FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-08-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 3 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: Government urged to commute all death sentences and abolish the death penalty The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the discussion by the Human Rights Council during its 15th session concerning the report of the Secretary General on the question of the death penalty. In light of this discussion, the ALRC is hereby submitting information pertaining to the death penalty in Pakistan. The government of Pakistan has failed to abolish the death penalty in […]
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PAKISTAN: Council urged to take action concerning numerous, widespread abuses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2010 ALRC-CWS-13-10-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Thirteenth session, Agenda Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: Council urged to take action concerning numerous, widespread abuses The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to communicate to the Human Rights Council a series of concerns with regard to the human rights situation in Pakistan, which continues to comprise amongst the most numerous and grave violations in the Asian region. In line with the thematic issues being discussed during the 13th session of the Human Rights Council, the ALRC will here concentrate […]
PAKISTAN: Police threaten indiscriminate revenge killings in Balochistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2009 ALRC-CWS-12-04-2009 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session � Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: Police threaten indiscriminate revenge killings in Balochistan The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the Human Rights Council the situation of human rights in Balochistan, Pakistan�s south-western province, which is deteriorating day by day due to the heavy-handed policies being adopted by the government towards nationalist groups. In response to the recent increase in violence committed by nationalist militants, a high-ranking police official threatened in a press conference on August […]
PAKISTAN: The ALRC expresses support for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on housing rights during the HRC review
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2007 ALRC-COS-06-007-2007 Oral intervention presented by Asian Legal Resource Centre at the Sixth Session of the Human Rights Council (Resumed), 13 December 2007 PAKISTAN: The ALRC expresses support for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on housing rights during the HRC review Review, rationalization and improvement of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Housing Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to take this opportunity to express its support for the extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Housing and its appreciation for the excellent work of the mandate holder, Mr. Miloon […]
PAKISTAN: Human rights groups welcome Louise Arbour’s statement on Pakistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2007 ALRC-COS-06-005-2007 An Oral Intervention by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the Sixth Session of the Human Rights Council, December 11, 2007, supported by the Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (L4L) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Madame Louise Arbour Delivered by: Baseer Naweed PAKISTAN: Human rights groups welcome Louise Arbour’s statement on Pakistan Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), the Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (L4L) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) welcome the statement made by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Madame Louise Arbour, concerning the ongoing, deep […]
PAKISTAN: Human rights situation requires Human Rights Council’s attention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2007 AL-029-2007 An Oral Intervention submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre to the 6th session of the Human Rights Council PAKISTAN: Human rights situation requires Human Rights Council’s attention Thank you, Mr. President. I wish to address the Council as both a human rights defender and a victim of human rights abuses in Pakistan. The situation in the country is not gaining the attention it deserves here. The media are being silenced, human rights defenders face grave reprisals, torture is endemic and the country ranks amongst the highest perpetrators of forced disappearances in Asia, alongside Sri Lanka. The whereabouts of at least 5,000 people […]
PAKISTAN: Council urged to act as thousands remain forcibly disappeared
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2007 AL-020-2007 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council PAKISTAN: Council urged to act as thousands remain forcibly disappeared In recent years, the Human Rights Council’s predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights, placed Nepal at the top of the list of perpetrators of forced disappearances. Following interventions and the establishment of a field office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the country, disappearances have dropped significantly. Information received by the Asian Legal Resource Centre indicates that large numbers of forced disappearances are now taking place in […]
PAKISTAN: Judicial subservience must be ended without further bloodshed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2007 AL-014-2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifth session A Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: Judicial subservience must be ended without further bloodshed The judicial system in Pakistan is very weak and can not deliver justice to the people. The weakness of the judiciary can be blamed on the continuous interference by successive governments, in particular by military governments. The judiciary in Pakistan has traditionally always supported those in power, even if they came to power by ousting elected, civilian governments. Since 1954, when the then-Prime Minister was thrown out of power and the Chief Justice at the time, Mr. Munir, sacrificed […]
Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan
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 […]