Civil Society Forum

Public Seminar on the High Level Advisory Panel’s (HLAP) Report on Mainstreaming the Responsibility to Protect in Southeast Asia: Pathway to a Caring ASEAN Community

The Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APR2P), the School of Political Science and International Studies, the University of Queensland St. Lucia in cooperation with the Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), cordially invites you to a: The Asia Pacific Centre...

Talking ASEAN on “Regional Impact of Indonesia’s New Policy towards Illegal Fishing”

ASEAN Studies Program of The Habibie Center cordially invites you to attend our public dialogue ASEAN Studies Program of The Habibie Center cordially invites you to attend our public dialogue Talking ASEAN on “Regional Impact of Indonesia’s New Policy towards Illegal Fishing” Speakers: Mr. Anang Nugroho, (Head of Analysis Centre for International and...

A Raw Deal – Abuse of Thai Workers in Israel’s Agricultural Sector

The continuing abuses against Thai agricultural workers documented in this report are a disturbing signal of the state’s failure to enforce its own laws, which among other things provide for a minimum wage, specify maximum working hours, allow for lawful strike actions and unionization, and outline specific details on...

The 3rd Regional Consultation on ACSC/APF 2015, Malaysia

The National Organizing Committee of ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People's Forum 2015 (ACSC/APF 2015) is pleased to announce that the Third Regional Consultation on ACSC/APF 2015 will be held The National Organizing Committee of ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People's Forum 2015 (ACSC/APF 2015) is pleased to announce that the Third...

Myanmar 2014 – 2015: ICT for Democracy & Active Citizenships | Scoping Study and Report – September 2015

The beginnings of an unprecedented democratic transition in Myanmar have come just as the spread of mobile phones and the internet is opening up massive new opportunities for communication and learning for the country's 50 million people. The beginnings of an unprecedented democratic transition in Myanmar have come just as...

30 Years of Hun Sen: Violence, Repression and Corruption in Cambodia

The 67-page report, “30 Years of Hun Sen: Violence, Repression, and Corruption in Cambodia,” chronicles Hun Sen’s career from being a Khmer Rouge commander in the 1970s to his present role as prime minister and head of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). The report details the violence, repression,...

National Training on Feminist Legal Theory and Practice (WLB – APWLD – UN Women)

The Women’s Legal and Human Rights Bureau, Inc. (WLB), in partnership with the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and UN Women, will conduct a national training on Feminist Legal Theory and Practice this coming February 17-20, 2015 at Alta Roca, Antipolo. The Women’s Legal and Human...

‘Journey of Voices’ exhibition Saphan Siang campaign

In celebration of International Migrants Day, it is a pleasure to invite you to visit the ‘Journey of Voices’ exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC). In celebration of International Migrants Day, it is a pleasure to invite you to visit the ‘Journey of Voices’ exhibition at Bangkok Art...

Laos: Open letter from Amnesty International directors to Sombath Somphone

Two years after the disappearance of Sombath Somphone on the evening of 15 December 2012, the directors from across the global Amnesty International movement write to express their deepest hopes for his safe return. Two years after the disappearance of Sombath Somphone on the evening of 15 December 2012, the...

Missed Opportunities: Recommendations for investigating the disappearance of Sombath Somphone

In the report, Missed Opportunities: Recommendations for Investigating the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone, which was co-authored by Michael Taylor QPM, a leading international investigator, the ICJ noted that despite the passage of two years since Sombath Somphone’s apparent enforced disappearance on December 15, 2012, very little information about the...