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. […]
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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. […]
Tales of two Sri Lankan massacres: The relevance of Embilipitiya to Bindunuwewa
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre Hardly any one looks into the massacres, killings and other violence in Sri Lanka during recent decades […]
Why do Thai police electrocute the genitals of persons in their custody?
Asian Human Rights Commission Please give your opinion and any comments for each of the following questions, remove the page and return to the Asian Human Rights Commission at 19th […]
Tales of two Sri Lankan massacres: The relevance of Embilipitiya to Bindunuwewa
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre Hardly any one looks into the massacres, killings and other violence in Sri Lanka during recent decades […]
Rule of law versus rule of lords in Thailand: Stronger institutions needed
Asian Legal Resource Centre (An additional document in support of the alternative report to the initial report of Thailand to the Human Rights Committee presented by the Asian Legal Resource […]
Interrogating injustice; Make way for the rule of law
Supara Janchitfah, Correspondent, Bangkok Post (Two articles published in the Bangkok Post on 10 July 2005: republished with grateful acknowledgment of the author and publisher.) Interrogating injustice International covenants stipulate […]
Governments of Asia obliged to respond to rising popular sentiment against torture
Asian Human Rights Commission Protests against the use of torture by law enforcement agencies are becoming more widespread in countries throughout Asia. These are emanating from a growing popular sentiment […]
Recommendations to the UN Human Rights Committee regarding Thailand
Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre urges the Human Rights Committee to raise with the State party that it 1. Undertake a thorough review of implementation of article […]