Date: June 9, 2010 Document id:ALRC-COS-14-11-2010 Speaker: ISHR HRC section: General Debate, Item 4 A Joint Oral Statement by the International Service for Human Rights, CIVICUS, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Open Society Institute, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Democracy Coalition Project, Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council DR CONGO: 55 NGOs condemn killing of leading human rights defender, Floribert Chebeya Mr President, I�m speaking of behalf of eight NGOs. In a joint letter to President Joseph Kabila Kabange of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 5 June 2010, 55 […]
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BANGLADESH: Should a State responsible for hundreds of extra-judicial killings hold the Human Rights Council Presidency?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-09-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Should a State responsible for hundreds of extra-judicial killings hold the Human Rights Council Presidency? The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is gravely concerned by the ongoing problem of frequent extra-judicial killings attributable to the State in Bangladesh and the continuing silence of the Human Rights Council on this matter. Furthermore, the ALRC has recently been informed that Bangladesh is now […]
SPAIN: Independence of the Judiciary
Date: 3 June, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-14-010-2010 Speaker: Isabel Stramwasser HRC section: A Joint Oral Statement to the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), and The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL). SPAIN: Independence of the Judiciary We call on the Human Rights Council to support judicial independence. And we call on Spain to demonstrate its commitment to human rights by taking immediate action to: 1. Ensure that no judge in Spain � including Judge Baltasar Garz�n � may be criminally charged or otherwise punished for exercising the judicial jurisdiction to interpret and apply the law. […]
THAILAND: Coup Jettisons Courts
ALRC-CWS-26-08-2014 June 3, 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twenty sixth session, Agenda Item 3, General Debates A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre THAILAND: Coup Jettisons Courts In Thailand, the legitimate and democratically elected government of Thailand has been overthrown and the military has usurped power by force. The takeover is a clear and complete violation of the constitution of Thailand. Enormous efforts had been made by the Thai people to develop a democratic constitution. The 1997 constitution was created after years of consultation with all sections of Thai society. One of the preoccupations at the time was to end the entrenched practice […]
ASIA: Access to justice and fair trials a distant dream in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-08-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status ASIA: Access to justice and fair trials a distant dream in Nepal, India and Bangladesh The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the report by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and supports the need for increased efforts to improve human rights training and education for judges. In addition, the ALRC wishes to underline that education must […]
MYANMAR: The limitations of the global human rights movement – a case study from Myanmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-07-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: The limitations of the global human rights movement – a case study from Myanmar 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has worked intimately on a range of grave human rights issues and cases from across its region over many years. From its accumulated experience, the ALRC is aware that under some circumstances and in some places, conventional approaches and interventions from the global human rights movement can have excellent effects. […]
ASIA: Wide-ranging restrictions on freedoms of expression must be addressed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-06-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the freedom of opinion and expression A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status ASIA: Wide-ranging restrictions on freedoms of expression must be addressed The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight a number of restrictions to the freedom of expression ongoing in several countries in the Asian region. There are a number of situations in the region that are cause for concern with regard to this important right, affecting a range of countries […]
PHILIPPINES: Ongoing impunity concerning hundreds of extra-judicial killings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-05-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PHILIPPINES: Ongoing impunity concerning hundreds of extra-judicial killings The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and its sister-organisation, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), have been engaged in documenting cases of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines over recent years, and have repeatedly submitted information to the Special Procedures and Human Rights Council in this regard. According to the information received from local sources and collected during fact-finding missions, the military of the Philippines […]
THAILAND: An analysis of Thailand’s non-compliance with its international human rights obligations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-04-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: An analysis of Thailand’s non-compliance with its international human rights obligations 1. As Thailand was elected this May 13 to the Human Rights Council (HRC), albeit as the result of a clean slate, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) urges the members of the Council to take note of Thailand�s record of non-compliance with many key international human rights obligations and ensure that its membership results in marked improvement concerning these. […]
MYANMAR/BURMA: The absence of minimum conditions for elections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2010 ALRC-CWS-14-03-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A Joint Written Statement to the 14th Session of the Human Rights Council from Lawyers� Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) MYANMAR/BURMA: The absence of minimum conditions for elections 1. The Government of Myanmar has this year issued a raft of laws and rules for the holding of national and regional elections for new parliaments under the army-prepared 2008 Constitution. The elections are expected late in 2010 but no firm announcement has been made and they could be postponed until any time in the future, […]