FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 12, 2006 AL-003-2006 A joint Statement on behalf of FORUM-ASIA, Asian Legal Resource Centre, International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development, and Ain o Salish Kendra ASIA: Need for an in-country process for the effectiveness of the universal periodic review of the UN Human Rights Council First session of the Human Rights Council Delivered by: The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) On behalf of: Asian Legal Resource Centre, International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) Contact details: Momoko Nomura, email: unadvocacy@forum-asia.org 28 June 2006, Geneva, Switzerland This statement is made on behalf of FORUM-ASIA, Asian Legal Resource Centre, International […]
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THAILAND: Justice depends on witness protection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2006 AL-002-2006 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: Justice depends on witness protection The Asian Legal Resource Centre has today, June 30, released a new report on witness protection in Thailand, the first in a planned series of detailed studies on specific institutional obstacles to human rights there. Witness protection is all about the fight against impunity that is at the heart of human rights struggles worldwide. Without witness protection, victims of human rights abuses who complain and seek justice must face serious threats leading to physical harm and possibly death of themselves or their loved ones. This violence is brought onto […]
APPENDIX: Laos’ right to reply to the written statement made by Asian Legal Resource Centre on Item 11(e): Civil and political rights, including the question of religious intolerance, 9 April 2003
The delegation of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic wishes to provide facts and clarification concerning the unjustifiable and unsubstantiated allegations put by Asian Legal Resource Centre, the statement of which was circulated under E/CN.4/2003/NGO/92, 10 March 2003. 1. The Lao Government has consistently pursued a right and fair policy towards religious practices in Laos, no matter undertaken by religious majorities or minorities. This conforms to the county’s constitution as well as decree relating to the protection of freedom of religion, which stipulate that the Lao people of multi ethnics have the right and freedom to practice and not to practice religious beliefs. In accordance with the laws and regulations, at all […]
ALRC STATEMENT: On the right to reply of the Government of Laos to the statement on ‘Religious intolerance in Asia’ by ALRC at the fifty-ninth session of the UNCHR
16 April, 2003 AL-01-2003 Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre – ALRC On the right to reply of the Government of Laos to the statement on ‘Religious intolerance in Asia’ by ALRC at the fifty-ninth session of the UNCHR The Asian Legal Resource Centre appreciates the right to reply of the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to its written statement on ‘Religious intolerance in Asia’ at the fifty-ninth session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (item 11[e], E/CN.4/2003/NGO/92). The Asian Legal Resource Centre recognizes the commitment that the Government of Laos has made to uphold freedom of religion in its country, as guaranteed by its constitution. […]