nurlatu at the mining area of the Botak Mountain

        February 9, 2022
    • Hong Kong
      • Hong Kong

        Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR

        March 4, 2002

        Right of Abode in Hong Kong SAR

        March 4, 2002

        Harassment of sex workers in Hong Kong SAR

        January 30, 2001
    • Nepal
      • Nepal

        NEPAL: Government should amend Transitional Justice Act in line with Supreme Court and international standards

        August 28, 2018

        NEPAL: Deeply engrained racial discrimination continues

        April 25, 2018

        NEPAL: Repeated tenure extensions of transitional justice bodies without much progress, has been frightening victims and national and international communities

        February 27, 2018
    • Pakistan
      • Pakistan

        PAKISTAN: Rising violence against children

        February 27, 2018

        PAKISTAN: Rights defenders remain at high risk

        February 27, 2018

        PAKISTAN: Government facilitates curbing freedom of religion

        February 26, 2018
    • Philippines
      • Philippines

        PHILIPPINES: Acceleration of extra-judicial killings of jurists in the Philippines

        June 30, 2020

        PHILIPPINES: Extrajudicial killing of jurists as part of a pattern of widespread and systematic violations of human rights

        September 12, 2019

        PHILIPPINES: Government uses law and policy to violate rights to peaceful assembly and association

        June 9, 2015
    • South Korea
      • South Korea

        SOUTH KOREA: Eugene Soh, a great lover of genuine democracy passes away. 진정 민주주의를 사랑했던 서유진 선생 세상을 떠나다

        May 19, 2019

        NEPAL / REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Blind amnesty and systematic segregation

        June 19, 2014

        Republic of Korea: State’s systematic segregation policy and law results in 513 deaths in a ‘concentration camp’ (“Auschwitz” in South Korea)

        June 6, 2014
    • Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka

        SRI LANKA: UN Human Rights Mechanisms Ought to Explore New Approaches to Protect Rights

        September 14, 2021

        SRI LANKA: AHRC’s Letter to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith on Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Attacks on Churches and Hotels

        April 26, 2019

        SRI LANKA: UNHRC view asking the Sri Lankan government to pay compensation to the victim of sexual abuse and rape.

        June 12, 2018
    • Thailand
      • Thailand

        THAILAND: Unforgotten in Thailand – Ensure truth, justice, and reparations for victims of enforced disappearance

        September 9, 2019

        THAILAND: End Arbitrary Arrest and Arbitrary Detention against pro-democracy activists

        September 2, 2016

        THAILAND: Unfair Trial in the Military Courts

        June 3, 2016
  • Universal Periodic Review
  • Books
    • Books

      TORTURE: AN ENTRENCHED PART OF CRUEL, INHUMAN & DEGRADING LEGAL SYSTEMS

      Tragicomedy of Constitutional Autochthony

      Undermining of the Legal and Political Systems

      Deterioration of the Legal Intellect in Sri Lanka – A Miraculous Cure is Possible

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TRENDING NOW

  • ASIA: Enforced Disappearances Continue With Zero Accountability and Blanket Impunity
  • BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances
  • ASIA: Democratic Governance Equipped with the Rule of Law Required for Ending Arbitrary Deprivation of Life
  • ASIA: Victims and Litigants Suffer in Absence of Independent Judiciary and Legal Profession
  • BANGLADESH: Victims of Gross Human Rights Abuses are Defenceless in Absence of Judicial Independence
  • INDONESIA: State Curbs Freedom of Expression amidst Non-stop Human Rights Violations in Papua
  • WORLD: International Conversations Needed for Removing Gaps Between UN Experts’ Recommendations and Monitoring of Actual Implementation for Protecting Human Rights
  • INDONESIA: Withdraw police officers and stop the seizure of people’s living space in the Wadas village
  • INDONESIA: Urging inquiry and investigation related to the death of Mede Nurlatu at the mining area of the Botak Mountain
  • MYANMAR/BURMA: UN Member States’ Urgent Actions Needed for Addressing Human Rights Catastrophe
September 21, 2022

ASIA: Enforced Disappearances Continue With Zero Accountability and Blanket Impunity

August 22, 2022

BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances

June 22, 2022

ASIA: Democratic Governance Equipped with the Rule of Law Required for Ending Arbitrary Deprivation of Life

LATEST UPDATES

  1. ASIA: Enforced Disappearances Continue With Zero Accountability and Blanket Impunity
  2. BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances
  3. ASIA: Democratic Governance Equipped with the Rule of Law Required for Ending Arbitrary Deprivation of Life

LATEST UPDATES

ASIA: Enforced Disappearances Continue With Zero Accountability and Blanket Impunity

September 21, 2022

BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances

August 22, 2022

ASIA: Democratic Governance Equipped with the Rule of Law Required for Ending Arbitrary Deprivation of Life

June 22, 2022

ASIA: Victims and Litigants Suffer in Absence of Independent Judiciary and Legal Profession

June 21, 2022

BANGLADESH: Victims of Gross Human Rights Abuses are Defenceless in Absence of Judicial Independence

May 23, 2022

INDONESIA: State Curbs Freedom of Expression amidst Non-stop Human Rights Violations in Papua

May 20, 2022

WORLD: International Conversations Needed for Removing Gaps Between UN Experts’ Recommendations and Monitoring of Actual Implementation for Protecting Human Rights

May 20, 2022

INDONESIA: Withdraw police officers and stop the seizure of people’s living space in the Wadas village

February 16, 2022

INDONESIA: Urging inquiry and investigation related to the death of Mede Nurlatu at the mining area of the Botak Mountain

February 9, 2022

MYANMAR/BURMA: UN Member States’ Urgent Actions Needed for Addressing Human Rights Catastrophe

October 12, 2021

ASIA: Protection of Rights Requires Investments in Justice Mechanisms

October 11, 2021

ASIA: Human Rights Mechanisms Require Effective Approaches for Protection from Enforced Disappearances

October 11, 2021
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ALRC at United Nations

ASIA: Enforced Disappearances Continue With Zero Accountability and Blanket Impunity

September 21, 2022

An Oral Statement to the 51st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) Mr. Vice President: The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the comprehensive report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) and appreciates its prompt interventions in response to reprisals against the victims’ families and human rights defenders who keep working on the issue defying multiple forms of challenges. We are seriously concerned over the behaviours of the states where documenting the cases of enforced disappearances and cooperating with the United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms is considered to be ‘anti-state activities’. In May 2022, Bangladesh officially replied […]

  • BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances
  • ASIA: Democratic Governance Equipped with the Rule of Law Required for Ending Arbitrary Deprivation of Life
  • ASIA: Victims and Litigants Suffer in Absence of Independent Judiciary and Legal Profession
  • BANGLADESH: Victims of Gross Human Rights Abuses are Defenceless in Absence of Judicial Independence
  • INDONESIA: State Curbs Freedom of Expression amidst Non-stop Human Rights Violations in Papua

Open Letters

INDONESIA: Withdraw police officers and stop the seizure of people’s living space in the Wadas village

February 16, 2022

An Open Letter from the Asian Legal Resource Centre to the Chief of National Police General of Police LISTYO SIGIT PRABOWOChief of National Police (KAPOLRI)Jl. Trunojoyo Number 3 Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12110INDONESIA Telephone: +62 21 384 8537, 726 0306Fax: +62 21 7220 669Electronic mail: info@polri.go.id Dear General: INDONESIA: Withdraw police officers and stop the seizure of people’s living space in the Wadas village The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the raid by the police and the criminalization of a number of residents, that occurred in the Wadas village. We witnessed thousands of officers who came down and conducted sweeping operation in the Wadas Village as an intimidating and excessive […]

Statements

SOUTH KOREA: Eugene Soh, a great lover of genuine democracy passes away. 진정 민주주의를 사랑했던 서유진 선생 세상을 떠나다

May 19, 2019

Click here to Read the Korean Version On 16th May 2019, Eugene Soh, a man who dedicated his entire adult life working to defeat the military dictatorship in South Korea, passed away after a brief illness. Mahatma is a South Asian word meaning great soul. Eugene Soh was definitely a man who had a very great soul, a compassionate heart with a constant commitment to genuine democracy and for ordinary people. It was certainly a great privilege to have been associated with this unpretentious man whose mind was preoccupied with the great problems of our times. I first got to know Eugene Soh around 1995 during a Youth Meeting organized […]

Countries

BANGLADESH: Independent Investigative Mechanism Needed for Affording Justice to Victims of Enforced Disappearances

August 22, 2022

A Written Statement to the 51st Regular Session of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) reiterates the issue of Bangladesh’s unabated enforced disappearances with blanket impunity to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s 51st Regular Session. Halting enforced disappearances in Bangladesh has been an everlasting challenge under the incumbent government. Previously, the ALRC informed the UN Human Rights Council regarding the situation of enforced disappearances since Sheikh Hasina assumed to the office in January 2009.[1] Now, prior to the 51st Regular Session 619 people are documented to have been disappeared under the incumbent government.[2] It should be […]

  • BANGLADESH: Victims of Gross Human Rights Abuses are Defenceless in Absence of Judicial Independence
  • INDONESIA: State Curbs Freedom of Expression amidst Non-stop Human Rights Violations in Papua
  • WORLD: International Conversations Needed for Removing Gaps Between UN Experts’ Recommendations and Monitoring of Actual Implementation for Protecting Human Rights
  • INDONESIA: Withdraw police officers and stop the seizure of people’s living space in the Wadas village
  • INDONESIA: Urging inquiry and investigation related to the death of Mede Nurlatu at the mining area of the Botak Mountain

PRESS RELEASES

ASIA: Surface the missing, punish the perpetrators, end enforced disappearances

August 29, 2018

PAKISTAN: Human Rights in Pakistan — Perspectives from Oppressed Regions

March 3, 2017

BANGLADESH: Torture victims demand justice

July 3, 2015

PHILIPPINES: UN expert held-the government violated Maguindanao massacre families rights to be free from “cruel, inhuman treatment”

March 17, 2015

BANGLADESH: People’s rights cannot be conceived without the existence of the rule of law

September 12, 2014

BANGLADESH: New book “Human Rights and Governance: Bangladesh” released

November 6, 2013
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