Date: September 16, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-15-15-2010 Speaker: Norman Voss HRC section: Item 2 & 3: General Debate An Oral Statement to the 15th Session of the Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status ASIA: Council urged to address the lack of effective domestic witness protection systems in Asia Thank you, Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the report by the High Commissioner on the right to truth and witness protection. The ALRC supports its call for States to develop independent domestic witness protection systems and the suggested development of best practices and common standards by the […]
Tag: oral statements
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 […]
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. […]
ASIA: Human rights situations in Sri Lanka and the Philippines require action by the Council
Date: March 19, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-17-2010 Speaker: Michael Anthony HRC section: Item 4: General Debate 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 ASIA: Human rights situations in Sri Lanka and the Philippines require action by the Council video from UN webcast archive Thank you, Mr. President, The ALRC wishes to highlight the lack of credible action by the government of the Philippines concerning the November 23, 2009, massacre in Maguindanao, in which 57 persons travelling to register a candidate in local elections were massacred by the private army the ruling […]
CAMBODIA: Comments on the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia
Date: March 17, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-18-2010 Speaker: Isabela Piacentini HRC section: Item 6: Cambodia: Comments on the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia A Joint Oral Statement to the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-government organization with special consultative status and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-government organization with general consultative status CAMBODIA: Comments on the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Cambodia video from UN webcast archive Thank you Mr. President. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and the Asian Legal Resource Centre are pleased to hear that […]
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 […]
ASIA: Special Procedures’ recommendations on country situations being ignored by the Human Rights Council
Date: March 15, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-15-2010 Speaker: Michael Anthony HRC section: Item 3: General Debate 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 ASIA: Special Procedures’ recommendations on country situations being ignored by the Human Rights Council video from UN webcast archive Thank you, Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to focus here on the Council�s lack of impact at the country level, including its lack of implementation of Special Procedures country-related recommendations. Instead of seeing the work of this Council leading to an era of implementation, we […]
ASIA: Freedom of expression and human rights defenders in Asian countries raised at the UN Human Rights Council
Date: March 11, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-14-2010 Speaker: Emerlynne Gil HRC section: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief A Joint Oral Statement to the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) ASIA: Freedom of expression and human rights defenders in Asian countries raised at the UN Human Rights Council video from UN webcast archive Thank you Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA, ALRC and INFID appreciate the reports of both […]
ASIA: Council failing to cooperate and implement Special Rapporteur on Torture’s recommendations
Date: March 8, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-13-2010 Speaker: Michael Anthony HRC section: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture An Oral Statement to the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Council failing to cooperate and implement Special Rapporteur on Torture’s recommendations video from UN webcast archive Thank you, Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the global study of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, which notes that despite the grave nature and absolute prohibition of torture, it remains widespread in the majority of countries. The ALRC has documented […]
ASIA: Discrimination and lack of action by states contributing to ongoing widespread malnourishment and starvation
Date: March 5, 2010 Document id: ALRC-COS-13-12-2010 Speaker: Michael Anthony HRC section: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food An Oral Statement to the 13th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status ASIA: Discrimination and lack of action by states contributing to ongoing widespread malnourishment and starvation Thank you, Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. We note that of the 18 countries concerning which the mandate issued communications in the last year, one third of these […]