Posted on: September 11, 2015
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 lack of justice and reparations for human rights abuse in Indonesia, which leads to the recurrence of such abuse. After political […]
Posted on: September 10, 2015
Written submission to the UN Human Right Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centr The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) draws the attention of the Human Rights Council to the decision of Government of India (GOI) to complete the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River up to its full height of […]
Posted on: June 13, 2015
A Written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: Business and Human Rights – government must strictly follow the regulations of ILO in its true spirit The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) would like to draw the attention […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Land grabbing and rights abuse occurs widely under ‘economic development’ State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IESCSR), Indonesia has a domestic law promulgating the Covenant as well as relevant provisions in its Constitution, […]
Posted on: June 12, 2015
BANGLADESH: UN rights mechanisms need reshaping to address extrajudicial executions INDIA: Extrajudicial executions and torture are defining characters of India’s security establishment INDONESIA: Extrajudicial and summary executions remain a serious problem despite legal guarantees to the right to life BURMA/MYANMAR: Extrajudicial killings continue with impunity PAKISTAN: Rights Safeguards Rendered Meaningless in the face of Extrajudicial […]
Posted on: June 10, 2015
A Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre NEPAL: International community must immediately help internally displaced people The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) draws the attention of the Human Rights Council to the worsening condition of internally displaced persons in Nepal after the massive earthquake that hit the […]
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A Written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: The State is enacting more laws to restrain free speech The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the deteriorating state of freedom of expression and speech in […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Government unwilling to genuinely protect freedom of expression Despite the existence of constitutional and other legal provisions, protection for the right to freedom of expression remains weak in Indonesia. This is largely due to the government’s inconsistency in applying […]
Posted on: June 9, 2015
A Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: The State should be asked to declare all kinds of private courts to be illegal, and enforce the same The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the […]
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A Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre NEPAL: Need for local elections, exposed by the earthquake The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) joins the world in grieving the loss of human lives, property, and cultural history in Nepal during and after the massive earthquake that struck at […]
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A Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Right to freedom of assembly and association acknowledged, but not protected Despite Indonesia’s Law No. 9 of 1998 guaranteeing freedom of expression in public areas, the protection of the right to freedom of assembly and association in the country […]
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A Joint Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines PHILIPPINES: Government uses law and policy to violate rights to peaceful assembly and association The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s […]
Posted on: June 8, 2015
Written submission to the UN HRC by the Asian Legal Resource Centre NEPAL: Custodial torture is rooted in the police stations of Nepal The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), along with the Terai Human Rights Defenders (THRD) Alliance, would like to bring the entrenched practice of custodial torture in Nepal to the attention of the […]
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A Joint Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines PHILIPPINES: Government policy and practice defeat UN’s objective to eliminate killings The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines […]
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A Written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre PAKISTAN: Rights Safeguards Rendered Meaningless in the face of Extrajudicial Killings The Asian Legal Resource Centre is extremely concerned about the continuing extrajudicial killings in Pakistan, and the impunity with which they are committed. Instead of using legal and constitutional […]
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Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA/MYANMAR: Extrajudicial killings continue with impunity The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to bring the realities of extrajudicial killings in Myanmar to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The government’s claim that the State is in […]
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A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDONESIA: Extrajudicial and summary executions remain a serious problem despite legal guarantees to the right to life The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to draw the attention of the UN Human Rights Council to the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial […]
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Written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: Extrajudicial executions and torture are defining characters of India’s security establishment The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, after his visit to India from 19 to 30 March 2012 has filed a report to the 23rd Session of […]
Posted on: May 25, 2015
Joint written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and Odhikar BANGLADESH: UN rights mechanisms need reshaping to address extrajudicial executions The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Odhikar request the UN Human Rights Council to consider amending the human rights mechanisms so that the entrenched problems of extrajudicial […]
Posted on: March 13, 2015
A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: Criminal justice reforms elementary to control violence against women After the infamous New Delhi rape case of 2012, and other cases of gender based violence subsequently reported by the media, the Government of India initiated a series of measures […]
