Posted on: June 4, 2009
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status NEPAL: The peace process and republic at risk without justice institutions The resignation of the Prime Minister of Nepal on 4 May and its prompt acceptance by the country’s President, expose the vulnerability of the ongoing democratisation […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Special police officers in use in armed conflicts, committing rights violations On 23 May 2008, in a meeting held at Imphal in Manipur state, the Manipur state government published a set of guidelines for the deployment […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Rights to health and food – destined to die because of neglect Four-year-old Chhotu and his sister, six-year-old Sagar, died from malnutrition induced ailments in 2008. Chhotu died in August and Sagar in September. Chhotu had […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Extra-judicial killings, torture, violence against women, media freedoms and the lack of an independent judiciary Bangladesh has been re-elected to the Human Rights Council for another term of three years in uncontested elections at the UN […]
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An Oral Statement to the 11th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council warned from producing weak outcome, upholding impunity Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) strongly condemns […]
Posted on: June 3, 2009
SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council warned from producing weak outcome, upholding impunity BANGLADESH: Extra-judicial killings, torture, violence against women, media freedoms and the lack of an independent judiciary INDIA: Rights to health and food – destined to die because of neglect INDIA: Special police officers in use in armed conflicts, committing rights violations NEPAL: The […]
Posted on: March 5, 2009
An Oral Statement to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status, supported by Lawyers¡¦ Rights Watch Canada (LWRC) ASIA: The human rights situations in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) […]
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An Oral Statement to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status ASIA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Thank you, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) warmly welcomes the approach that […]
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An Oral Statement to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status, supported by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada ASIA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Procedures on torture and forced disappearances Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) […]
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An Oral Statement to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization with general consultative status ASIA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Procedures on the right to food and to adequate housing Thank you Mr. President, Concerning housing, in South Korea on January 20th, […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: The ongoing problem of forced disappearances The problem of forced disappearances has been significant in Pakistan in recent years, notably since the beginning of the so-called war on terror following the 9/11 attacks in the United […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PHILIPPINES: Court rules subverted in filing criminal charges against activists While incidents of extra-judicial killings targeting human rights and political activists have declined in recent years, which is welcomed, the authorities are instead now making use of […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PHILIPPINES: Violations of rights under failing land reforms When the 1988 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) was enacted, there were expectations that landless farmers would be able to obtain land, which they could use to cultivate crops […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status SRI LANKA: The abdication of the duty to investigate crimes Every day instances are added to the list of crimes that go uninvestigated in Sri Lanka. The alleged crimes, including war crimes in the north and the […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status SRI LANKA: Prevention of impunity requires clear leadership from the government The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the statement made by ten UN experts1 on the 9th February, 2009, expressing deep concern at the suppression of criticism and […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: Judicial obedience and a weak rule of law continue under the new government When the People’s Party of Pakistan swept into power in April 2008, it did so promising to right the wrongs of the constitutional […]
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A joint written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and 163 NGOs (134 with ECOSOC status and 30 without this status) ASIA: Human right to peace versus racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance1 Joint written statement submitted by International Alliance of Women (IAW), Commission of the Churches on International […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status PAKISTAN: Extra-judicial violence and killings of women ongoing in tribal areas In May 2008, a Jirga (an illegal tribal court), was held to “try” a 17-year old girl after she had already been killed. As a result […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BURMA: Non-application of law and the cases arising from September 2007 in Myanmar For a number of years that the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has worked closely and consistently on the situation of human rights in […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BURMA: Targeting of defence lawyers in Myanmar In 2008 the authorities in Myanmar increasingly targeted defence lawyers as a means of quelling dissent not only outside but also inside the criminal justice system itself. Although the law […]
