FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2013 ALRC-CWS-23-03-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty-third session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDONESIA: Justice denied due to the absence of independent mechanism to examine summary execution allegations 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) wishes to bring the attention of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to the issue of summary executions perpetrated by police and military officers in Indonesia. The ALRC and KontraS are concerned not only with the fact that such practice […]
Category: ALRC AT THE UN
INDIA: India’s domestic and international human rights obligations are incompatible with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2013 ALRC-CWS-23-02-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty-third session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: India’s domestic and international human rights obligations are incompatible with the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 1. “The present case appears to be one where two persons along with some others were just seized from a hut, taken to a long distance away in a truck, and shot there. This type of activity cannot certainly be countenanced by the courts even in the case […]
PAKISTAN: The ALRC welcomes the recommendations of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2013 ALRC-CWS-23-01-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty-third session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: The ALRC welcomes the recommendations of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers about Pakistan. The report has correctly reflected the problems the people face with the justice system of the country, which […]
INDONESIA: Ongoing violence in Papua and the need for dialogue
date: March 12, 2013 document id: ALRC-COS-22-13-2013 HRC section: Item 4, General Debate Speaker: Mr. Budi Tjahjono A Joint Oral Statement to the 22st Session of the UN Human Rights Council fromthe Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs / World Council of Churches ( CCIA/WCC), Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers), Franciscans International (FI), the International Coalition for Papua (ICP), Survival International (SI), United Evangelical Mission (UEM), Vivat International (VI), and the West Papua Netzwerk (WPN). INDONESIA: Ongoing violence in Papua and the need for dialogue This is a joint statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Commission of […]
MYANMAR: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Date: March 12, 2013 Document ID: ALRC-COS-22-14-2013 HRC section: Item 4, General Debate Speaker: Vani Selvarajah A Joint Oral Statement to the 22nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Asian Legal Resource Centre. MYANMAR: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Mr. President: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers and Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur. 1 We share his appreciation of the progress towards recognition of human rights in Myanmar, 2 including the release of some prisoners of […]
PAKISTAN: Human rights will remain a mirage in Pakistan without state’s political will to guarantee them
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-12-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 6, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: Human rights will remain a mirage in Pakistan without state’s political will to guarantee them 1. The Government of Pakistan will undoubtedly be proud of the number of votes it received in the re-election to the Human Rights Council. However, this might lead to the false idea that the country must be doing something right and therefore may continue to ignore its international obligations. Re-election should be a reward for […]
MYANMAR: The death of Phyo Wai Aung: Myanmar’s brutal institutions claim another victim
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-10-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 4, Interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Myanmar A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: The death of Phyo Wai Aung: Myanmar’s brutal institutions claim another victim 1. At the twentieth session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) drew the attention of delegates—not for the first time—to the case of Phyo Wai Aung, a young man falsely convicted of involvement in a bombing attack during 2010 that killed 10 people and injured scores. The ALRC […]
SRI LANKA: The absence of action regarding complaints of torture and ill-treatment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-09-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status SRI LANKA: The absence of action regarding complaints of torture and ill-treatment 1. The ALRC and its sister organisation the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has submitted to the government of Sri Lanka in 2012 a total of 46 complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment. All these cases related to serious assaults on persons after arrest and during the period of detention at police stations. The victims in these cases and […]
SRI LANKA: The need for the preservation and proper inquiries into the remains of about 200 bodies found in the mass grave at Matale
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-08-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status SRI LANKA: The need for the preservation and proper inquiries into the remains of about 200 bodies found in the mass grave at Matale 1. The ALRC and its sister organisation, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), have documented numerous cases of enforced disappearances to the state of Sri Lanka and to the UN Working Group. 2. The question of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka has been a matter of concern […]
INDIA: A long way to go to ensure food security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-07-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: A long way to go to ensure food security 1. Set to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation by 2030, India has a population of over 1.2 billion and is facing an enormous food shortage crisis. Government corruption has rendered it impossible to institute any lasting means through which to feed the Indian people. India has the largest population of hungry citizens, and is home to more than […]