Written Statements –
Item 6: Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination
- Caste-based Discrimination in Nepal [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/26] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- State-sponsored discrimination against indigenous communities in India [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/25] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
Item 10 : Economic, social and cultural rights
- Reunion of Kashmiri families [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/28] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Food scarcity in Myanmar [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/29] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Denial of rights to land and livelihood in India [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/27] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
Item 11 : Civil and political rights
11(a) Torture and detention
- Deaths in custody in Malaysia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/30] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- The undermining of the absolute prohibition on torture [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/31] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Indefinite solitary confinement in the Republic of Korea [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/32] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Towards a Torture free Asia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/33] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Custodial deaths and torture in India [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/34] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Indonesia’s law on torture is fundamentally flawed [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/35] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- The need for a witness and torture victim protection scheme in Sri Lanka [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/36] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
11 (b) Disappearances and summary executions
- Time for the United Nations to act on the 1965-66 massacre in Indonesia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/37] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Myanmar: Massacre at Depayin [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/38] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Enforced or involuntary disappearances in Sri Lanka [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/39] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- India: Genocide in Gujarat [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/40] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Extra-judicial killings of migrant workers and impunity in Thailand [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/41] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
11 (c) Freedom of expression
- Freedom of expression in Asia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/42] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
11 (d) Independence of the judiciary, administration of justice, impunity
- Pakistan: Critique of the rule of law and policing system [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/43] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- International mechanisms must be strengthened to address endemic impunity in Asia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/44] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- The ramifications of the Report of the Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System in India (Malimath Committee Report) [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/45] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- Nepal: Acts of violence and impunity by armed forces [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/46] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
- The role of the National Police Commission of Sri Lanka in establishing an effective complaint procedure against police [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/47] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
11 (e) Religious intolerance
- Religious intolerance in South Asia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/48] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
11 (f) States of emergency
- National security laws in Asia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/49] [Link to the UNHCHR Site]
12 Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: (a) Violence against women
- Violence against Dalit women in India and Nepal [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/50] [Link to the UNHCHR site]
- ‘Honour killing’ in Pakistan [Word Format][E/CN.4/2004/NGO/21] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
14 Specific groups and individuals:
14 (a) Migrant workers
- Abuses of migrant workers in Thailand [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/22] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
14 (c) Mass exoduses and displaced persons
- Forced repatriation of asylum seekers from Malaysia [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/23] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
18 Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms: (b) National institutions and regional arrangement
- National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka in serious need of reform [Word Format] [E/CN.4/2004/NGO/24] [Link to UNHCHR Site]
