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The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) works towards the radical rethinking & fundamental redesigning of justice institutions in Asia, to ensure relief and redress for victims of human rights violations, as per Common Article 2 of the International Conventions. Sister organisation to the Asian Human Rights Commission, the ALRC is based in Hong Kong & holds general consultative status with the Economic & Social Council of the United Nations.

BURMA: Bar councils exhorted to support Burmese lawyers

Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, press releases December 23, 2011August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-004-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA: Bar councils exhorted to support Burmese lawyers (Hong Kong, December 23, 2011) The Asian Legal Resource Centre on Friday issued an appeal to bar councils worldwide to support lawyers in Burma who have had their licences revoked for political reasons. In a special appeal to the International Bar Association, International Council of Jurists and bar councils around the world, the director of the Hong Kong-based regional research and advocacy group asked that the professional bodies write to urge the Supreme Court in Burma to review the circumstances under which 32 lawyers lost their licences. […]

BURMA/MYANMAR: Bar councils exhorted to support Burmese lawyers

Uncategorized December 23, 2011 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-004-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA/ MYANMAR: Bar councils exhorted to support Burmese lawyers (Hong Kong, December 23, 2011) The Asian Legal Resource Centre on Friday issued an appeal to bar councils worldwide to support lawyers in Burma who have had their licences revoked for political reasons. In a special appeal to the International Bar Association, International Council of Jurists and bar councils around the world, the director of the Hong Kong-based regional research and advocacy group asked that the professional bodies write to urge the Supreme Court in Burma to review the circumstances under which 32 lawyers lost their […]

MYANMAR: Appeal to review cases of 32 lawyers disbarred for political reasons

Burma / Myanmar, Countries, Open Letters December 22, 2011August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-OLT-009-2011 December 22, 2011 An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of Myanmar (Burma) U Tun Tun Oo Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel: + 95 67 404 080/ 071/ 078/ 067 or + 95 1 372 145 Fax: + 95 67 404 059 Dear Chief Justice MYANMAR: Appeal to review cases of 32 lawyers disbarred for political reasons The Asian Legal Resource Centre is writing to you further to a letter submitted to the president dated 4 November 2011 by 16 lawyers who were disbarred because of alleged political crimes or politically related violations of their codes of practice. […]

THAILAND: International community urged on impunity of “drug war” killers

Countries, documents, press releases, Thailand October 6, 2011August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

She is a human rights defender who has worked tirelessly and at considerable personal risk and without her efforts we have no doubt that the case would never have gone to court FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-003-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: International community urged on impunity of “drug war” killers (Hong Kong, October 6, 2011) The killers of thousands of persons during the “war on drugs” conducted in Thailand from 2003 to 2005 continue to enjoy impunity for their crimes over six years on, a relative of one teenage victim of extrajudicial killing said at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva on Monday. […]

THAILAND: International community urged on impunity of “drug war” killers

Uncategorized October 6, 2011 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-003-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: International community urged on impunity of “drug war” killers (Hong Kong, October 6, 2011) The killers of thousands of persons during the “war on drugs” conducted in Thailand from 2003 to 2005 continue to enjoy impunity for their crimes over six years on, a relative of one teenage victim of extrajudicial killing said at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva on Monday. Mrs. Pikul Phromchan told delegates participating in an event convened by non-governmental organizations FORUM-ASIA, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) at the UN, two […]

BURMA: ALRC endorses call on rule of law

Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, press releases April 29, 2011August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

If the routine procedural problems can begin to be addressed through some change in practices and reduced interference from the executive in the workings of the judiciary, only then can we say that something more might be possible in the system as a whole FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-002-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA: ALRC endorses call on rule of law (Hong Kong, April 29, 2011) The Asian Legal Resource Centre has strongly endorsed the contents of a letter by the National League for Democracy to Burma’s president calling for action on the rule of law. In a statement released on Monday, the NLD […]

BURMA/ MYANMAR: ALRC endorses call on rule of law

Uncategorized April 29, 2011 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-002-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA/ MYANMAR: ALRC endorses call on rule of law (Hong Kong, April 29, 2011) The Asian Legal Resource Centre has strongly endorsed the contents of a letter by the National League for Democracy to Burma’s president calling for action on the rule of law. In a statement released on Monday, the NLD said that its deputy chairperson, U Tin Oo, had sent a letter to the new president, U Thein Sein, on April 5 in which he said that since the sitting of a new parliament in January up to now there had been no […]

WORLD: Reprisals against persons cooperating with the UN: towards a strengthened institutional response

Uncategorized March 15, 2011 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-ANM-001-2011 March 15, 2011 A Joint Announcement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and 14 other organisations WORLD: Reprisals against persons cooperating with the UN: towards a strengthened institutional response Amnesty International, Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Baha’i International Community, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), CIVICUS, CONECTAS Direitos Humanos, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF), Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Commission of Jurists, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) wish to invite you to the following […]

EGYPT: Global civil society condemns abuses, calls for democratic reform and elections

Uncategorized February 2, 2011 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-003-2011 February 2, 2011 A Joint Statement by a global civil society actors, including the Asian Legal Resource Centre EGYPT: Global civil society condemns abuses, calls for democratic reform and elections 1 February, 2011 We, civil society organizations from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as regional and international organizations, to clearly and unequivocally denounce the ongoing violent crackdown against the public protests and demands for democratic reform and government accountability that have been occurring across Egypt since the 25th of January. The Egyptian government has responded to protests with excessive force. This has included wide-spread use of beatings, arbitrary detentions and the use […]

NEPAL: Nepal urged to accept and implement UPR recommendations and end impunity

Uncategorized January 27, 2011 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-002-2011 January 27, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre NEPAL: Nepal urged to accept and implement UPR recommendations and end impunity (Hong Kong, January 27, 2011) On Tuesday, Nepal’s human rights record was reviewed for the first time under the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR process was established by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 through resolution 60/251 to “review the fulfilment by each State of its human rights obligations and commitments.” The procedure assessed Nepal’s compliance with its international obligations to protect and promote human rights. The UPR review, which represents an important opportunity […]