Category: documents

BURMA/MYANMAR: Legal and institutional encouragement of torturers in Myanmar

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 25, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-05-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BURMA/MYANMAR: Legal and institutional encouragement of torturers in Myanmar 1. At the 13th session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre described the incidence of torture in all types of criminal cases in Myanmar (A/HRC/13/NGO/56, 23 February 2010). These include cases involving persons accused of anti-government activities, persons alleged to have committed ordinary crimes, and persons whom the police and other officials torture simply to extract payments. The types […]

BURMA: The absence of normative and institutional frameworks to protect human rights in Myanmar

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 24, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-04-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BURMA: The absence of normative and institutional frameworks to protect human rights in Myanmar 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre has closely studied and documented the situation of human rights in Myanmar for close to a decade, throughout much of which it has also presented findings on a range of topics to the UN Commission on Human Rights, and more recently, to the Human Rights Council. The topics that it has addressed […]

BANGLADESH: Increasing incidence of enforced disappearances being committed with impunity must be halted

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 24, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-03-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Increasing incidence of enforced disappearances being committed with impunity must be halted The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has previously made numerous submissions to the Human Rights Council (HRC) concerning a range of human rights issues in Bangladesh, including mass arbitrary arrests, endemic torture and widespread extra-judicial killings. The ALRC has noted in the last year a new trend that is of serious concern: an increase in the number of forced […]

BANGLADESH: Death penalty continues despite a flawed criminal justice system

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 23, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-02-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Death penalty continues despite a flawed criminal justice system 1. 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 Bangladesh. Bangladesh acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) […]

ASIA: Effective witness protection lacking in Indonesia and Nepal

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, documents, World, Written Submissions August 23, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-01-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status ASIA: Effective witness protection lacking in Indonesia and Nepal The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight two situations that illustrate the obstacles to the protection and enjoyment of human rights and the delivery of justice in cases of violations of human rights. One of the major obstacles that prevents cases of human rights violations from being successfully prosecuted in courts in most countries in Asia is the absence of effective […]

DR CONGO: 55 NGOs condemn killing of leading human rights defender, Floribert Chebeya

14th Session - 2010 June, ALRC AT THE UN, documents, Human Rights Council, Oral Statements June 9, 2010August 24, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

Date: June 9, 2010 Document id:ALRC-COS-14-11-2010 Speaker: ISHR HRC section: General Debate, Item 4 A Joint Oral Statement by the International Service for Human Rights, CIVICUS, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Open Society Institute, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Democracy Coalition Project, Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council DR CONGO: 55 NGOs condemn killing of leading human rights defender, Floribert Chebeya Mr President, I�m speaking of behalf of eight NGOs. In a joint letter to President Joseph Kabila Kabange of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 5 June 2010, 55 […]

BANGLADESH: Should a State responsible for hundreds of extra-judicial killings hold the Human Rights Council Presidency?

14th Session - 2010 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions June 8, 2010August 24, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-09-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Should a State responsible for hundreds of extra-judicial killings hold the Human Rights Council Presidency? The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is gravely concerned by the ongoing problem of frequent extra-judicial killings attributable to the State in Bangladesh and the continuing silence of the Human Rights Council on this matter. Furthermore, the ALRC has recently been informed that Bangladesh is now […]

SPAIN: Independence of the Judiciary

14th Session - 2010 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Oral Statements, Spain June 3, 2010August 24, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

Date: 3 June, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-14-010-2010 Speaker: Isabel Stramwasser HRC section: A Joint Oral Statement to the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), and The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL). SPAIN: Independence of the Judiciary We call on the Human Rights Council to support judicial independence. And we call on Spain to demonstrate its commitment to human rights by taking immediate action to: 1. Ensure that no judge in Spain � including Judge Baltasar Garz�n � may be criminally charged or otherwise punished for exercising the judicial jurisdiction to interpret and apply the law. […]

THAILAND: Coup Jettisons Courts

14th Session - 2010 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Thailand, Written Submissions June 3, 2010August 24, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

ALRC-CWS-26-08-2014 June 3, 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty sixth session, Agenda Item 3, General Debates A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: Coup Jettisons Courts In Thailand, the legitimate and democratically elected government of Thailand has been overthrown and the military has usurped power by force. The takeover is a clear and complete violation of the constitution of Thailand. Enormous efforts had been made by the Thai people to develop a democratic constitution. The 1997 constitution was created after years of consultation with all sections of Thai society. One of the preoccupations at the time was to end the entrenched practice […]

ASIA: Access to justice and fair trials a distant dream in Nepal, India and Bangladesh

14th Session - 2010 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, documents, World, Written Submissions May 27, 2010August 24, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-08-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status ASIA: Access to justice and fair trials a distant dream in Nepal, India and Bangladesh The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the report by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and supports the need for increased efforts to improve human rights training and education for judges. In addition, the ALRC wishes to underline that education must […]