Category: Countries

Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Hong Kong, Written Submissions March 4, 2002January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Item 14(a) : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: MIGRANT WORKERS 22. Foreign Domestic Workers’ (FDW) Situation in Hong Kong SAR Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth- session Item 14(a) of the Provisional Agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR 1. In spite of numerous legal safeguards, the 200,000-plus Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China suffer many violations of their human rights. 2. As the economy of Hong Kong boomed in the mid-1970s, near full […]

Acid attacks on women in Bangladesh

ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 21. Acid Attacks on Women in Bangladesh Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Acid attacks on women in Bangladesh 1. While violence against women remains prevalent throughout Asia, acid attacks on women, especially in Bangladesh, stand out as one of its most despicable and barbaric manifestations. 2. Women are guaranteed equal legal protection […]

Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Nepal, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 20. Violence Against Dalit Women in India and Nepal Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal 1. 260 million Dalits in South Asia suffer structural discrimination and violence on the basis of descent and occupation. Dalits are stigmatised as “polluted” and “impure” and therefore “untouchable”, denying […]

Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Pakistan, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 19. Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan 1. Pakistan ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women (CEDAW) in 1989. Despite that, there is a very high level of violence against girls and women in the country. Judging […]

Rape and police inaction in Sri Lanka

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 18. Rape and Police Inaction in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 12(a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Rape and police inaction in Sri Lanka 1. Sex, the most beautiful and sacred element of life and creative source of energy, is frequently debased into a tool-a weapon-to defeat, humiliate and destroy Asia’s women and children. This form […]

Denial of the right of conscientious objection to military service in South Korea

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, South Korea, Written Submissions March 4, 2002January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(g) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE 17. Denial of the right of conscientious objection to military service in South Korea Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(g) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organisation with general consultative status Denial of the right of conscientious objection to military service in Republic of Korea 1. The Commission has reaffirmed the universal right to conscientiously object to military service as a legitimate exercise of the right […]

Impunity in Sri Lanka

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(d) : INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY 14. Impunity in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(d) of the Provisional Agenda INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Impunity in Sri Lanka 1. In Sri Lanka there is near complete impunity for state officers alleged to have caused serious crimes such as murder, torture, disappearances, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The very judicial framework of the country in fact promotes and accommodates impunity. The present 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka has […]

Disappearances in Sri Lanka

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(b) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS 12. Disappearances in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ARLC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Disappearances in Sri Lanka 1. The December 1999 recommendations of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to the Government of Sri Lanka (E/CN.4/2000/64/Add.1) have-all but for one-not been implemented. Although an Inter-ministerial Committee of Secretaries was appointed to look into implementation, it did not do anything […]

A culture of impunity and the 1965-66 massacre in Indonesia

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Indonesia, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(b) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS 11. A culture of impunity and the 1965-66 massacre in Indonesia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status A culture of impunity and the 1965-66 massacre in Indonesia 1. General Soeharto’s 1965-66 pogrom of alleged communist sympathisers in Indonesia left an incalculable number of victims dead, jailed or otherwise persecuted. At least 500,000 and possibly as many as 2 million […]

Torture Cases in Sri Lanka

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(a) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION 9. Torture Cases in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Torture in Sri Lanka 1. Article 2 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) determines that any act of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is an offence to human dignity to be condemned as a breach of the […]