The government is also curtailing the freedom of peaceful assembly and association of civil society organisations and the political opposition. There is a tangible fear that, in the absence of space for liberal voices, radical groups will proliferate.
The police and military have been involved in many conflicts to facilitate mining and plantation. They invariably stand on the side of the company. For instance, in March 2015, in Ramunia Village, Pantai Labu Sub-district, North Sumatera Province, the Military attacked peasants at the time of grabbing their land.
Date of issue: March 17, 2015 Date of submission: March 10, 2015 Document ID: ALRC-COS-28-08-2015 Speaker: Unread for lack of time HRC Session: 28 Agenda Item No. 3 Debate Type: Interactive Dialogue An Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status, and Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), a regional non-governmental institution working on and with migrants. ASIA: Intimidation and threats on human rights defenders advocating protection for rights of migrant workers Thank you Mr. Vice President, The ALRC and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants would like to draw the attention […]
Date: September 17, 2014 Document ID:ALRC-COS-27-14-2014 Speaker:Mr. MOON JeongHo HRC section: Item 3, General Debate An Oral Statementto the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status THAILAND: Human rights crisis is deepened Thank you Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) continues to draw attention from the Council to the deepening human rights crisis in Thailand following the 22 May coup.Although the country has been experiencing political unrest, this unrest is protracted, and nothing in the current circumstances is justification to introduce martial law and launch a military coup under the international human rights […]
Date: September 16, 2014 Document id:ALRC-COS-27-16-2014 Speaker:Mr.Damion Vogt HRC section: Item 3, General Debate A Joint Oral Statementto the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from 21 NGOs INDONESIA: Human rights defenders in Papua Mr. President, Papuan human rights defenders are often confronted by intimidation from Indonesian authorities. Franciscans International and a coalition of 18 international and national organisations would like to call the Council’s attention to the case of intimidation of Papuan human rights lawyer, MrGustafKawer. MrKawer is an independent lawyer from Papua who has been involved in numerous human rights litigations. He was summoned by the Papua regional police as a witness on August 22, 2014. […]
Date: September 16, 2014 Document ID:ALRC-COS-27-13-2014 Speaker:Mr. MOON JeongHo HRC section: Item 3, General Debate An Oral Statementto the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Urgent need for competent public justice systems Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre reiterates that full realization of human rights for all depends on competent public justice systems, functioning effectively, within a rule of law framework. In many Asian states, however, public justice systems have not only failed to function, they now serve private interests, and enforcement agents serving such private interests are granted impunity. […]
Date: September 15, 2014 Document id:ALRC-COS-27-15-2014 Speaker: Mr. Budi Tjahjono HRC section: Item 3, General Debate A Joint Oral Statement to the 27th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from 23 NGOs INDONESIA: Freedom of expression in Papua and West Papua Mr. President, Franciscans International and VIVAT International in coalition with 16 international and national organizations would like to draw the Council’s attention to the still unresolved issue regarding the freedom of expression in the provinces of Papua and West Papua in Indonesia. In 2013, the Human Rights Committee in its concluding observation requested Indonesia to take the necessary steps to ensure that any restrictions to the freedom of […]
Date: June 23, 2014 Document id: ALRC-COS-26-21-2014 HRC section: Item 4, General Debate Speaker: Mr. Budi Tjahjono A Joint Oral Statement to the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), NGO with general consultative status and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and Franciscan International, NGOs with special consultative status THAILAND: The Council must declare the coup illegal Thank you Mr. President, On 22 May 2014, a military junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), usurped power by force and overthrew the democratically elected government of Thailand. The ALRC and LRWC are concerned that since the coup, human rights have suffered a […]
Date: June 19, 2014 Document id: ALRC-COS-26-20-2014 HRC section: Item 3, General Debate Speaker: Mr. MOON JeongHo Oral Statement to the 26th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status NEPAL / REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Blind amnesty and systematic segregation Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)expresses its deep concern about the absence of investigation into the systematic segregation regulation and policy that resulted in at least 500 deaths in a so-called ‘welfare’ facility in the Republic of Korea during the 1970s and 80s. The Ordinance no. 10 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, […]
Date: June 16, 2014 Document id: ALRC-COS-26-19-2014 HRC section: Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Independence of judges and lawyers Speaker: Mr. MOON JeongHo An Oral Statement to the 26th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status SOUTH ASIA: No rule of law without independence of judges and lawyers Thank you Mr. Vice-President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre(ALRC) and its partners welcome the report (A/HRC/26/32) presented by Madam Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. We appreciate the efforts made by the Rapporteur to ensure the rule of law is upheld through […]
