Category: Written Submissions

Reunion of Kashmiri Families

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

Lack of legal and institutional remedies for violence against women in Asia

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

Item 12(a): INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Lack of legal and institutional remedies for violence against women in Asia (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/72) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/72) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 12 (a) of the Provisional Agenda INTEGRATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Lack of legal and institutional remedies for violence against women in Asia 1. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) recognised violence against women as constituting “a violation of the rights […]

Religious Intolerance in Asia

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

Item 11(e): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE Religious Intolerance in Asia (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/71) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/71) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh session Item 11 (e) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE 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 last year, Asia has witnessed a marked increase in the level of religious intolerance and overt […]