FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-06-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with SRSG on violence against children A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDONESIA: Government and law enforcement officials are expected to take serious measures to combat paedophilia in Bali 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and the Network of Care for Child Victims of Paedophilia (Jaringan Peduli Anak Korban Pedofilia, JPAKP) wishes to bring to the attention of the UN Human Rights Council the issue of child molestation taking place across Bali, Indonesia, as the issue […]
Category: ALRC AT THE UN
MYANMAR: Targeting and torturing public enemies through the Unlawful Associations Act in Myanmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-05-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: Targeting and torturing public enemies through the Unlawful Associations Act in Myanmar 1. In January 2013, the Asian Legal Resource Centre released a special dossier of 36 cases brought by personnel of the Myanmar armed forces and police under the 1908 Unlawful Associations Act, against people accused of contact with the Kachin Independence Army, which since 2011 has resumed armed combat with government forces in the north […]
MYANMAR: Savage torture in ordinary criminal cases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-03-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Torture A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: Savage torture in ordinary criminal cases 1. One misconception about the use of torture in Myanmar is that it has been a form of human rights abuse most commonly associated with the cases of political prisoners, and therefore in the current period we should expect the incidence of torture to diminish as political conditions change. This misconception is in part because of the heavy concentration […]
THAILAND: Freedom of Expression in Crisis – The Conviction of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-02-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Working Group on Arbitrary Detention A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: Freedom of Expression in Crisis – The Conviction of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring the urgent crisis of freedom of expression in Thailand to the attention of the Human Rights Council. This statement is the fifth on this topic that the ALRC has submitted to the Council since May 2011. During the seventeenth session of the Council […]
BANGLADESH: Government lacks ‘political will’ to legislate anti-torture bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-01-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Torture A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Government lacks ‘political will’ to legislate anti-torture bill 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) once again reiterates the urgent need of criminalisation of torture in Bangladesh where torture is an endemic problem. Torture has been inseparable and deeply entrenched within the law-enforcement and investigation systems of the government. Visibility must be the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Council toward its long-standing member-State. Bangladesh […]
NEPAL: Raising voice against impunity puts human rights defenders at risk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 22, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-11-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second 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 NEPAL: Raising voice against impunity puts human rights defenders at risk 1. The Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) urges the Human Rights Council to pay special attention to the situation of human rights defenders in Nepal, who have found themselves exposed to threats, attacks and retaliation in the context of an intensified struggle against impunity. We urge the Council to remind the government of Nepal of its obligations to ensure that […]
BANGLADESH: Failure to prevent disappearance is injustice to families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2013 ALRC-CWS-22-04-2013 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty second session, Agenda Item 3, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Failure to prevent disappearance is injustice to families 1. Bangladesh is a member of the Human Rights Council since 2006. In the voluntary pledges made by Bangladesh, it has asserted that “[a]t the national level, Bangladesh, a democratic and pluralistic polity, is fully committed to the principles of good governance, democracy, rule of law and promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedom of […]
CAMBODIA: LRWC and ALRC denounce attacks against HRDs and problems with judicial independence
date: September 25, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-21-08-2012 HRC section: Item 10, Cambodia speaker: Vani Selvarajah A Joint Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, and Asian Legal Resource Centre, (ALRC), a nongovernmental organization in general consultative status CAMBODIA: LRWC and ALRC denounce attacks against HRDs and problems with judicial independence Madame President: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia1. We share his view that freedom of expression is a principal concern. Cambodian human rights defenders […]
PHILIPPINES: The ALRC highlights abuses to the Human Rights Council, and doubts government’s will to implement UPR recommendations
date: September 20, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-21-09-2012 HRC section: Item 6, Universal Periodic Review of the Philippines Speaker: Mr. Danilo Reyes An Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status PHILIPPINES: The ALRC highlights abuses to the Human Rights Council, and doubts government’s will to implement UPR recommendations Thank you Madam President, The ALRC welcomes the Philippines’ second review under the UPR. Many of the recommendations on key issues could play an important role in improving the human rights situation in the country. These include those on the need for effective investigations […]
INDONESIA: ALRC and KontraS denounce government’s failure to accept key UPR recommendations
date: September 19, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-21-07-2012 HRC section: Item 6, Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia speaker: Ms. Kit Chan An Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status INDONESIA: ALRC and KontraS denounce government’s failure to accept key UPR recommendations Thank you Madam President, While the Indonesian government accepted a number of useful, if general, recommendations on various human rights issues, its commitment to protect rights in reality remains in doubt, given its rejection of key recommendations that would lead to improvements if implemented. On impunity, the government failed to accept […]