An Oral Statement to the 35th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
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ASIA: High Commissioner’s Office should address problems of justice delivery institutions to guard human rights
An Oral Statement to the 35th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
ASIA: States that crush right to peaceful assembly and democratic struggles do not deserve to be in Human Rights Council
An Oral Statement to the 35th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to call for the immediate intervention of this Council on situations that has trampled upon the freedom of peaceful assembly and association in Bangladesh, Thailand, China, and Cambodia.
ASIA: States maintain policy of extrajudicial executions
An Oral Statement to the 35th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to bring to this Council’s immediate attention the practice of summary executions, particularly in countries like Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, and Pakistan.
ASIA: States should commit to ensure adequate resources for Special Procedure mandates to function effectively
An Oral Statement to the 34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) Mr. President, It takes sustained efforts and resources for organisations like the ALRC to report to the Special Procedures mandates, cases of human rights violations. The expectation is, that when cases are reported, mandate holders are in a position to promptly act. Unfortunately, our experience is that all Special Procedure mandate holders face acute paucity in resources, sufficient staff members, and other facilities for them to effectively act upon the information and complaints they receive. Two concerns arise out of the current situation are: (i) despite their earnestness to […]
ASIA: Recognising minority rights would serve no higher cause without justice institutions to guarantee them
An Oral Statement to the 34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
ASIA: Safety of HRDs in Bangladesh and Thailand must be guaranteed
An Oral Statement to the 34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
MYANMAR: UN should not let another Cambodia to happen
An Oral Statement to the 34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
ASIA: Time to engage with Asian’s justice institutions
An Oral Statement to the 34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
ASIA: Reengineer justice institutions to end infant malnutrition in Asia
An Oral Statement to the 34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteurs on Environment and Right to Food Mr. President. 70% of all malnourished children live in Asia. South Asian countries comprising of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan make up more than 50% of this number. Exact figures of child malnutrition in China and Myanmar are not known due to restrictions the two states employ against independent assessments. However, available limited research findings throw China and Myanmar into the same basket of states that have neglected their future generations for decades. Countries like India […]