Author: ALRC

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.

NEPAL: The ALRC and Advocacy Forum call for international action concerning the rise of torture and ongoing impunity

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions February 23, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-07-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: The ALRC and Advocacy Forum call for international action concerning the rise of torture and ongoing impunity The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to bring to the Council’s attention the continuing and significant increase in reports of torture in Nepal over the last two years, as well as ongoing delays by the state in implementing the policing […]

INDONESIA: National laws and policies are resulting in violations of the right to food

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Indonesia, Written Submissions February 22, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-06-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDONESIA: National laws and policies are resulting in violations of the right to food The Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) wishes to bring the Council’s attention to the deterioration of farmers’ and indigenous peoples’ food security in Indonesia as the country’s laws and policies fail to ensure their fundamental rights and let human rights violations committed by national and multinational corporations go unpunished. […]

THAILAND: Continued impunity for enforced disappearance in Thailand

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions February 21, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-05-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: Continued impunity for enforced disappearance in Thailand The Asian Legal Resource Center wishes to bring the importance of continued action to end enforced disappearance in Thailand to the attention of the Human Rights Council. While the signing of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on 9 January 2012 by the Government of Thailand is a positive […]

INDONESIA: Attacks on religious minorities remain largely unchallenged by justice institutions

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Indonesia, Written Submissions February 20, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-04-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDONESIA: Attacks on religious minorities remain largely unchallenged by justice institutions The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has noted with concern the ongoing violence against religious minorities in Indonesia. Many cases of such violence are characterized by a lack of protective action by the police and institutional discrimination against minority groups. The ALRC urges the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on […]

PHILIPPINES: Action required to address ongoing abuses of the legal system used to target human rights defenders

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Philippines, Written Submissions February 17, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-03-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PHILIPPINES: Action required to address ongoing abuses of the legal system used to target human rights defenders The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) submitted a written statement to the tenth session of the Human Rights Council in March 20091 concerning a growing pattern of the abusive use of prosecutorial powers and the country’s judicial process in order to detain human rights and political activists, […]

THAILAND: Growing threats to political freedom in Thailand

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions February 16, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-02-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: Growing threats to political freedom in Thailand 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring the growing range of state and vigilante threats to political freedom in Thailand to the attention of the Human Rights Council. These threats have been concentrated around those who both express critical views of the monarchy, as well as those who express concern about these threats. In recent months, academic and human rights defenders […]

NEPAL: Families of the disappeared in a legal and emotional limbo

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions February 15, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2012 ALRC-CWS-19-01-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Nineteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: Families of the disappeared in a legal and emotional limbo The Hong Kong-based Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to highlight the lack of progress being made in addressing enforced disappearances in Nepal, which is engendering growing frustration and suffering by victims’ families. In 2011, a special taskforce established by the government to ascertain the […]

INDIA: Human Rights Council’s intervention sought concerning India’s violations of indigenous peoples’ rights

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions August 30, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 30, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-04-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Human Rights Council’s intervention sought concerning India’s violations of indigenous peoples’ rights The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight the Government of India’s failure to ensure the rights of indigenous people in the country, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, where the indigenous population (also known as Scheduled Tribes or Adivasis) is predominant. India has amongst the largest concentrations […]

THAILAND: Persecution of torture victims and the legalization of impunity in Thailand

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions August 29, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-03-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: Persecution of torture victims and the legalization of impunity in Thailand The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to draw the attention of the Human Rights Council to the systemic persecution of torture victims in Thailand. Thailand acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (CAT) on 2 October 2007. However, since accession, there has neither been a national law passed nor significant changes in […]

THAILAND: Persecution of torture victims and the legalization of impunity in Thailand

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions August 29, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-03-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: Persecution of torture victims and the legalization of impunity in Thailand The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to draw the attention of the Human Rights Council to the systemic persecution of torture victims in Thailand. Thailand acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (CAT) on 2 October 2007. However, since accession, there has neither been a national law passed nor significant changes in […]