Unicef Acknowledges Malaysia’s Commitment On Children’s Rights
KOTA KINABALU, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has acknowledged Malaysia's commitment towards the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC), despite reservations on some of the convention's conditions.
Unicef representative in Malaysia, Wivina Belmonte was happy to note that the country had removed certain reservations...
Vietnam: Amended Constitution a Missed Opportunity on Rights
(New York) – The amended constitution Vietnam adopted on November 28, 2013, failed to address popular aspirations for change and reform, Human Rights Watch said today. Vietnam’s donors and development partners should redouble their efforts to press the Vietnamese government for constitutional and legal reforms to protect basic rights,...
Cambodians confront taboo on Khmer Rouge sex crimes
KANHCHHAET, Cambodia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Net Savoen still wakes up screaming, reliving the evening she and about 30 other women were dragged to a forest by Khmer Rouge cadres.
The women had been resting after a day of digging a pit in the sweltering heat. The soldiers tied their...
“Why ASEAN is not ready to talk about Human Rights Issues; Meetings to discuss human rights talks are always closed meetings”
The level of public confidence in the Southeast Asian region in ASEAN’s efforts to enforce Human Rights has reached its lowest point. The issue of human rights is still a sensitive issue and is never discussed openly in public.
So says Senior Adviser ASEAN and Human Rights, Yuyun Wahyuningrum, at...
‘Most corrupt in ASEAN’
Amid a flurry of post-election promises of reform by the government, an index released by Transparency International (TI) yesterday shows that Cambodia’s public sector is perceived to be the most corrupt in ASEAN, and second only to North Korea in all of East Asia.
Since being added to TI’s Corruption...
ASEAN Youth pledge to protect the environment
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 4 December 2013 - The ASEAN Plus Three Youth Environment Forum (AYEF) closed today with the youth participants making a pledge to take on environmental protection as a personal responsibility and demonstrate it through their daily activities to inspire other youths in their respective countries.
In...
Dinah Shelton: Can regional human rights bodies be made (more) effective?
The number of regional and sub-regional organizations taking up human rights issues continues to increase. Within Europe, the Council of Europe, European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe all address human rights. In the Americas, the Organization of American States is facing a proliferation of...
As Thailand Calms, Protesters Seek King’s Intervention
BANGKOK—As relative calm settled in Thailand's capital, protesters and officials turned their attention toward finding a way out of the political impasse that has gripped the country in recent weeks, with many eager to see whether the Thai king will weigh in on the crisis.
Protest leaders seeking the ouster...
Vietnam reviews human rights laws
A report released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has emphasised the importance of adapting local laws to comply with international norms.
The findings were released yesterday as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) undertaken by the United Nations Human Rights Council to...
ASEAN Community looks to coming years
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) jointly opened a seminar on orientations for building the ASEAN Community beyond 2015 in Ha Noi yesterday, Dec 3.
Attending the event are ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh and UNDP Country Director in Viet Nam Louise Chamberlain, among others.
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