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WORLD: Council members must reject procedural tactics that foreclose substantive debate

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-005-2014 September 29, 2014 A Joint Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre WORLD: Council members must reject procedural tactics that foreclose substantive debate Excellency, We write to express our concern about a worrying development in the Human Rights Council in the use of procedural tactics to silence important and legitimate debate on critical human rights issues and situations. At the Council’s 26th session in June 2014, we witnessed the use of a ‘no-action motion’ to prevent the consideration of an amendment proposed to the resolution on the ‘Protection of the family and all its members’, thereby preventing substantive debate. A ‘no-action motion’ is a procedural motion […]

EGYPT: Dissolution Ultimatum for Independent Groups

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-004-2014 August 30, 2014 A Joint Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre EGYPT:Dissolution Ultimatum for Independent Groups September 2 Deadline to Comply with Draconian 84/2002 Law (London, August 30, 2014) – Independent organizations in Egypt face a looming crackdown, 45 international and national human rights groups from across the globe said today in a joint statement. The Egyptian Social Solidarity Ministry placed an advertisement in leading state newspaper Al-Ahram on July 18, 2014, giving all Egyptian and international nongovernmental organizations until September 2 to register under Law 84/2002, a restrictive measure passed during the Mubarak rule. This law empowers the government to shut down any group […]

ASIA: Parallel event on Rule of Law in Bangladesh

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-ANM-002-2014 June 17, 2014 An Announcement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre ASIA:Parallel event on Rule of Law in Bangladesh Parallel Event: UN Human Rights Council 26th Session ‘Rule of Law in Bangladesh’ Thursday 19 June 2014, 16:00-18:00 Room XXIII, Palais des Nations The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation along with the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) invite you to a parallel event on “The Rule of Law in Bangladesh.” The event is scheduled for 19 June 2014 from 16:00 to 18:00 along-side the 26th session of the Human […]

PAKISTAN: Appeal to end enforced disappearances and safe recovery of student leaders

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-003-2014 June 16, 2014 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: Appeal to end enforced disappearances and safe recovery of student leaders The Asian Legal Resources Centre (ALRC) has on numerous previous occasions alerted the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the large numbers of missing persons in Pakistan. The country is continuously beset by widespread, grave human rights violations perpetrated by the various State-agencies and institutions, notably more so by the infamous Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)[1] and the military. Hundreds of students are reported missing as the result of enforced disappearances taking place across the country – particularly in the conflict – affected areas, mainly in […]

BANGLADESH: Big Brother Law for NGOs on the anvil

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-002-2014 June 13, 2014 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BANGLADESH: Big Brother Law for NGOs on the anvil The Bangladesh government wants to quash human rights activism. The cabinet has approved the “Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulations Bill, 2014”, which will likely become law soon. The Bill empowers bureaucrats to decide the fate of NGOs and voluntary activities. All individuals or collectives, from NGO’s to volunteer groups, receiving foreign funds for implementing projects will be under constant surveillance under this law. The law will usher even more arbitrary executive actions in Bangladesh. The Bill, in its current form, empowers bureaucrats to grant registration to […]

BANGLADESH: Incommensurable with the rule of law

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-STM-001-2014 May 22, 2014 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BANGLADESH: Incommensurable with the rule of law The international community continues to invest effort in developing governance systems in countries like Bangladesh. Understanding the dynamics of the country where resources are invested thus remains a quest. Human rights experts hailing from countries with mature democracies and functioning rule of law institutions tend to be well-versed in the behaviour of their country’s institutions. But, such prisms can have little meaning elsewhere. The realities for a citizen in a rule of law nation and realities for a citizen in a country like Bangladesh are incommensurable. In a […]

INDIA: Invitation to a side event at HRC 25 on 18 March

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-ANM-001-2014 12 February 2014 An Announcement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to invite you for a side event on Human Rights in India to be held from 13:00 to 15:00 hrs, on 18 March 2014 in room number XXVII. The side event will discuss human rights issues in India, and the efforts of civil society and state institutions. The panellists will highlight steps in, and concerns regarding, seeking and obtaining adequate redress to human rights violations, speaking to specific issues of gendered violence, livelihood options, and ethnic and religious violence, and to issues relevant to minority communities and issues of […]

BANGLADESH: New book “Human Rights and Governance: Bangladesh” released

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-004-2013 A Press Release by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BANGLADESH: New book “Human Rights and Governance: Bangladesh” released (Hong Kong, November 6, 2013): The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has published a new book titled, “Human Rights and Governance: Bangladesh” edited by Md Shariful Islam, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Dhaka, and contributed by eleven authors, including the editor, in nine chapters. The edited volume is an outcome of an ALRC project titled, “Corruption, Torture and Extrajudicial Killing in BANGLADESH: Examining the Role of State Institutions” that took place mostly between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. As the […]

INDIA: A widow’s voice from Manipur resounds at the UN Human Rights Council

Uncategorized May 31, 2013 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-003-2013 A Joint Press Release by Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM), India and the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: A widow’s voice from Manipur resounds at the UN Human Rights Council (Hong Kong, 31 May 2013) Ms. Neena Ningombam, representing the Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) spoke at the 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Neena spoke about extrajudicial executions in India and South Asia in the context of the report filed by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to the Council. The speech could […]

INDIA: Discussion on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958

Uncategorized May 27, 2013 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE ALRC-PRL-002-2013 A Joint Press Release by Human Rights Alert and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (Hong Kong, May 27, 2013) Human Rights Alert (HRA) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) will hold a discussion on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) at Palais des Nations, on 29 June, 2013. The discussion will coincide with the report of the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions to the 23 Session of the UN Human Rights Council. The report, A/HRC/23/47/Add.1, dated 26 April 2013, covers the Rapporteur’s visit to India. The Rapporteur’s report deals at length the ill effects of AFSPA, […]