Category: Human Rights Council

INDONESIA: Extreme poverty in Asmat regency has caused measles and malnutrition

38th Session - June 2018, ALRC AT THE UN, Human Rights Council, Indonesia, Written Submissions May 30, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

A Written Submission to the 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) about the extreme poverty and health crisis faced by Asmat regency in Papua, Indonesia. Approximately 70 Papuan children died from measles and malnutrition in 2018. Extreme poverty and a lack of public infrastructure in the province, particularly in Asmat regency, has caused serious health problems and malnutrition, direly affecting children. The Indonesian government has failed in protecting its citizens’ right to health and life.

INDIA: Right to freedom of opinion and expression deteriorating

38th Session - June 2018, ALRC AT THE UN, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions May 30, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

A Written Submission to the 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) along with its sister concern, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring the state of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in India to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.

INDONESIA: Corruption and bribery threatening judicial independence

38th Session - June 2018, ALRC AT THE UN, Human Rights Council, Indonesia, Written Submissions May 29, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

A Written Submission to the 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) about the lack of accountability and independence of Indonesia’s judges and lawyers. One of the most serious problems threatening the Indonesian judiciary is corruption, involving judges, court clerks and lawyers. Not only does such corruption have a negative impact on the accountability of judges and lawyers, but it also seriously undermines fair trial and due process.

INDIA: Climate of impunity allows extrajudicial executions to go unchecked

38th Session - June 2018, ALRC AT THE UN, Extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Council, India, Written Submissions May 29, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

A Written Submission to the 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is writes to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking its attention and intervention considering the violent culture of extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions in India.

INDONESIA: Summary executions recurring while perpetrators enjoy impunity

38th Session - June 2018, ALRC AT THE UN, Extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Council, Indonesia, Written Submissions May 29, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

A Written Submission to the 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding the situation of extrajudicial executions (summary executions) in Indonesia.

BANGLADESH: Government escalates extrajudicial executions declaring ‘war on drugs’

38th Session - June 2018, ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, Extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

A Written Submission to the 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) requests the attention of the Human Rights Council to the pattern of extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh. The incumbent government of Bangladesh has escalated extrajudicial executions in the country with new excuses.