Tag: 15th session

NEPAL: Credible action required to address ongoing missing persons tragedy

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Nepal, Written Submissions August 25, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-06-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth 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 NEPAL: Credible action required to address ongoing missing persons tragedy The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the ongoing discussions held by the Human Rights Council concerning the issue of missing persons and the work of the Advisory Committee in this regard. In light of the importance of this issue, the ALRC wishes to take this opportunity to highlight the current difficulties that relatives of missing persons and all those seeking justice […]

BURMA/MYANMAR: Legal and institutional encouragement of torturers in Myanmar

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 25, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-05-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth 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 BURMA/MYANMAR: Legal and institutional encouragement of torturers in Myanmar 1. At the 13th session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre described the incidence of torture in all types of criminal cases in Myanmar (A/HRC/13/NGO/56, 23 February 2010). These include cases involving persons accused of anti-government activities, persons alleged to have committed ordinary crimes, and persons whom the police and other officials torture simply to extract payments. The types […]

BURMA: The absence of normative and institutional frameworks to protect human rights in Myanmar

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 24, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-04-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth 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 BURMA: The absence of normative and institutional frameworks to protect human rights in Myanmar 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre has closely studied and documented the situation of human rights in Myanmar for close to a decade, throughout much of which it has also presented findings on a range of topics to the UN Commission on Human Rights, and more recently, to the Human Rights Council. The topics that it has addressed […]

BANGLADESH: Increasing incidence of enforced disappearances being committed with impunity must be halted

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 24, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-03-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth 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 BANGLADESH: Increasing incidence of enforced disappearances being committed with impunity must be halted The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has previously made numerous submissions to the Human Rights Council (HRC) concerning a range of human rights issues in Bangladesh, including mass arbitrary arrests, endemic torture and widespread extra-judicial killings. The ALRC has noted in the last year a new trend that is of serious concern: an increase in the number of forced […]

BANGLADESH: Death penalty continues despite a flawed criminal justice system

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Bangladesh, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 23, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-02-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth 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 BANGLADESH: Death penalty continues despite a flawed criminal justice system 1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the discussion by the Human Rights Council during its 15th session concerning the report of the Secretary General on the question of the death penalty. In light of this discussion, the ALRC is hereby submitting information pertaining to the death penalty in Bangladesh. Bangladesh acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) […]

ASIA: Effective witness protection lacking in Indonesia and Nepal

15th Session - 2010 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Asia, documents, World, Written Submissions August 23, 2010July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2010 ALRC-CWS-15-01-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth 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 ASIA: Effective witness protection lacking in Indonesia and Nepal The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to highlight two situations that illustrate the obstacles to the protection and enjoyment of human rights and the delivery of justice in cases of violations of human rights. One of the major obstacles that prevents cases of human rights violations from being successfully prosecuted in courts in most countries in Asia is the absence of effective […]