34th Session – March 2017

• BANGLADESH: Torturous policing system marked by impunity and UNHRC membership cannot co-exist
• INDIA: To contain torture and ill-treatment the country should undertake criminal justice reforms
• PAKISTAN: Government betrays the pledges for criminalizing torture
• INDONESIA: Torture continues without effective punishment or remedy
• INDONESIA: No justice for past human rights abuses as the government aims to avoid the Human Rights Court
• NEPAL: Speed up Transitional Justice Process
• PAKISTAN: Persecution of Human Rights Defenders deserves effective international intervention
• INDIA: Urge authorities to take concrete steps to arrest farmer suicides
• INDONESIA: Human rights defenders remain unprotected
• ASIA: Working on Torture poses increasing threats to Human Rights Defenders
• ASIA: Upholding Truth and Justice or Protecting Religious Freedom is impossible without capable justice institutions
• ASIA: Reengineer justice institutions to end infant malnutrition in Asia
• ASIA: Time to engage with Asian’s justice institutions
• MYANMAR: UN should not let another Cambodia to happen
• ASIA: Safety of HRDs in Bangladesh and Thailand must be guaranteed
• ASIA: Recognising minority rights would serve no higher cause without justice institutions to guarantee them
• ASIA: States should commit to ensure adequate resources for Special Procedure mandates to function effectively