Category: Written Submissions

Sri Lanka: the Bindunuwewa Massacre

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

Item 11(d): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Sri Lanka: the Bindunuwewa Massacre (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/70) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/70) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh session Item 11 (d) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Sri Lanka: the Bindunuwewa Massacre 1. On October 25, 2000, twenty-six persons (twenty-nine by some estimates), were chopped to death, while about fourteen others were seriously injured, in a rehabilitation detention centre at Bindunuwewa, Badulla, Sri Lanka. According to the National Human Rights Commission, which inquired into the incident, “the police officers, approximately 60 in […]

Harassment of sex workers in Hong Kong SAR

ALRC AT THE UN, CHR 57th Session - 2001, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Hong Kong, Written Submissions January 30, 2001January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Item 11(d): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Harassment of sex workers in Hong Kong SAR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/69) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/69) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11(d) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Harassment of sex workers in Hong Kong SAR 1. In Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, sex work is not technically illegal and existing laws claim to stop exploitation and control […]

Police abuses in Cambodia

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

Item 11(d): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Police abuses in Cambodia (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/68) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/68) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (d) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Police abuses in Cambodia 1. Basic principles of international law and fair trial are often violated in Cambodia’s criminal justice system. Impunity, torture, forced confessions, illegal arrests and detention are frequently reported by the news media and monitoring non-government organisations. […]

Freedom of assembly, the Public Order Ordinance and academic freedom in Hong Kong SAR

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Item 11(c): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Freedom of assembly, the Public Order Ordinance and academic freedom in Hong Kong SAR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/67) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/67) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11(c) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Freedom of assembly, the Public Order Ordinance and academic freedom in Hong Kong SAR 1. On August 15, 2000, five university students in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) of the People’s Republic of China were arrested under the […]

Beatings of alleged criminals to death expose fatal flaws of the criminal justice system in Cambodia

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

Item 11(b): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Beatings of alleged criminals to death expose fatal flaws of the criminal justice system in Cambodia (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/66) Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/66) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Beatings of alleged criminals to death expose fatal flaws of the criminal justice system in Cambodia 1. Group killing of alleged criminals has become frequent practice in Cambodia. Pictures in newspapers publishing details of street executions […]

Item 11(b): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS : Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Sri Lanka (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/65)

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Link to UNCHR (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/65) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (b) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Sri Lanka 1. Sri Lanka’s disappearance cases are an outstanding issue of gross human rights abuse. The Government of Sri Lanka has clearly ignored international efforts to address this concern. The time has come for the establishment of an international tribunal or similar body to press the matter. 2. The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances made the following recommendations […]

Item 11(a): CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF TORTURE AND DETENTION: Chaining and shackling of prisoners in Thailand (E/CN.4/2001/NGO/64)

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Link to UNCHR E/CN.4/2001/NGO/64) COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh Session Item 11 (a) of the Provisional Agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS THE QUESTION OF TORTURE AND DETENTION Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre a non-governmental organization with general consultative status Chaining and shackling of prisoners in Thailand 1. According to article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Further, article 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) determines that each State Party shall undertake to prevent – in […]

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 […]