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Religious Intolerance 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(e) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE 15. Religious Intolerance in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(e) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Religious Intolerance in Asia 1. Freedom of religion is guaranteed by article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Notwithstanding, the Asian Legal Resource Centre concurs with the Special Rapporteur that “the situation with regard to intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief is alarming” (A/55/280, paragraph 133). In the […]

Impunity 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 11(d) : INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY 14. Impunity in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(d) of the Provisional Agenda INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Impunity in Sri Lanka 1. In Sri Lanka there is near complete impunity for state officers alleged to have caused serious crimes such as murder, torture, disappearances, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The very judicial framework of the country in fact promotes and accommodates impunity. The present 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka has […]

Freedom of Expression 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(c) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 13. Freedom of Expression in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(c) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Freedom of expression in Asia 1. In Asia, freedom of expression is widely suppressed under the pretexts of national security and public order, defamation, blasphemy, and-since September 11-‘anti-terrorism’. Each year, many media workers and people who have voiced opinions different from the authorities have been detained, tortured, […]

Disappearances 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 11(b) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS 12. Disappearances in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ARLC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Disappearances in Sri Lanka 1. The December 1999 recommendations of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to the Government of Sri Lanka (E/CN.4/2000/64/Add.1) have-all but for one-not been implemented. Although an Inter-ministerial Committee of Secretaries was appointed to look into implementation, it did not do anything […]

A culture of impunity and the 1965-66 massacre 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 11(b) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS 11. A culture of impunity and the 1965-66 massacre in Indonesia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status A culture of impunity and the 1965-66 massacre in Indonesia 1. General Soeharto’s 1965-66 pogrom of alleged communist sympathisers in Indonesia left an incalculable number of victims dead, jailed or otherwise persecuted. At least 500,000 and possibly as many as 2 million […]

Torture: the central human rights abuse in Asia

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Item 11(a) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION 10. Torture: the central human rights abuse in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11 (a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Torture: the central human rights abuse in Asia 1. According to article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Furthermore, article 16 of the Convention […]

Torture Cases in Sri Lanka

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions March 4, 2002August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(a) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION 9. Torture Cases in Sri Lanka Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Torture in Sri Lanka 1. Article 2 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) determines that any act of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is an offence to human dignity to be condemned as a breach of the […]

Mandatory detention and denial of the right to seek asylum in Australia

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

Item 11(a) : CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION 8. Mandatory detention and denial of the right to seek asylum in Australia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 11(a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organization with general consultative status Mandatory detention and denial of the right to seek asylum in Australia 1. The Government of Australia has systematically breached its humanitarian obligations towards asylum seekers through a regime of mandatory detention and new legislation explicitly designed to deny the right to […]

Right of Abode 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 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 7. Right of Abode in Hong Kong SAR Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 10 of the Provisional Agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), A non-governmental organisation with general consultative status Right of abode in Hong Kong SAR 1. Article 10 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) states in article 10(1) that “the widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural and fundamental group unit of society”. 2. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s […]

Reunion of Kashmiri Families

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

Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 6. Reunion of Kashmiri Families Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth-session Item 10 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 Reunion of Kashmiri families 1. Article 10(1) of International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) states that the widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is the natural and fundamental group unit of society. Yet since the 1947 division of Kashmir, families living on either side of the border have been denied the right […]