Posted on: October 9, 2016
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to draw the UN Human Rights Council’s attention to the general status of the poor and landless peasants of Pakistan. Due to the injustice meted out to farmers across Pakistan, many clashes have occurred between peasants and landlords on various issues related to tenancy, share crops, eviction […]
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The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to the transitional justice process in Nepal, especially given that it does not meet international standards. Nepal’s legacy of its internal conflict continues – a result of a decade-long civil war that was launched by the Communist […]
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The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) brings the continuing enforced and involuntary disappearances in Bangladesh to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council, seeking active effort to facilitate redress to victims and to the families of the disappeared. The ALRC is reiterating its grave concern for the reality of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. […]
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The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) about the stagnation of cases of enforced disappearance that have occurred under the New Order era of former President Suharto, as well as similar cases that occurred later. Indonesia has yet to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of […]
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INDONESIA: President Widodo has made no effort to find disappeared victims BANGLADESH: Enforced Disappearances should not be taken for granted NEPAL: Transitional justice bodies must provide participatory and meaningful closure to human rights violations committed during conflict period PAKISTAN: Peasants continue to face violence by landlords and the Military establishment BANGLADESH: UN can assist government […]
Posted on: September 17, 2015
An Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status, and Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), a regional non-governmental institution working on and with migrants. ASIA: Intimidation and threats on human rights defenders advocating protection for rights […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: Government must guarantee fundamental right of freedom of religion to all The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the UN Human Rights Council the deteriorating state of freedom of religion, belief, and faith […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BANGLADESH: Freedom of expression, assembly, and human rights activism under serious threat The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) brings matters related to the freedom of expression and opinion, the freedom of peaceful assembly, and the freedom of human rights activism […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PHILIPPINES: Failure to investigate and prevent widespread attacks on human rights defenders The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (A/HRC/28/63). We take note of the Special Rapporteur’s […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: An attack on independence of judiciary and right to fair trial The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the UN Human Rights Council the supra-constitutional arrangement that has established military courts and is […]
Posted on: September 14, 2015
Mr President, Excellencies, It was the way he lay: asleep, terminal, so profoundly sad – as if by lying in supplication before the waves that killed him he was asking for a replay, with a different outcome this time; and his socks and little shoes told us he was ready to try life again. But […]
Posted on: September 13, 2015
A Joint Oral Statement to the 29th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Franciscans International ASIA: Council should lead reforms of judicial institutions to realise rights Thank you Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Franciscans International wish to bring to the immediate attention of […]
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An Oral Statement to the 29th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions SOUTH ASIA: Domestic justice system requires reform to address extrajudicial executions Thank you Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to bring to the attention of this Council […]
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An Oral Statement to the 29th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) on Freedom of Expression and Opinion and Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association ASIA: Freedoms of Expression, Opinion, Assembly, and Association being curtailed in Asia Thank you Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre […]
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An Oral Statement to the 29th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status INDONESIA: Human rights violations in the mining and plantations sectors Thank you Mr. President, The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the report of the Working Group on Business and Human […]
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A Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Weak judicial system and insufficient legal aid allows for unfair trial A basic requirement in ensuring justice, fair trial is largely dependent on the state of the criminal justice system in the country, particularly the effectiveness of judges and […]
Posted on: September 12, 2015
Speaker: Md. Ashrafuzzaman HRC Section: General Debate – Agenda Item: 3 An Oral Statement to the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) on Arbitrary Detention & Contemporary forms of Slavery Thank you Mr. President. The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the reports of the Special Rapporteur […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) wishes to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the problem of enforced disappearances in Indonesia. Although the Government of Indonesia has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All […]
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Written submission to the UN Human Right Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) draws the attention of the Human Rights Council to the continuation of manual scavenging, i.e. the manual cleaning of human excreta, despite the practice having been outlawed repeatedly by both the Indian Parliament and the […]
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Written submission to the UN Human Right Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) requests the UN Human Rights Council to pay adequate attention to enforced or involuntary disappearances in Bangladesh. The Council and its Special Procedures and the larger international community need to find ways, under their respective […]
