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Milk Prices In Sri Lanka: The Question of the Right to Food and Health

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 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 5. Milk Prices In Sri Lanka: The Question of the Right to Food and Health 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 Milk prices in Sri Lanka 1. The rights to food and health are the most basic human rights. The right to food is codified in article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Without ensuring the availability of adequate and nutritious food, it is difficult […]

Food Scarcity in Myanmar

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

Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 4. Food Scarcity in Myanmar 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 Food Scarcity in Myanmar 1. The right to food is a fundamental human right, guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [article 25(1)] and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (article 11). Notwithstanding, the right to food of people in the Union of Myanmar has been submerged by the military domination of that country. Substantial evidence […]

Implementing article 2 of the ICCPR to ensure effective remedies for human rights violations 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 09: QUESTION OF VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD 3. Implementing article 2 of the ICCPR to ensure effective remedies for human rights violations in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 9 of the Provisional Agenda QUESTION OF VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Implementing article 2 of the ICCPR to ensure effective remedies for human rights violations in Asia 1. Failure to ensure effective remedies for violations of human rights is itself […]

Caste Discrimination 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 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION 2. Caste Discrimination in Asia Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 6 of the Provisional Agenda RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Caste Discrimination in Asia 1. Caste-based discrimination, which takes place in a number of parts of the world, stipulates unequal social status based on birth. The largest segment of people discriminated by caste are in South Asia, but the Buraku people of Japan are treated similarly. Despite many condemnations of caste, it remains […]

Ethnic Religious and Ideological Discrimination in Indonesia

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

Item 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION 1. Ethnic Religious and Ideological Discrimination in Indonesia   Link to UNCHR COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth Session Item 6 of the Provisional Agenda RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Ethnic, religious and ideological discrimination in Indonesia 1. Although the Republic of Indonesia is now nominally a democracy and has ratified many of the major human rights conventions-including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)-equal and just treatment for all citizens remains elusive. Legal […]

Written Statements – 58th Session of the CHR

CHR 58th Session - 2002, Written Submissions March 4, 2002September 10, 2015 Admin 0 Comments

Item 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION 1. Ethnic Religious and Ideological Discrimination in Indonesia Item 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION 2. Caste Discrimination in Asia Item 09: QUESTION OF VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD 3. Implementing article 2 of the ICCPR to ensure effective remedies for human rights violations in Asia Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 4. Food Scarcity in Myanmar Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS 5. Milk Prices In Sri Lanka: The Question of the Right to Food and Health Item 10 : ECONOMIC, SOCIAL […]

Item 18: Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms: (a) National institutions and regional arrangements

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Oral Statements April 19, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

(Note: The following oral presentation was made by Ms. Parinya Boonridrerthaikul of ALRC on April 19, 2001, at the 67th meeting of the 57th session of the UNCHR.) Presented by: Ms. Parinya Boonridrerthaikul Dear Mr. Chairman, I speak on behalf of the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC). The increasing numbers of national human rights commissions in Asia are a positive development despite the many disappointments they have caused thus far. The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, for example, attracted a great deal of attention because of its clear mandate and promised independence. However, the actual selection procedure has been disappointing as only some of the members have been selected […]

Item 18: NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS DESCRIBE ACTIVITIES AS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATES EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MECHANISMS

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, press releases April 19, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

United Nations Press Release Commission on Human Rights 57th session 19 April 2001 Evening and Night A series of national institutions for human rights summarized their functions and accomplishments as the Commission on Human Rights carried on tonight with its discussion of the effective functioning of mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights. …. The commissions and agencies described varying histories and levels of influence and made frequent reference to the so-called “Paris Principles” which set basic minimum standards — including independence of other Government agencies — for the effective operation of national human rights bodies. Several, including that of Northern Ireland, said they were dissatisfied with the […]

Item 15: Indigenous issues

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Oral Statements April 12, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

(Note: The following oral presentation was made by Ms. Ester Indahyani Jusuf of ALRC and Solidaritas Nusa Bangsa (Indonesia) on April 12, 2001, at the 57th meeting of the 57th session of the UNCHR.) Presented by: Ms. Ester Indahyani Jusuf Mr. Chairperson, The multiple problems of ethnic and religious minorities, political segregation and xenophobia, which have plagued Indonesia for so long, still continue. There are still 62 discriminatory regulations that remain in the Indonesian legal system. Most of these are specifically targeted at the Chinese ethnic group. These regulations cover virtually all sectors of life, including economic, social, cultural, educational and religious life (for example, Confucianism remains an unrecognised religion). […]