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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.

11 April 2002, United Nations, Geneva, COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DEBATE ON ECONOMIC RIGHTS

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, press releases April 11, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

United Nations, Geneva COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DEBATE ON ECONOMIC RIGHTS, TAKES UP CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS Commission on Human Rights 58th session 11 April 2002 Morning The Commission on Human Rights completed this morning its annual discussion of economic, social and cultural rights, hearing from a series of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) contending, among other things, that efforts to combat poverty were not receiving sufficient support from the international community and from the richer nations of the world. Several NGOs called for rapid development of a draft optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cutural Rights that would allow complaints of violations of such rights to […]

Item 9: ALRC’s Oral Statement on the Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Oral Statements April 10, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 9: Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world Presented by: Asmin Franciska [not delivered due to time contraints intruduced by the CHR] Mr. Chairman, I speak on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre. The Asian Legal Resource Centre is greatly concerned by the obstacles to enforcement of rights in countries throughout Asia. This condition stems in part from the neglect of article 2 of the ICCPR by state parties, and even by the human rights community itself. The absence of inquiries into violations of human rights guaranteed under UN covenants and conventions, and the poor quality of investigations that […]

Effective Functioning of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia

ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, World, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 18(b) : EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS: NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 26. Effective Functioning of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 18(b) of the Provisional Agenda EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS: NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Effective Functioning of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia 1. There are some fundamental problems affecting national human rights institutions in Asia which need to be addressed if these bodies are to be effective and win the confidence of the people in their […]

Human Rights Defenders in Asia

ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, World, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 17(b) : PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 25. Human Rights Defenders in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 17(b) of the Provisional Agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the recent prosecution of 10 persons responsible for crimes against humanity in East Timor between January and October 1999. Although the convictions do not reach those top-level decision makers responsible for the widespread human rights violations there […]

Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Indonesia, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 17(b) : PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 24. Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 17(b) of the Provisional Agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the recent prosecution of 10 persons responsible for crimes against humanity in East Timor between January and October 1999. Although the convictions do not reach those top-level decision makers responsible for the widespread human rights […]

Lack of effective protection for IDPs in Asia

ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, World, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 14(c) : SPECIFIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS: MASS EXODUSES AND DISPLACED PERSON 23. Lack of Effective Protection for IDPs in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 14(c) of the Provisional Agenda SPECIFIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS: MASS EXODUSES AND DISPLACED PERSONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Lack of effective protection for IDPs in Asia 1. There are millions of people in Asia carrying the tag “IDP”, or Internally Displaced Person, including large populations in China, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Indonesia. All of these people suffer insecurity and denials of their human dignity. 2. […]

Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Hong Kong, Written Submissions March 4, 2002January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Item 14(a) : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: MIGRANT WORKERS 22. Foreign Domestic Workers’ (FDW) Situation in Hong Kong SAR Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth- session Item 14(a) of the Provisional Agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR 1. In spite of numerous legal safeguards, the 200,000-plus Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China suffer many violations of their human rights. 2. As the economy of Hong Kong boomed in the mid-1970s, near full […]

Acid attacks on women in Bangladesh

ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 21. Acid Attacks on Women in Bangladesh Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Acid attacks on women in Bangladesh 1. While violence against women remains prevalent throughout Asia, acid attacks on women, especially in Bangladesh, stand out as one of its most despicable and barbaric manifestations. 2. Women are guaranteed equal legal protection […]

Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Nepal, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 20. Violence Against Dalit Women in India and Nepal Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal 1. 260 million Dalits in South Asia suffer structural discrimination and violence on the basis of descent and occupation. Dalits are stigmatised as “polluted” and “impure” and therefore “untouchable”, denying […]

Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Pakistan, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 19. Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan 1. Pakistan ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women (CEDAW) in 1989. Despite that, there is a very high level of violence against girls and women in the country. Judging […]