Report
Human Rights Situation in Burma/Myanmar : A Brief Report
This paper evaluates how the Burma/Myanmar Government has fared in the past year in addressing human rights issues in the context of recommendations by the United Nations. One year ago, the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) came at a crucial juncture in the country’s history...
Making Inroads: Chinese Infrastructure Investment in ASEAN and Beyond
This study examines this rapidly evolving landscape and its potential implications. It focuses on the ASEAN region, and draws examples particularly from the lower Mekong countries. However, it will also be of value to individuals and groups elsewhere in Asia and internationally who are monitoring these developments. The main...
Strengthening and Harmonizing Labour Standards in ASEAN: A Framework for Union Advocacy
This study, Strengthening and Harmonizing Labour Standards in ASEAN: A Framework for Union Advocacy, covers international labour standards on wages; working time; social protection, including occupational safety and health, social security and maternity protection; equality of opportunity and treatment and non-discrimination at work; freedom of association and right to...
Briefing Paper: Another Piece of the Democratic – Puzzle Reform of the Administrative Structure of Myanmar Essential
Under the leadership of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the mantra of ‘change’, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won an overwhelming victory in Myanmar’s 2015 general elections. This display of popular support for the NLD shows that people of Myanmar are fully invested in progressing towards a...
Breaking the Silence and Unlocking Barriers for Human Rights in ASEAN: A report on the Performance of the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms in 2015
The following report is the sixth annual review of the performance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) human rights mechanisms produced by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and the Solidarity for ASEAN People’s Advocacies – Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights (SAPA...
Going backwards: The death penalty in Southeast Asia [FIDH Report]
Over the past year, Southeast Asia has witnessed significant setbacks with regard to the abolition of the death penalty, FIDH said in a new report published today, on the occasion of the 14th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
The report, titled “Going backwards: The death penalty in Southeast Asia,”...
Stories Learnt on the Struggle for Internet Freedoms in Southeast Asia at the ASEAN People’s Forum 2016, Dili, Timor Leste
This document is a summary of stories learnt on the struggle for internet freedoms in Southeast Asia countries during the ASEAN People's Forum 2016 (APF), from 2 August 2016 to 5 August 2016 in Dili, Timor Leste.
The stories were collected through a mapping exercise at the Net Merdeka's1 exhibition...
AIPP Annual Report 2015: Strengthening Indigenous Peoples’ Movements
For 2015, AIPP achieved significant achievements in the expanded implementation of its programmes at all levels—local, national, regional and global. These achievements include the widening reach of AIPP’s information dissemination, increased skills and capacities of individuals including women and IP organizations, and significant contribution to positive policies and guidelines...
Human Rights Report 2015 Overview: Civil and Political Rights [SUARAM]
The human rights situation for Malaysia in 2015 can be gleaned from the data and statistics for the violations of fundamental liberties documented and monitored by SUARAM. Once again, we can see that the promises of reform made by Prime Minister Najib Razak when he took over the office...
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Annual Report 2016
This Annual Report covers the period between July 2015 and June 2016.
This Annual Report covers the period between July 2015 and June 2016.
