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 […]
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BURMA: The absence of normative and institutional frameworks to protect human rights in Myanmar
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
MYANMAR: Addressing torture, corruption and justice delivery must be a priority for the UN
Date: March 16, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-16-2010 Speaker: Michael Anthony HRC section: Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar An Oral Statement to the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status MYANMAR: Addressing torture, corruption and justice delivery must be a priority for the UN video from UN webcast archive Thank you, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the conclusions in the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar�s report. As you point out, the current system of administration of justice is seriously flawed. The ALRC has submitted a […]
MYANMAR/BURMA: Torture of detainees in Myanmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2010 ALRC-CWS-13-09-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Thirteenth session, Agenda Item 4, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR/BURMA: Torture of detainees in Myanmar 1. Anecdotally, the use of torture in Myanmar is extremely common. Torture is committed not only in special interrogation centres at the hands of military intelligence personnel and Special Branch police but also in ordinary police stations around the country, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment is routine in prisons and other detention facilities. 2. In September 2009, […]
MYANMAR/BURMA: Effects of endemic corruption in Myanmar’s courts on rights of citizens
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2010 ALRC-CWS-13-08-2010 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Thirteenth session, Agenda Item 4, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR/BURMA: Effects of endemic corruption in Myanmar’s courts on rights of citizens 1. For years the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has learned of the profound level of corruption in the police and courts of Burma. Practically every step in an ordinary criminal case can be accompanied by payments of one kind or another, which have a profound effect on the already extraordinarily limited avenues that […]
BURMA and SRI LANKA: Council required to take effective action to address human rights crises
Date: September 22, 2009 Document id: ALRC-COS-12-09-2009 Speaker: Michael Anthony HRC section: Item 4, General Debate An Oral Statement to the 12th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status BURMA and SRI LANKA: Council required to take effective action to address human rights crises Thank you Mr. President, The Council is currently failing to effectively address human rights crises, for example those in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. This is not simply a failing of political will, but also one of approach. In Sri Lanka, the continuing grave situation of IDPs is testimony to this. Furthermore, the […]
BURMA: Institutionalized denial of fundamental rights and the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2009 ALRC-CWS-12-03-2009 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session � Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BURMA: Institutionalized denial of fundamental rights and the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar 1. The case decided against democracy party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and co-accused this August 2009 brought to global attention the institutionalizing of fundamental human rights abuse through what the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has characterized as Myanmar�s �injustice system�. Although global outrage was expressed at the politically contrived manner in which the proceedings reached their inevitable conclusion, the trial was in […]