Presented by Sanjeewa Liyanage, Mr. Chairman, On behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre I would like to draw the attention of this commission to a grave human rights problem faced in many Asian countries. Systematic causing of mass disappearances has left a permanent mark in the conscience of the many states in Asia as well as international community. Enforced and involuntary disappearances is one of the horrifying and ugly phenomenon faced by the peoples of many Asian countries especially in Punjab in India, Kashmir, Aceh in Indonesia, East Timor, and Sri Lanka. When a person disappears, there are many who are affected by such single instance. Parents, brothers, sisters, […]
Category: CHR 56th Session – 2000
Item 9 – Question of the violence of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world
Mr. Chairman, On behalf of Asian Legal Resource Centre I would like to bring to the attention of this Commission human rights violations suffered by the Dalits in India. Those who were once called Untouchables in India now call themselves ‘Dalits’, meaning ‘the oppressed. Indeed, they are one of most oppressed groups that history has ever known. They comprise 17% of the Indian population. In sheer numbers, the problem affects at least 170 million men and women. However, this figure excludes those Dalits who have become Muslims or Christians. After a thousand years of exclusion from society they continue to be in limbo in Indian society, despite the legal abolition […]
Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: Violence against women
Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/65 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifth-sixth 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, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10723 (E) Violation of the human rights of women in Asia 1. The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, which contained a comprehensive list of recommendations for the integration of the human rights of […]
Civil and political rights, including the question of: Independence of the judiciary, administration of justice, impunity
Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/64 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11 (d) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10751 (E) Right to a fair trial in Asia 1. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) guarantees fair trial. The provisions on due process contained in this convention […]
Civil and political rights, including the question of: Disappearances and summary executions
Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/63 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11 (b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulatd in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10747 (E) Enforced and involuntary disappearances in Sri Lanka 1. In the communications of the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) we have exposed the situation relating to disappearances […]
Civil and political rights, including the question of: Torture and detention
Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/62 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11 (a) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secreary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10743 (E) Torture and detention in Asia Torture and inhuman and degrading punishment remain one of the major violations of human rights in most countries of Asia. While there is quite a lot of evidence of […]
Economic, social and cultural rights: Food scarcity in Myanmar
Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/61 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 10 of the provisional agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10739 (E) Food scarcity in Myanmar 1. The right to food is a fundamental human right. It is guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 25 (1)) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 11). 2. In the […]
Civil and political rights including the question of: Disappearances and summary execution
Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/60 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11(b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10735 (E) Extrajudicial killings in Asia In India, 17 persons lost their lives in Tirunelveli Town, south Tamil Nadu, in July 1999. This was due to brutal police attack. According to reports, the deaths were due […]