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The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations 2011
The State of Human Rights in Ten Asian Nations - 2011 is the Asian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) annual report, comprising information and analysis on the human rights violations and situations it encountered through its work in 2011. The report includes in-depth assessments of the situations in Bangladesh, Burma, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The AHRC works on individual human rights cases in each of these countries and assists victims in their attempts to seek redress through their domestic legal systems, despite the difficulties encountered in each context. Through this work, the organisation gains detailed practical knowledge of the obstacles and systemic lacuna that prevent the effective protection of rights and enable impunity for the perpetrators of violations. Based on this , the organisat ion then makes recommendations concerning needed reforms to the legal frameworks and state institutions in each setting. This work aims to enable the realisation of rights in a region that remains blighted by crippled institutions of the rule of law, which are enabling systemic impunity for the gamut of grave human rights violations, including torture, forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, attacks on and discrimination against minorities, women and human rights defenders, as well as widespread violations of a range of other political, economic and social rights, including the right to food.
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The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations 2011
The report includes in-depth assessments of the situations in Bangladesh, Burma, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The AHRC works on individual human rights cases in each of these countries and assists victims in their attempts to seek redress through their domestic legal systems, despite the difficulties encountered in each context.
Read More…Human Rights in Papua 2010/2011
A joint report on the human rights situation in Papua, Indonesia published by the Franciscans International, the Faith Based Network for West Papua and the Asian Human Rights Commission. The report covers civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights in the crisis region.
Read More…Gyges' Ring - The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka
In Plato's Republic, Glaucon narrates a story about a ring of invisibility. The man who found the ring used his power to enter the palace, rape the queen, kill the king and to take over the throne.
Read More…Hunger, Poverty & Climate Change in Madhya Pradesh: A Ground Report
Goal one: Extreme Poverty and Hunger ----- Goal seven: Ensure Environment Sustainability. A ground report on Hunger, Poverty & Climate Change in Madhya Pradesh by ALRC and VSS.
Read More…The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations 2010
The Asian Human Rights Commission's 2010 annual report comprises an in-depth assessment of the state of human rights in eleven Asian nations: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Read More…The State of Human Rights in Ten Asian Nations - 2009
In "The State of Human Rights in Ten Asian Nations - 2009" the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) presents analysis concerning the human rights situations, violations and developments it has encountered during its work in 2009.
Read More…Sri Lanka-Impunity, Criminal Justice & Human Rights
Despite the success achieved by the international community regarding the promotion of international human rights norms and standards in countries other than developed democracies, it would be an illusion to believe that these principles are actually applied in daily life.
Read More…Politics -- Corruption Nexus in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of the Impacts on Judicial Governance
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has published a new book titled "Politics -- Corruption Nexus in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of the Impacts on Judicial Governance". The book -- written by Md. Shariful Islam, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Dhaka -- presented an overview of the basic institutions that are directly linked to the rule of law and criminal justice system, especially the Subordinate Judiciary of the country.
Read More…The Phantom Limb: Failing Judicial Systems, Torture and Human Rights Work in Sri Lanka
This study is a result of the cooperation between the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT).
Read More…Abadilla 5 FAMILIES: When will their waiting end?
An ethnographic research by Fr. Roberto P. Reyes; this book of interviews with the family members of the Philippines' Abadilla 5 details their travails in their quest for justice and how the incarceration of their loved ones has ultimately derailed their lives.
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