Naeem Shakir, Advocate, Lahore High Court, Pakistan Despite international treaties, covenants, human rights declarations, movements at global or local levels and resistance against repressive laws, norms, customs, administrative measures […]
Month: June 2004
Urgent Appeals File: Tissa Kumara–Incomprehensible cruelty & systemic neglect in Sri Lanka
Asian Human Rights Commission Footnote: This article is the compilation of a number of appeals that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has made on the case of Tissa […]
The destiny of a rape victim in Pakistan
Ijaz Ahmed, Judicial Magistrate, Pakistan Although the case of Zafran Bibi, a rape victim sentenced to death by stoning under Pakistan’s Zina Ordinance obtained worldwide attention, too little thought […]
Eliminating torture remains our foremost challenge in Asia
Asian Human Rights Commission Footnote: This is the text of a statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission for the International Day against Torture, 26 June 2004. It is […]
Recent cases of ‘honour killing’ in Sindh Province, Pakistan
Asian Human Rights Commission & Human Rights Education Forum (Pakistan) This article comprises summaries of some cases of ‘honour killing’ in Sindh Province of Pakistan received by the Asian […]
Honour killing’ in Pakistan
Asian Legal Resource Centre Footnote: The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) submitted this written statement to the sixtieth session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights this 2004, […]
Graceful apologies and the pain of victims: Consideration of Sri Lanka’s periodic reports to the UN Committee against Torture
Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, Convenor, Rule of Law Centre, Colombo Footnote: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena is a public interest lawyer and writer based in Sri Lanka. She is a columnist for the Sunday […]
Eating the seeds from a camel’s dung: A discussion on the right to food
Permanent People’s Tribunal on the Right to Food and the Rule of Law in Asia Justice H Suresh Although the Universal Declaration on Human Rights addresses the concept of […]
Book review: Memories of a father
Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India Varier, T V Eachara, Memories of a father, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong, China, May 2004, ISBN 962-8314-23-8, 116pp. Torture and disappearances have […]
A special request
Since 2001, the Editorial Board of article 2 has striven to publish a quality journal on the effective implementation of human rights in Asia. We expect that you find it […]