Civil Society Forum
“Work Faster or Get Out” – Labor Rights Abuses in Cambodia’s Garment Industry
Workers in Cambodia’s garment factories—frequently producing name-brand clothing sold mainly in the United States, the European Union, and Canada—often experience discriminatory and exploitative labor conditions. The combination of short-term contracts that make it easier to fire and control workers, poor government labor inspection and enforcement, and aggressive tactics against...
A Site Event at the 59th Session of CSW: Women’s Human Rights and Equality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda
Development Not Without Women!
The Beijing +20 has arrived at a critical juncture of discussion on a new post 2015 global development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The concluences of these processes provide a strategic opportunity for the women's movement to ensure that gender equality and women's human rights...
14th International Human Rights Colloquium – Conectas
Between 2001 and 2013, the Colloquium was organized annually by Conectas. Over the course of these years, the event has brought together nearly 1,500 participants from 80 countries. In 2014, the organization started to change the structure of the conference to make it more diverse and representative, and also...
Engage Media – SEA Video Camp in Myanmar
EngageMedia is pleased to announce a Video Camp for Southeast Asian filmmakers in Myanmar in June 2015. The camp is aimed to be a space for video activists and filmmakers from Myanmar to meet, interact and collaborate with video and filmmakers from the rest of Southeast Asia in an...
Threatened Lands, Threatened Lives – Human Rights Situation of the Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia
This report on the human rights situation of indigenous peoples of Cambodia was prepared mainly from the contributions of indigenous peoples human rights defenders (IPHRDs) and NGOs in the country. This is an update to the AIPP publication Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Report in Asia – Cambodia, Thailand and...
Martial Law and the Military Court: Civil and Political Rights in Thailand (22 May 2014-15 January 2015)
The assessment of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) is that protection of the right to a fair trial is key to ensuring justice. If the military judges and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) intend to dismiss the principle, it indicates that the judges are willing...
Time for Reshaping: The Official Launch of “Strengthening Human Rights and Peace Research and Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia (SHAPE-SEA)
4 February 2015 (13:00-17:00)
Rattanakosin Room, Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok Thailand
With democracy and rights under pressure throughout Southeast Asia, now is a critical time to reflect upon and reshape human rights and peace research and education. To this end, the need to re-shape the direction of human rights and peace research...
Sr. Mariani Dimaranan, SFIC Human Rights Defenders Awards
#HumanRights “Here is the big challenge to us…as individuals and groups, as churches, both local and international --- to heed the cry of the poor, deprived, oppressed and exploited and to join them in their struggle for justice, freedom and real democracy.” – Sr. Mariani Dimaranan, sfic
Through the years,...
The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar – 2015 Elections and Beyond
Civil Rights Defenders invites you to listen to Maung Zarni, exiled Burmese democracy advocate, human rights campaigner and visiting lecturer on racism, violence and genocides at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He will share his thoughts on the face of the persecution of...
Live-streaming of International Dialogue on Upholding the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) 3rd Regional Dialogue will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia from January 28-29th. Disabled person’s organizations, election officials and other stakeholders from 25 different countries will share good practices and lessons learned for increasing access to the political process for persons with...
