Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Under the Gaullist Constitution one of the major responsibilities of the French president is that […]
Samith de Silva, Senior Legal Advisor, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The presumption of innocence is an integral part of the criminal law in all Common Law countries. The […]
Danish Rehabilitation & Research Centre for Torture Victims The Danish Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT) has had close cooperation with the Family Rehabilitation Centre (FRC) in Sri […]
Janasansadaya, Sri Lanka After reviewing the ‘List of Issues to be considered during the examination of the Third Periodic Report of Sri Lanka (CAT/C/48/Add.2)’ [CAT/C/35/L/LKA (List of Issues), 30 June […]
Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Introduction This document has been prepared in order to supplement the information provided to the UN Committee against Torture (herein referred to as the […]
From September 2005, Human Rights SOLIDARITY, the sister publication of article 2, which is published by the Asian Human Rights Commission, has gone completely online atwww.hrsolidarity.net. Although a limited number […]
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong With a view to drafting an Asian Charter on the Rule of Law, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is launching a series of […]
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong An x-ray of the Sri Lankan policing system & torture of the poor is the third report produced on police torture and other abuses […]