Category: Written Submissions

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 […]

Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: Violence against women

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions February 8, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/65 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifth-sixth 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 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. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10723 (E) Violation of the human rights of women in Asia 1. The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, which contained a comprehensive list of recommendations for the integration of the human rights of […]

Civil and political rights, including the question of: Independence of the judiciary, administration of justice, impunity

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions February 8, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/64 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11 (d) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, IMPUNITY 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. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10751 (E) Right to a fair trial in Asia 1. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) guarantees fair trial. The provisions on due process contained in this convention […]

Civil and political rights, including the question of: Disappearances and summary executions

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions February 8, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/63 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11 (b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS 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 circulatd in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10747 (E) Enforced and involuntary disappearances in Sri Lanka 1. In the communications of the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) we have exposed the situation relating to disappearances […]

Economic, social and cultural rights: Food scarcity in Myanmar

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions February 8, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/61 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth 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. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10739 (E) Food scarcity in Myanmar 1. The right to food is a fundamental human right. It is guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 25 (1)) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 11). 2. In the […]

Civil and political rights including the question of: Disappearances and summary execution

CHR 56th Session - 2000, Commission on Human Rights, documents, Written Submissions February 8, 2000August 8, 2015 admin 0 Comments

Link to UNCHR Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2000/NGO/60 8 February 2000 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session Item 11(b) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF: DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTION 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. [29 December 1999] GE.00-10735 (E) Extrajudicial killings in Asia In India, 17 persons lost their lives in Tirunelveli Town, south Tamil Nadu, in July 1999. This was due to brutal police attack. According to reports, the deaths were due […]