Category: 6th Session – 2007 September

BURMA: International community is failing the people of Myanmar again

6th Session - 2007 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions September 5, 2007August 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2007 AL-022-2007 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre to the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council BURMA: International community is failing the people of Myanmar again 1. On 15 August 2007, the Government of Myanmar increased the cost of all vehicle and generator fuels, over which it holds a monopoly, without prior announcement. As has been widely reported internationally, the diesel fuel prices doubled; compressed natural gas prices, used for some vehicles and cookers, increased five-fold. The increased prices had a quick knock-on effect to other basic services and commodities: buses increased fares in line with the new rates […]

SRI LANKA: Killing and Enforced Disappearances of Religious Leaders and Attacks on Places of Religious Worship in SRI LANKA

6th Session - 2007 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions September 4, 2007August 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2007 AL-021-2007 A Joint Written Statement submitted by the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR), a non-governmental organization on the roster, Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation in general consultative status and Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, a NGO in Special Consultative Status to the 6th session of the Human Rights Council SRI LANKA: Killing and Enforced Disappearances of Religious Leaders and Attacks on Places of Religious Worship in SRI LANKA[1] 1. Introduction The escalation of the conflict between the Sri Lankan Security Forces, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other armed groups […]

PAKISTAN: Council urged to act as thousands remain forcibly disappeared

6th Session - 2007 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Pakistan, Written Submissions September 4, 2007August 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2007 AL-020-2007 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council PAKISTAN: Council urged to act as thousands remain forcibly disappeared In recent years, the Human Rights Council’s predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights, placed Nepal at the top of the list of perpetrators of forced disappearances. Following interventions and the establishment of a field office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the country, disappearances have dropped significantly. Information received by the Asian Legal Resource Centre indicates that large numbers of forced disappearances are now taking place in […]

SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council must act on killings and forced disappearances in Sri Lanka

6th Session - 2007 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions September 3, 2007August 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2007 AL-019-2007 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council must act on killings and forced disappearances in Sri Lanka The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is gravely concerned by the insufficient action on the part of the Human Rights Council to address the growing problem of extra-judicial killings and forced disappearances in Sri Lanka. The ALRC has alerted the international community, including the Human Rights Council, concerning this growing and extremely grave situation on numerous occasions. For example, the issue of disappearances was communicated as a […]