date: September 19, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-21-07-2012 HRC section: Item 6, Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia speaker: Ms. Kit Chan An Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status INDONESIA: ALRC and KontraS denounce government’s failure to accept key UPR recommendations Thank you Madam President, While the Indonesian government accepted a number of useful, if general, recommendations on various human rights issues, its commitment to protect rights in reality remains in doubt, given its rejection of key recommendations that would lead to improvements if implemented. On impunity, the government failed to accept […]
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NEPAL: The ALRC urges Nepal to invite new UN Special Rapporteur on transitional justice to the country without delay
ate: September 11, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-21-06-2012 HRC section: Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence Speaker: Mr. Michael Anthony An Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status NEPAL: The ALRC urges Nepal to invite new UN Special Rapporteur on transitional justice to the country without delay Thank you Madam President, Mr. de Greiff, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) warmly welcomes you and congratulates you on your appointment as Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. We welcome […]
ASIA: Human Rights Council alerted to grave violations in Nepal and Indonesia’s Papuan regions
date: June 28, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-20-13-2012 HRC section: Item 4, General Debate Speaker: Ms. Juliette Thibaud An Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Human Rights Council alerted to grave violations in Nepal and Indonesia’s Papuan regions Thank you Madam President, In Nepal, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly without having produced a new constitution and growing political instability, threaten security gains and human rights, as noted by the High Commissioner this session. Serious human rights violations, notably caste-based and gender-motivated violence, continue to be documented and are insufficiently […]
ASIA: Human Rights Council alerted to gender-motivated violations in Nepal, Pakistan and Indonesia
date: June 26, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-20-11-2012 HRC section: Item 3, General Debate Speaker: Ms. Juliette Thibaud An Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Human Rights Council alerted to gender-motivated violations in Nepal, Pakistan and Indonesia Thank you Madam President, The ALRC is gravely concerned by widespread gender-based discrimination and violence in Asia. In Nepal, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly risks greatly undermining efforts to increase protection of women’s rights, by weakening the accountability of law enforcement agencies in dealing with gender-motivated violence, and delaying the adoption of […]
ASIA: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors
date: June 21, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-20-12-2012 HRC section: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises A Joint Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status, and Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors President, Members of the Working Group: LRWC and ALRC welcome your report, including your comment that ASEAN’s Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights plans a thematic study towards an ASEAN […]
ASIA: Violations of freedom of expression and extra-judicial killings denounced in Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines
date: June 19, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-20-10-2012 HRC section: Item 3, Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression and extra-judicial killings speaker: Ms. Tyrell Haberkorn An Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Violations of freedom of expression and extra-judicial killings denounced in Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines Thank you Madam President, The ALRC welcomes the work and reports of the Rapporteurs on freedom of expression and extra-judicial killings. We welcome the Pakistani government’s agreement to a visit by the mandate on freedom of expression. As […]
ASIA: ALRC and IMADR highlight concerns for minority rights in Pakistan, Indonesia and Nepal
date: March 23, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-19-14-2012 HRC section: Item 3 – Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Minority Issues Speaker: Mr. Daisuke Shirane A Joint Oral Statement to the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: ALRC and IMADR highlight concerns for minority rights in Pakistan, Indonesia and Nepal Thank you Madam President, The ALRC and IMADR warmly welcome the Independent Expert’s first report, including the focus on the double discrimination faced by minority women. In Pakistan, extremist Islamic groups […]
THAILAND: Political repression, disappearances and attacks on activists highlighted during Thai UPR outcome adoption
date: March 22, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-19-13-2012 HRC section: Item 6 — consideration of UPR reports — Thailand Speaker: Mr. Norman Voss An Oral Statement to the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status THAILAND: Political repression, disappearances and attacks on activists highlighted during Thai UPR outcome adoption Thank you Madam President, The ALRC welcomes Thailand’s UPR, which has highlighted many shared human rights concerns, including torture, forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, freedom of expression and lèse majesté, prison conditions, corruption, impunity, violations in the southern provinces, as well as the need for review of problematic […]
BURMA: Council warned of new challenges and a lack of progress concerning the protection of human rights
date: March 21, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-19-12-2012 HRC section: Item 4 – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Speaker: Mr. Norman Voss An Oral Statement to the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status BURMA: Council warned of new challenges and a lack of progress concerning the protection of human rights Thank you Mr. President, The ALRC would like to warmly welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report and work. While much attention is focussed on political developments in Myanmar, the ALRC is gravely concerned by the lack of […]
ASIA: Increasing efforts by Asian states to ensure impunity for abuses of human rights
date: March 21, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-19-11-2012 HRC section: Item 4 — General Debate Speaker: Mr. Norman Voss An Oral Statement to the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Increasing efforts by Asian states to ensure impunity for abuses of human rights Thank you Mr. President, The ALRC wishes to highlight States’ increased efforts to engineer systems of impunity and to undermine work to protect human rights in the Asian region. The case of Bangladeshi human rights defender FMA Razzak, who was severely tortured by members of the military, including having his eyes […]