Asian Human Rights Commission The People’s Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma (Myanmar) was created as a public exercise in discovering and assessing evidence of human rights abuses […]
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The making of a people’s tribunal
Chris Cusano, Deputy Director (Venture), Ashoka Innovators for the Public In 1996, the Asian Human Rights Commission and Burma Issues, a human rights organization in Thailand, began working on a […]
Statements to the UN Commission on Human Rights regarding food insecurity in Burma
Statements to the UN Commission on Human Rights regarding food insecurity in Burma Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) submitted these statements on food security in […]
Hunger still rampant in Burma
Asian Human Rights Commission Burma is a fertile country with abundant resources. In years gone by it was said that nobody ever starves in Burma. This has long ceased to […]
Legal measures for torture prevention in Nepal
Rajendra Ghimire, Advocate, Supreme Court, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal is passing through a difficult time in its history. The present conflict has affected our society, communities, the national economy, the quality […]
Pakistan criminal law needs amendments: A proposal
Ijaz Ahmad, Judicial Magistrate, Pakistan Over the 55 years since its establishment, the Government of Pakistan has been practicing laws and procedures it adopted from the British colonial regime. Minor […]
Cambodians deserve something more than a farcical tribunal
Basil Fernando A precondition of justice for the victims of Cambodia’s genocide is justice for living Cambodians. Both present and past problems can be solved only through fundamental reform of […]
CAMBODIA: The progress and influence on law enforcement of the Cambodian Ministry of Justice
Ith Rady, Cambodian Ministry of Justice Under the 1993 Constitution, Cambodia adopted policies of liberal democracy, political pluralism and free market economics. Correspondingly, we need a consistent legal system to […]
CAMBODIA: The progress and influence on law enforcement of the Cambodian Ministry of Interior
Pol Lim, Cambodian Ministry of Interior The roles of the Cambodian Ministry of Interior are to: 1. Lead and govern provincial territories, people and public property; 2. Ensure national security […]
CAMBODIA: Review of judicial process in Cambodia: 15th Workshop on Administration of Justice Reform
Asian Human Rights Commission In December 2001 thirty participants gathered in Sihanouk Ville for two days to review the progress of judicial process in Cambodia since the adoption of the […]