Category: 19th Session – 2012 March

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 […]