Posted on: March 5, 2009
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDONESIA: Crack down on freedoms of expression and assembly in West Papua The Asian Legal Resource Centre is gravely concerned about the increased number of arrests and detentions on political grounds in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia. […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status THAILAND: The rise of the internal-security state and decline of human rights in Thailand Since the military coup in Thailand of September 2006 the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) warned of a strong resurgence of regressive anti-human […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status INDIA: Manipur – caught between the devil and the deep blue sea In July 2008, seven children were kidnapped from a public school in Manipur state, India. The school is just outside the city limits of the […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Criminalisation of torture is a must The constitutional provision regarding the strict prohibition of torture as a fundamental right seems hollow in Bangladesh as torture is rampant and there are no effective and available legal remedies […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: The perpetrators of over 1000 extra-judicial killings must be brought to justice Despite being a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) since 6 September 2000 and a member of the […]
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BANGLADESH: The perpetrators of over 1000 extra-judicial killings must be brought to justice BANGLADESH: Criminalisation of torture is a must INDIA: Manipur – caught between the devil and the deep blue sea THAILAND: The rise of the internal-security state and decline of human rights in Thailand INDONESIA: Crack down on freedoms of expression and assembly […]
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Posted on: May 5, 2008
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the 8th session of the Human Rights Council PHILIPPINES: A series of unsolved murders reveals the lack of investigations into even the worst crimes in the country The Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) has in recent months documented a pattern of murders of […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the 8th session of the Human Rights Council BANGLADESH: Council member failing to take even minimal steps to address widespread torture within its borders Torture is a routine component of the methodology of law-enforcement in Bangladesh. Torture is used in a widespread manner […]
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A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the 8th session of the Human Rights Council BANGLADESH: The booming business of arbitrary arrests and detention under the State of Emergency Bangladesh is plagued by gross arbitrariness across the board as far as human rights are concerned. The ongoing State of Emergency, […]
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An Joint Oral Statement to the 8th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from World Council of Churches (WCC), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), and the Phiilppine NGO delegation PHILIPPINES: Interactive Dialogue after the Report of the UNSR on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Thank you […]
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An Oral Statement to the 8th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) ASIA: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial Killings and the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Check Against Delivery Mr. Alston and Mr. Despouy, Concerning Sri Lanka, while there are […]
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Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status BANGLADESH: Prolonged State of Emergency threatening the judiciary and human rights defenders’ ability to work. Under a 20-month-long State of Emergency, which began on January 11, 2007, Bangladesh has been plunged into a period in which human rights […]
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BANGLADESH: Prolonged State of Emergency threatening the judiciary and human rights defenders’ ability to work ASIA: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial Killings and the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers PHILIPPINES: Interactive Dialogue after the Report of the UNSR on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions BANGLADESH: The booming business […]
Posted on: March 9, 2008
A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), supported by the World Council of Churches (WCC), Lawyers Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC), Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC), Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network (AITPN), Indigenous Peoples’ Coalition (IPC), and Nord Sud XXI […]
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A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LWRC). ASIA: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal’s human rights situations denounced Thank you Mr. President, Sri Lanka, one of this Council’s Vice-Presidents, is also the State with the highest […]
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A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the International Movement against all forms of Discrimination and Racism and the Asian Legal Resource Centre SRI LANKA: Interactive dialogue with the UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues We thank the Independent Expert on Minority Issues for her report and […]
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An Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) BURMA/MYANMAR: UN urged to go beyond business as usual concerning Burma Mr. Special Rapporteur, We, like you, remain deeply concerned by the situation of human rights in Myanmar in the aftermath of the government crackdown […]
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A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), INFID, and Pax Romana-ICMICA/MIIC. ASIA: The ongoing deep divide between discourse and implementation Thank you Mr. President, We remain concerned that […]
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A Joint Oral Statement to the 7th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), Centre for Organization Research & Education (CORE), International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Non-Violence International and Pax Romana-ICMICA/MIIC in association […]
