Download this file in Word format UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 59TH SESSION ITEM 9: question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world A crime against humanity in Gujarat Statement read by Timothy Richard Gill of the Asian Legal Resource Centre Mr. Chairman On behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre, I would like to draw the Commission’s attention to the findings of the Concerned Citizens Tribunal Gujarat 2002. The Tribunal was formed in response to the anti-Muslim carnage in the state of Gujarat, India, during February and March of 2002. Hundreds of people were killed, women and children sexually abused […]
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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.
3 April 2003, NGOS TELL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF FURTHER ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSES AROUND GLOBE
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25 March, 2003, COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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Written Statements – 59th Session of the CHR
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Written Statements – 58th Session of the CHR
Item 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION 1. Ethnic Religious and Ideological Discrimination in Indonesia Item 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION 2. Caste Discrimination in Asia Item 09: QUESTION OF VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD 3. Implementing article 2 of the ICCPR to ensure effective remedies for human rights violations in Asia Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 4. Food Scarcity in Myanmar Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 5. Milk Prices In Sri Lanka: The Question of the Right to Food and Health Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL […]
58th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
18 March to 26 April 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland Written Statements – 58th Session of the CHR Press Releases – 58th Session of the CHR Oral Statements – 58th Session of the CHR