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Undermining Democracy: The Election Commission of Thailand in the 2019 Election
The Thai Social Science Seminar Series, a joint initiative between the University of Sydney's Southeast Asia Centre, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) and the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), will host a webinar titled 'Undermining Democracy: The Election Commission of Thailand in the 2019 Election' on...
Regional #GirlsTakeOver
For the first time ever. Plan International will host a Regional #GirlsTakeover joint event with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
Girls will be given the unique opportunity to "symbolically" take over the position of ASEAN Sectoral Bodies representatives to...
Call for Submissions: Human Rights Defenders Poetry Challenge
To honour the human rights defenders that have suffered, succeeded, fought and fallen, Protection International, ProtectDefenders.eu and the Centre for Applied Human Rights of the University of York are launching a poetry challenge for all creatives, activists and advocates for human rights. This past year has been a difficult...
The Killing State: Confronting the Normalization of State Violence in the Philippines
The Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), Fastenopfer, Franciscans International (FI), and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) would like to invite you to the webinar "The Killing State: Confronting the Normalization of State Violence in the Philippines" on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 5 pm (Manila/Kuala Lumpur Time). Our...
Call for Applications: Short Course on Refugee Rights and Advocacy
The Asia-Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) will organize a short course on refugee rights and advocacy every Tuesdays and Fridays from November 16 to December 10, 2021.
The course will combine both learning and practical sessions to develop critical human-rights understanding relevant to forced migration, and strengthen the capacity of...
Press in Distress: Will Independent Journalism Survive in Southeast Asia?
The Centre for Independent Journalism will organize a webinar entitled "Press in Distress: Will Independent Journalism Survive in Southeast Asia?" on October 8, 2021, at 4:00 pm (Kuala Lumpur/Manila Time). The forum will feature leaders of media organisations fighting for press freedom in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
To register...
COVID-19 and the Southeast Asian Media Landscape
The Asia Democracy Network, with support from the UNESCO Bangkok and the International Programme for the Development of Communications (IPDC), will conduct a webinar titled "COVID-19 and the Southeast Asian Media Landscape" on October 5, 2021, 8:00 am to 9:30 am (United Kingdom Time) or 2:00 pm to 3:30...
Asia-Pacific Environmental Defenders Forum
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Southeast Asia will organize the Asia Pacific Environmental Defenders Forum on November 17 to 19, 2021. The forum aims to discuss challenges that environmental human rights defenders are facing in Asia Pacific despite their vital role in protecting...
Civic space obstructed: Singapore’s fundamental freedoms through the lens of the UPR
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) will host a webinar titled "Civic space obstructed: Singapore’s fundamental freedoms through the lens of the UPR" on September 29, 2021, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (Bangkok/Jakarta Time) or from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (Geneva Time). This is...
Human Rights Situation in Myanmar: Eight Months After the Coup – Updates on the Ground
Join FORUM-ASIA and Progressive Voice at this side event of the 48th United Nations Human Rights Council Regular Session HRC 48 which will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 1:00 pm (CEST) /6:00 pm (Indochina Time).
Myanmar people are continuing to resist the Military’s attempts to seize power in...
