Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ANM-001-2011 January 24, 2011 An Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Relocation of the AHRC office The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you of the relocation of its office premises. Please update your address records accordingly. Asian Human Rights Commission Unit 701A, Westley Square 48 Hoi Yuen Road Kwun […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the following invitation to consultancy services. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) invites proposals for the following work: Consultancy services to develop a Result Based Monitoring System and PME (Planning-Monitoring-Evaluation) framework for AHRC/ALRC 1. Purpose and specific objective […]

The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to inform you about the side event of the 13th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances and the Entry Into Force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance jointly organized by ALRC, […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the release of vol.9 of CAVEAT, a periodical about human rights in Indonesia published by the Indonesian Community Legal Aid Institute (LBH Masyarakat). This month’s edition includes a regional page Rights in Asia from the AHRC. The publication can be downloaded here. More editions are available […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the release of the Human Rights lawyer, Shadi Sadr, who was released from jail on July 28, 2009. Please also see AHRC’s forwarded urgent appeal http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2009/3217/ The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) has announced her release through following press release. Women Living Under Muslim Laws […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the release of the first issue of Caveat, a monthly human rights analysis published by the Community Legal Aid Institut (LBH Masyarakat) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Volume 1, Issue I can be downloaded at http://indonesia.ahrchk.net/docs/CaveatV01-I.pdf Caveat targets a non-Indonesian audience who is particularly interested in the development of […]

The Anti-Torture Movement with the collaboration of Asian Human Rights Commission is holding  a seminar on the UN International Day in Support of Torture Victims            You are cordially invited to participate and express your views. To be held at:  Hyderabad Press Club At 3 PM on 26 June, 2009 Presided By: Justice Nasir Aslam […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the following YouTube presentations: A Reading of Lasantha Wickramatunge¡¦s final article in several parts in both English and Sinhala: http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=QRE5Og5_LiY  http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=55I4aZnpZrU An appreciation of Justice Mark Fernando in both English and Sinhala: http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh8A5h3koK8, http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=rrtuqhbSMEY  A series of Cases of Police Torture in Sri Lanka: Case No. 1 Torture […]

THEME – Prosecution systems in Asia CONCEPT PAPER A well functioning judicial system is one of the cornerstones upholding the rule of law and democracy.  Concerns, about the relative perception of the rule of law and the absence or the erosion of democratic values in any society, reflect the state of affairs of the judicial system […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about View of the UNHRC in the matter of the dismissed judge, Mr. Soratha Bandaranayake On the communication bearing No. 1376/2005, in the case of Mr. Soratha Bandaranayake submitted through counsel, Mr. S.R.K. Hewamanna, we are including the full text of the View expressed by the […]

We wish to share with you the following speech of Mr. Muneer Malik, delivered on his acceptance of the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. He received the human rights award on May 18, 2008 on the occasion of the 518 International Solidarity Program, held in commemoration of the great people’s movement in Gwangju, South Korea […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to present the speech given by Mr. John J. Clancey, Chairperson of the Asian Human Rights Commission at the Awards Ceremony for the Asian Human Rights Defender Award 2008. Mr. John J. Clancey, the chairperson of the AHRC made the presentation speech on behalf of the AHRC and detailed […]

Twelve days since Cyclone Nargis, international aid groups and bilateral donors are still greatly hampered in getting access to stricken populations in Burma who are now at risk of a massive outbreak of waterborne diseases, including diarrhea, cholera, malaria, and skin ailments. As a result, local people have had to step up to the challenge […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ANM-003-2008 May 14, 2008 An Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA: Muneer Malik and Aitzaz Ahsan accept the AHRC’s Human Rights Defender Award The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you that at an award ceremony held at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club, Hong Kong, Mr. Muneer Malik accepted the […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) invites applications from qualified Indian doctors for full-time field work in a project to help the identification and treatment of tuberculosis patients in and around Varanasi, India. The initial phase of the contract will be for a period of six months, preferably starting from the 1st week of February […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you that there are several new web resources on the rule of law, democracy and human rights in Sri Lanka which provide information and documents valuable to researchers and concerned persons. www.ruleoflawsrilanka.org This website contains historical reports such as the Police Commission Reports of 1946 and 1970. […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission is launching a petition to the Sri Lankan government to support a field presence by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has seen an enormous deterioration of the human rights situation and the institutions of justice. The spiral of violence in the […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in collaboration with the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) wishes to announce the publication of a pictorial book that documents the development of the lawyer’s movement throughout the recent tumultuous months in Pakistan. The book covers all the events that occurred between March and July 2007. The publication, entitled “People’s […]

SNP legal Aid Committee with the collaboration of Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is holding a Seminar on “INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST TORTURE AND REHABILITATION OF TORTURE VICTIM” on 26th June 2007, 3:00pm @ Mehran Hotel Marvi Hall Shahrah-e- Faisal Karachi, as declared by the UN. We are cordially inviting you, to please attend this Seminar […]

Dear friends, We would like to share with you a link to video recording of the oral submission by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and the Law and Society Trust Sri Lanka. To view the online video please visit the link: http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/conferences/hrc2006/five/hrc070611pm-eng.rm?start=00:39:01&end=00:42:1 You need to have the RealPlayer installed on your computer in order to […]