Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong In ancient times, when Sinhala kings and monks perceived that the local practice of Buddhism was degenerating they sought to […]
Month: August 2005
The long search for a son: The Sarma Case
Communication No. 950/2000 [Views of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Communication No. 950/2000: Sri Lanka. 31/07/2003. CCPR/C/78/D/950/2000. […]
Synopses of UN Human Rights Committee decisions on communications from Sri Lanka
Jailed for raising voice in court: The Tony Fernando Case Articles 7, 9, 10(1) 14(1), (2), (3)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (5) and 2(3) of the International Covenant on […]
President puts a life at risk: The Jayalath Jayawardena Case
Communication No. 916/2000 [Views of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Communication No 916/2000: Sri Lanka. 26/07/2002. CCPR/C/75/D/916/2000. […]
Muzzling the freedom of expression: The Victor Ivan Case
Communication No. 909/2000 [Views of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Communication No. 909/2000: Sri Lanka. 26/08/2004. CCPR/C/81/D/909/2000. […]
Justice delayed, human rights denied: The Lalith Rajapakse Case
Communication No. 1250/2004 [Views of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Communication No. 1250/2004: Sri Lanka. CCPR/C/83/D/1250/2004. (Jurisprudence)] […]
Appendix II: Open letters on Bangladesh to UN agencies by the AHRC
1. Failure to separate judiciary and executive makes Bangladesh unsuitable for UN Human Rights Council August 3, 2006 AHRC-OL-038-2006 Luis Alfonso de Alba President UN Human Rights Council c/o OHCHR-UNOG […]
A confession under duress: The Nallaratnam Singarasa Case
Communication No. 1033/2001 [Views of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Communication No. 1033/2001: Sri Lanka. 23/08/2004. CCPR/C/81/D/1033/2001. […]
A message to the people of Bangladesh & the international community
Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The scale of problems facing Bangladesh is enormous. Profound and long-standing institutional defects have been greatly worsened by Operation Clean Heart and the subsequent […]
Jailed for raising voice in court: The Tony Fernando Case
Communication No. 1189/2003 [Views of the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Communication No. 1189/2003: Sri Lanka 10.06.2003. CCPR/C/83/D/1189/2003. […]