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Human Rights Defenders in Asia

ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, World, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 17(b) : PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 25. Human Rights Defenders in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 17(b) of the Provisional Agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the recent prosecution of 10 persons responsible for crimes against humanity in East Timor between January and October 1999. Although the convictions do not reach those top-level decision makers responsible for the widespread human rights violations there […]

Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Indonesia, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 17(b) : PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 24. Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 17(b) of the Provisional Agenda PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the recent prosecution of 10 persons responsible for crimes against humanity in East Timor between January and October 1999. Although the convictions do not reach those top-level decision makers responsible for the widespread human rights […]

Lack of effective protection for IDPs in Asia

ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, World, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 14(c) : SPECIFIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS: MASS EXODUSES AND DISPLACED PERSON 23. Lack of Effective Protection for IDPs in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 14(c) of the Provisional Agenda SPECIFIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS: MASS EXODUSES AND DISPLACED PERSONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Lack of effective protection for IDPs in Asia 1. There are millions of people in Asia carrying the tag “IDP”, or Internally Displaced Person, including large populations in China, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Indonesia. All of these people suffer insecurity and denials of their human dignity. 2. […]

Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Hong Kong, Written Submissions March 4, 2002January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Item 14(a) : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: MIGRANT WORKERS 22. Foreign Domestic Workers’ (FDW) Situation in Hong Kong SAR Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth- session Item 14(a) of the Provisional Agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong SAR 1. In spite of numerous legal safeguards, the 200,000-plus Foreign Domestic Workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China suffer many violations of their human rights. 2. As the economy of Hong Kong boomed in the mid-1970s, near full […]

Acid attacks on women in Bangladesh

ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 21. Acid Attacks on Women in Bangladesh 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 Acid attacks on women in Bangladesh 1. While violence against women remains prevalent throughout Asia, acid attacks on women, especially in Bangladesh, stand out as one of its most despicable and barbaric manifestations. 2. Women are guaranteed equal legal protection […]

Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Nepal, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 20. Violence Against Dalit Women in India and Nepal 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 Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal 1. 260 million Dalits in South Asia suffer structural discrimination and violence on the basis of descent and occupation. Dalits are stigmatised as “polluted” and “impure” and therefore “untouchable”, denying […]

Honor Killing (Karo-Kari) in Pakistan

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Pakistan, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

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 […]

Rape and police inaction in Sri Lanka

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 12(a) : INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 18. Rape and Police Inaction in Sri Lanka 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 Rape and police inaction in Sri Lanka 1. Sex, the most beautiful and sacred element of life and creative source of energy, is frequently debased into a tool-a weapon-to defeat, humiliate and destroy Asia’s women and children. This form […]

Denial of the right of conscientious objection to military service in South Korea

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, South Korea, Written Submissions March 4, 2002January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(g) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE 17. Denial of the right of conscientious objection to military service in South Korea Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(g) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organisation with general consultative status Denial of the right of conscientious objection to military service in Republic of Korea 1. The Commission has reaffirmed the universal right to conscientiously object to military service as a legitimate exercise of the right […]

National Security Laws In Asia

ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, CHR 58th Session - 2002, Commission on Human Rights, documents, World, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(f) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: STATES OF EMERGENCY 16. National Security Laws In Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(f) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: STATES OF EMERGENCY Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status National Security Laws in Asia 1. “National security” is one of the most controversial concepts in current political and human rights discourse. On the one hand, states usually maintain that “national security” is necessary for the survival of their society and people and should take precedence over […]