FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-12-2015 June 10, 2015 A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Government unwilling to genuinely protect freedom of expression Despite the existence of constitutional and other legal provisions, protection for the right to freedom of expression remains weak in Indonesia. This is largely due to the government’s inconsistency in applying the law, as well as a lack of police regulations and policy on dealing with citizens expressing their right. At the same time, the government has also enacted some controversial regulations that can potentially be used to restrict freedom of expression: a) Law No. 7 of 2012 on […]
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PHILIPPINES: Government uses law and policy to violate rights to peaceful assembly and association
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-11-2015 June 09, 2015 A Joint Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines PHILIPPINES: Government uses law and policy to violate rights to peaceful assembly and association The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines welcome the General Assembly’s Resolution (A/HRC/RES/24/5) that recognizes the “importance of the freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association,” and the role of civil society in “building peaceful, prosperous, and democratic” society. To be able to assemble freely and associate peacefully is important in having […]
BURMA/MYANMAR: Extrajudicial killings continue with impunity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-04-2015 June 08, 2015 Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA/MYANMAR: Extrajudicial killings continue with impunity The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to bring the realities of extrajudicial killings in Myanmar to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The government’s claim that the State is in a democratic reform process is belied by the prevailing reality of extrajudicial killings, abuse of power, and impunity in Myanmar. The Myanmar semi-civilian government, which came to power after decades of Military rule, has failed to prosecute extrajudicial killers who committed numerous such crimes under the umbrella of […]
INDONESIA: Extrajudicial and summary executions remain a serious problem despite legal guarantees to the right to life
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-03-2015 June 08, 2015 A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Extrajudicial and summary executions remain a serious problem despite legal guarantees to the right to life The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial and summary executions within Indonesia. Such cases are rarely effectively investigated. With the security forces and other arms of the state apparatus frequently involved in such crimes, law enforcement agencies have become an obstacle in enforcing law and investigating crime. The sanctity of the right to life is […]
INDIA: Extrajudicial executions and torture are defining characters of India’s security establishment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-02-2015 June 08, 2015 Written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: Extrajudicial executions and torture are defining characters of India’s security establishment The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, after his visit to India from 19 to 30 March 2012 has filed a report to the 23rd Session of the Human Rights Council held in 2013. To the observations made by the Rapporteur in his report, the Government of India has filed comments on 27 May 2013. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) supports the report made by the Rapporteur, particularly concerning the following subjects, to […]
BANGLADESH: UN rights mechanisms need reshaping to address extrajudicial executions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-01-2015 May 25, 2015 Joint written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and Odhikar BANGLADESH: UN rights mechanisms need reshaping to address extrajudicial executions The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Odhikar request the UN Human Rights Council to consider amending the human rights mechanisms so that the entrenched problems of extrajudicial executions can be addressed. The ALRC makes this request on the basis of experience working on extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh, where no judicial or administrative remedies are accessible for such crimes. Extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh have been gradually institutionalised in the last decade or so. Since the creation […]
DR CONGO: 55 NGOs condemn killing of leading human rights defender, Floribert Chebeya
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 […]
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 […]