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Item 10: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS : Health Care in Cambodia (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/63)

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/63) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 10 of the Provisional Agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Health Care in Cambodia 1. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has observed that, “Health is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights. Every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health conducive to living a life in dignity” (E/C.12/2000/4). This statement is reinforced by article 25(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; article 12 of the International Covenant […]

Item 10: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS : Food Scarcity in Myanmar (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/108)

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/108) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 10 of the Provisional Agenda ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Written statement*/ submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [30 January 2001] 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 […]

Discrimination against new immigrants from Mainland China in Hong Kong SAR

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Item 06: RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Discrimination against new immigrants from Mainland China in Hong Kong SAR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/62) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/62) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh 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, a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Discrimination against new immigrants from Mainland China in Hong Kong SAR 1. Every year there about 54,000 new immigrants from Mainland China arrive in Hong Kong, representing nearly one percent of its total population. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has not yet introduced […]

RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Caste-based Discrimination in South Asia (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/61)

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, documents, South Asia, Written Submissions January 30, 2001August 25, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR E/CN.4/2001/NGO/61) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh 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, a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Caste-based Discrimination in South Asia 1. Caste is an entrenched form of discrimination still practiced widely throughout South Asia. From an Indian progenitor, caste systems spread and perpetuated a form of human degradation with few parallels. In essence, caste discrimination limits one’s employment to ancestral calling and prohibits inter-marriage, permanently and absolutely dividing social strata. In practice, discrimination is extended to all aspects of life; its physical and psychological […]

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

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Oral Submissions April 17, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Following intervention was made by AYE HLA PHYU on behalf of Asian Legal Resource Centre on the afternoon of 17 April 2000 Dear Mr. Chairman, For some time now, several countries in Asia have promised to establish National Human Rights Commissions. These countries include South Korea, Bangladesh and Nepal.  However, despite prolonged discussions, these institutions have not yet been established.  One of the reasons is the unresolved problems relating to powers of the commissions.  India, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Indonesia  have already established National Human Rights Commissions. The National Human Rights Commission [of India] came into being through an Ordinance on 25 September, 1993. The Ordinance was replaced by an […]

The Commission on Human Rights carried on this evening with its annual review of the operation of human-rights mechanisms and consideration of possibilities for their improvement, hearing, among other things…

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents April 17, 2000August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

UNITED NATIONS Press Release Commission on Human Rights 56th session 17 April 2000 Evening The Commission on Human Rights carried on this evening with its annual review of the operation of human-rights mechanisms and consideration of possibilities for their improvement, hearing, among other things, praise for technical-cooperation programmes and requests for their expansion, and requests that further resources be given to relieve overburdened human-rights treaty bodies, which in some cases were years behind in considering States reports submitted to them. A representative of the Ukraine said the country had submitted reports to four treaty bodies but it would be months or years before the documents were considered. The treaty-monitoring system […]

Item 14(a) – Migrant Workers

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Oral Submissions April 13, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Joint Intervention: ALRC, LILA PILIPINA, and APWLD, Delivered by Tati Krisnawati on 13 April 2000 Mr. Chairperson. On behalf of the three organizations –, the ASIAN LEGAL RESOURCE CENTRE, the ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON WOMEN, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT and LILA PILIPINA, we would like to draw your attention to the gross violations of the human rights of Asian women migrant workers. First of all, we would like to express our appreciation of the report of Secretary general on activities of the United Nations Bodies and other international organizations pertaining to the problem of trafficking in women and girls. Based on our observations, the trafficking of women and girls is part […]

Debate on the integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective, including violence against women

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents April 10, 2000August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

UNITED NATIONS Press Release Commission on Human Rights 56th session 10 April 2000 Afternoon The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon continued its debate on the integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective, including violence against women. A variety of issues were raised by the speakers. The need for access to information, education and quality reproductive health care for women, especially in developing countries, was stressed. The importance of concerted action on the part of Governments and the international community to end the various forms of violence against women was underlined. The setting up of mechanisms to deal with sexual harassment of women was underscored. The […]

Debate on civil and political rights, which includes such topics as torture and detention, disappearances, summary executions…

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents April 5, 2000August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

UNITED NATIONS Press Release Commission on Human Rights 56th session 5 April 2000 Evening The Commission on Human Rights carried on this evening with debate under its agenda item on civil and political rights, which includes such topics as torture and detention, disappearances, summary executions, freedom of expression, administration of justice, independence of the judiciary, religious intolerance, states of emergency, and conscientious objection to military service. A series of national representatives described Government efforts to protect human rights in these categories while numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) pleaded for greater attention to such matters as inherent police and judicial bias against women, children, and homosexuals; the fates of missing persons; and […]

Item 10 – Economic, social and cultural rights: Food Scarcity in Burma

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Oral Submissions April 4, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

On April 4, 2000, Professor Mark Tamthai of the People’s Tribunal on Food Scarcity and Militarization in Burma addressed the UN Commission on Human Rights 56th Session in Geneva, Switzerland. Speaking under Item 10 of the Commission’s agenda, on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Professor Tamthai spoke to the Question of Food Scarcity in the Union of Myanmar.  The full text of his speech follows.  Please also see the People’s Tribunal web-site, www.hrschool.org/tribunal, for the written submission of the Asian Legal Resource Centre on the Right to Food in Myanmar. Mr. Chairman, On behalf of Asian Legal Resource Centre I would like to bring to the Commission’s attention findings of […]