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Item 11(b): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS : Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Sri Lanka (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/65)

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/65) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Sri Lanka 1. Sri Lanka’s disappearance cases are an outstanding issue of gross human rights abuse. The Government of Sri Lanka has clearly ignored international efforts to address this concern. The time has come for the establishment of an international tribunal or similar body to press the matter. 2. The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances made the following recommendations […]

Item 11(a): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF TORTURE AND DETENTION: Chaining and shackling of prisoners in Thailand (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/64)

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Thailand, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR E/CN.4/2001/NGO/64) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Chaining and shackling of prisoners in Thailand 1. According to article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Further, article 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) determines that each State Party shall undertake to prevent – in […]