An Oral Statement to the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) on Right to Food
Category: World
ASIA: Inefficient criminal justice institutions are an impediment to human rights in the region
An Oral Statement to the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) on Situation of Human Rights Defenders
ASIA: Failed criminal justice institutions in Asia and its impact on human rights in the region
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform you about the side event that it is jointly organising with the Right Livelihood Award Foundation – Sweden/Switzerland, The Bread for the World: Protestant Development Service, OMCT: World Organisation against Torture, and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation on 7 March 2016 at Palais des Nations coinciding with the 31st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council – Geneva, Switzerland.
ASIA: 4th Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-treatment & for Fair Trial – Conference of Asian Parliamentarians
“Endemic torture in Asia portrays how medieval and underdeveloped are justice institutions in Asia. That there are only three countries in Asia that has criminalised the practice proves that even today prevention of torture is not state policy…”
ASIA: Abuse of laws and military courts to silence civil society
“a protective and enabling environment in law and practice for civil society” and put “an end to impunity for violations against defenders.”
WORLD: Statement by UNHCHR at the opening of the 30th Regular Session of HRC
I concur that there is no one swift solution to the terror, the trauma, the deprivation and neglect that drive so many millions of people to leave all that they have, and all they have ever known. To restore human rights in their homelands will take long and focused work.
ASIA: Council should lead reforms of judicial institutions to realise rights
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Franciscans International wish to bring to the immediate attention of this council that the judges, prosecutors, and lawyers in Asia face acute forms of suppression of their freedom to engage in their profession independently. Perhaps Hong Kong, South Korea, India, and Japan are exception to this general category.
SOUTH ASIA: Domestic justice system requires reform to address extrajudicial executions
The fight against extremism and crime are the excuses the governments in India and Pakistan often cite for resorting to extrajudicial executions. Harsh legislations, like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, which is implemented in several regions of India, provide statutory impunity for extrajudicial executions, better known as “encounter killings” in South Asia.
ASIA: Freedoms of Expression, Opinion, Assembly, and Association being curtailed in Asia
The government is also curtailing the freedom of peaceful assembly and association of civil society organisations and the political opposition. There is a tangible fear that, in the absence of space for liberal voices, radical groups will proliferate.
ASIA: Intimidation and threats on human rights defenders advocating protection for rights of migrant workers
Date of issue: March 17, 2015 Date of submission: March 10, 2015 Document ID: ALRC-COS-28-08-2015 Speaker: Unread for lack of time HRC Session: 28 Agenda Item No. 3 Debate Type: Interactive Dialogue An Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status, and Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), a regional non-governmental institution working on and with migrants. ASIA: Intimidation and threats on human rights defenders advocating protection for rights of migrant workers Thank you Mr. Vice President, The ALRC and the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants would like to draw the attention […]