Category: press releases

PHILIPPINES: Barriers to human rights – How complaint and protection mechanisms fail, and why

Countries, documents, Philippines, press releases September 20, 2012August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-004-2012 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PHILIPPINES: Barriers to human rights – How complaint and protection mechanisms fail, and why (Geneva, September 20, 2012) The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) will launch the Article 2 special report on Philippines, entitled: The Philippines’ hollow human rights system: how complaint and protection mechanisms fail, and why, in a side event during the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council today. The side event, titled “Human Rights in the Philippines” will be held at Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva from 12:00 to 14:00 p.m. Speakers for the event are: Ms. Marie Hilao-Enriquez, […]

PHILIPPINES: Barriers to human rights – How complaint and protection mechanisms fail, and why

Countries, documents, Philippines, press releases, press releases 2015 September 20, 2012July 9, 2015 admin 0 Comments

The manner how these justice institutions operates, notably in the process of complaint making and protection, have largely denied or prevented any sort of remedies for the victims. The lack, if not absence of protection and of security to complainants and witnesses seeking remedies, are clear examples of the government’s pledge making its protection mechanism for human rights being hollow.

NEPAL: NGOs hold event on the need for greater international action on chronic human rights situations, with a focus on Nepal

Countries, documents, Nepal, press releases, press releases 2015, South Asia July 10, 2012July 9, 2015 admin 0 Comments

This has resulted in a monitoring gap, at a time when Nepal’s political and constitutional future looks bleak. Limited implementation of its recommendations and concerns about the newly adopted NHRC Act curtail the NHRC’s independence and mandate and cast serious doubt over its capacity in this regard.

NEPAL: NGOs hold event on Nepal

Countries, documents, Nepal, press releases July 9, 2012August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-003-2012 A Joint Press Release by Advocacy Forum and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) NEPAL: NGOs hold event on the need for greater international action on chronic human rights situations, with a focus on Nepal (Geneva, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, July 9, 2012) Advocacy Forum and the Asian Legal Resource Centre held a special event at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on July 4, 2012, to discuss the need to develop the Council’s ability to address chronic human rights situations in a way that enables tangible and sustainable improvements. Providing a platform for this discussion was supported by Human Rights Watch, the […]

SRI LANKA/FRANCE: Torture in Sri Lanka — when arbitrariness prevails

Countries, documents, press releases, Sri Lanka June 26, 2012August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-002-2012 A Joint Press Release by ACAT France and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) SRI LANKA/FRANCE: Torture in Sri Lanka — when arbitrariness prevails (Hong Kong, June 26, 2012) Paris — Hong Kong, 26 June 2012. On June 26th, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ACAT-France, in collaboration with the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), releases “When arbitrariness prevails” a new report providing an overview of the phenomenon of torture in Sri Lanka. The findings are devastating: three years after the end of the conflict between governmental forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) the use of torture and […]

SRI LANKA/FRANCE: Torture in Sri Lanka — when arbitrariness prevails

Countries, documents, france, press releases, press releases 2015, Sri Lanka June 26, 2012July 7, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-002-2012 A Joint Press Release by ACAT France and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) SRI LANKA/FRANCE: Torture in Sri Lanka — when arbitrariness prevails (Hong Kong, June 26, 2012) Paris — Hong Kong, 26 June 2012. On June 26th, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ACAT-France, in collaboration with the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), releases “When arbitrariness prevails” a new report providing an overview of the phenomenon of torture in Sri Lanka. The findings are devastating: three years after the end of the conflict between governmental forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) the use of torture and […]

PAKISTAN: UPR report calls for UN action on widespread HR violence

Countries, documents, Pakistan, press releases May 5, 2012August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-001-2012 A Joint Press Release by ACAT-France and the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: UPR report calls for UN action on widespread torture, forced disappearances, killings, corruption, and attacks on women, minorities and human rights defenders (Hong Kong & Paris, May 5, 2012) The Hong Kong-based Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Action by Christians Against Torture France (ACAT-France) have today released a report concerning Pakistan’s human rights record. The report can be found here, along with an annex containing detailed case information, found here. This report has been submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council, under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, and […]

PAKISTAN: UPR report calls for UN action on widespread torture, forced disappearances, killings, corruption, and attacks on women, minorities and human rights defenders

Countries, documents, Pakistan, press releases, press releases 2015, South Asia May 5, 2012July 9, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Under the UPR, the human rights situation in each UN member-state is considered under a state-led peer-review system every four years. Pakistan’s record will be reviewed by the UN Working Group on the UPR on October 30th, 2012, on the basis of a report submitted by the government, one prepared by the UN, and another comprising the input of civil society organisations.

BURMA: Bar councils exhorted to support Burmese lawyers

Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, press releases December 23, 2011August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-004-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA: Bar councils exhorted to support Burmese lawyers (Hong Kong, December 23, 2011) The Asian Legal Resource Centre on Friday issued an appeal to bar councils worldwide to support lawyers in Burma who have had their licences revoked for political reasons. In a special appeal to the International Bar Association, International Council of Jurists and bar councils around the world, the director of the Hong Kong-based regional research and advocacy group asked that the professional bodies write to urge the Supreme Court in Burma to review the circumstances under which 32 lawyers lost their licences. […]

THAILAND: International community urged on impunity of “drug war” killers

Countries, documents, press releases, Thailand October 6, 2011August 16, 2015 admin 0 Comments

She is a human rights defender who has worked tirelessly and at considerable personal risk and without her efforts we have no doubt that the case would never have gone to court FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-003-2011 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: International community urged on impunity of “drug war” killers (Hong Kong, October 6, 2011) The killers of thousands of persons during the “war on drugs” conducted in Thailand from 2003 to 2005 continue to enjoy impunity for their crimes over six years on, a relative of one teenage victim of extrajudicial killing said at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva on Monday. […]