Oral Statements – 61st Session of the CHR – 2005 Oral Statements – 61st Session of the CHR – 2005 ITEM 9 : Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world: Human rights violations in Nepal [Word Format] ITEM 10: Economic, social and cultural rights: Starvation in West Bengal, India [Word Format] ITEM 11: Civil and political rights: The lack of implementation of international conventions, Sri Lanka[Word Format] ITEM 16: Report of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights: Proposal by Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights for appointment of two Special Rapporteurs to Study Discrimination based […]
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62nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Written Statements Item 6: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination 1. Caste-based Discrimination in India | [Word Format] E/CN.4/2006/NGO/ 2. State-sponsored discrimination of indigenous communities in India | [Word Format] E/CN.4/2006/NGO/ Item 10: Economic, social and cultural rights 3. Starvation and government neglect in India [Word Format] E/CN.4/2006/NGO/187 4. Persistent denial of hunger in the Philippines ignores reality[Word Format] E/CN.4/2006/NGO/188 Item 11: Civil and political rights 11(a) Torture and detention 5. Torture in Bangladesh [Word Format] E/CN.4/2006/NGO/191 [ PDF Format] 6. Violent repression of demonstrators in the Republic of Korea [Word Format] E/CN.4/2006/NGO/189 [PDF Format] 7. Widespread arbitrary detention and systematic torture continue PDF Formatunabated in Nepal [Word Format| Deutsch E/CN.4/2006/NGO/192 […]
Written Statements – 60th Session of the CHR
Written Statements – Item 6: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination Caste-based Discrimination in Nepal [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/26] [Link to UNHCHR Site] State-sponsored discrimination against indigenous communities in India [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/25] [Link to UNHCHR Site] Item 10 : Economic, social and cultural rights Reunion of Kashmiri families [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/28] [Link to UNHCHR Site] Food scarcity in Myanmar [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/29] [Link to UNHCHR Site] Denial of rights to land and livelihood in India [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/27] [Link to UNHCHR Site] Item 11 : Civil and political rights 11(a) Torture and detention Deaths in custody in Malaysia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/30] [Link to UNHCHR Site] The undermining of […]
Item 6: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination — Indonesia: Five years after May 1998 rights, those responsible for the atrocities remain at large
Download this file in Word format Indonesia: Five years after May 1998 rights, those responsible for the atrocities remain at large Statement read by Timothy R. Gill of the Asian Legal Resource Centre Mr. Chairperson, I speak on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre. In May 1998, thousands of Indonesian citizens were murdered and raped, and vast amounts of property destroyed during racist riots against the Chinese community in Jakarta. Five years later, those responsible for the atrocities remain at large. The Joint Fact Finding Team established to inquire into the 1998 massacres found that there were serious and systematic human rights violations throughout Jakarta. The Team also found […]
Item 18: Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms — ALRC’s Oral Statement on Implementing the recommendations of UN Working Groups
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 59TH SESSION Item 18: Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms Implementing the recommendations of UN Working Groups Statement read by Ali Saleem of the Asian Legal Resource Centre Chairperson I speak on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre. In 1989, Mr Ajith Luxman disappeared. He was one of over 30,000 Sri Lankan citizens who were kidnapped without a trace during a period of intense repression. Due to domestic and international pressure, the Government of Sri Lanka was forced to act on these cases. It undertook to abide by the recommendations of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances (E/CN.4/1992/18/Add.1, para 204), and […]
Oral Statements – 59th Session of the CHR
UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 59TH SESSION Item 11: Civil and Political Rights SRI LANKA: Torture in Sri Lanka Statement read by Ali Saleem of the Asian Legal Resource Centre Chairperson I speak on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre. This February, Mr Michael Anthony Fernando submitted a motion to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka regarding a fundamental rights violation case in which he is the applicant. The motion requested that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court not sit in judgement on Mr Fernando’s application, and offered ample grounds for this request. The Chief Justice sat on the bench that heard the motion. The bench then […]
APPENDIX: Laos’ right to reply to the written statement made by Asian Legal Resource Centre on Item 11(e): Civil and political rights, including the question of religious intolerance, 9 April 2003
The delegation of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic wishes to provide facts and clarification concerning the unjustifiable and unsubstantiated allegations put by Asian Legal Resource Centre, the statement of which was circulated under E/CN.4/2003/NGO/92, 10 March 2003. 1. The Lao Government has consistently pursued a right and fair policy towards religious practices in Laos, no matter undertaken by religious majorities or minorities. This conforms to the county’s constitution as well as decree relating to the protection of freedom of religion, which stipulate that the Lao people of multi ethnics have the right and freedom to practice and not to practice religious beliefs. In accordance with the laws and regulations, at all […]
ALRC STATEMENT: On the right to reply of the Government of Laos to the statement on ‘Religious intolerance in Asia’ by ALRC at the fifty-ninth session of the UNCHR
16 April, 2003 AL-01-2003 Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre – ALRC On the right to reply of the Government of Laos to the statement on ‘Religious intolerance in Asia’ by ALRC at the fifty-ninth session of the UNCHR The Asian Legal Resource Centre appreciates the right to reply of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to its written statement on ‘Religious intolerance in Asia’ at the fifty-ninth session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (item 11[e], E/CN.4/2003/NGO/92). The Asian Legal Resource Centre recognizes the commitment that the Government of Laos has made to uphold freedom of religion in its country, as guaranteed by its constitution. […]
Item 10: Food insecurity in Myanmar — ALRC’s Oral Statement on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Download this file in Word format UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 59TH SESSION ITEM 10: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Food insecurity in Myanmar Statement read by Ali Saleem of the Asian Legal Resource Centre Mr. Chairman I speak on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre. What is the connection between white elephants and economic development? This March, a prominent Myanmar historian, Dr Than Tun, said that there isn’t any. The Government of Myanmar has now banned him from publishing articles in local magazines. Dr Than Tun made his observation after the Government of Myanmar captured a number of white elephants, which are considered sacred. State media reported […]
7 April 2003, COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLETES DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
UNITED NATIONS Press Release COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLETES DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Commission on Human Rights 59th session 7 April 2003 Afternoon The Commission on Human Rights concluded at an extended meeting this afternoon its annual consideration of economic, social and cultural rights, hearing from a long series of non-governmental organizations contending, among other things, that international financial institutions were not acting in the best interests of the poor nations and people. …. Among NGOs addressing the afternoon meeting were: New Humanity (joint statement with International Young Catholic Students and International Organization for the Development of Freedom of Education), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom […]