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 […]
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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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Introduction: Rule of law versus rule of lords in Thailand
Editorial board, article 2 This is the second special report released by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) in article 2 on torture, extrajudicial killings and uneven application of law […]
Institutionalised torture, extrajudicial killings & uneven application of law in Thailand
Asian Legal Resource Centre Preamble 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is a regional non-governmental organisation holding General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council, having its registered office […]
New law needed to implement the UN Convention against Torture in Indonesia
Taufik Basari, Attorney, Legal Aid Institute of Jakarta, Indonesia The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment obliges state parties to “take the […]
Appendix VI: To uphold the Constitution of Thailand, axe criminal libel
Asian Human Rights Commission Note: This article was released as a statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AS-38-2005) on 8 April 2005. ————————————- In an announcement this week, Prime […]