Tag: Child Rights
Indonesia: Disturbing report reveals details about ‘genocide’ in West Papua
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a report into human rights abuses against West Papuans by the Indonesian military in 1977 and 1978, saying what occurred amounted to genocide.
The Hong Kong-based organisation called for an ad hoc human rights court to be set up to hear the...
Vietnam, Laos: Officials Involved in Abduction, Trafficking, and Sex Slavery of Women, Children
WASHINGTON & HANOI, Vietnam — Ethnic Hmong, Lao and Montagnard girls, including children, are being abducted and forced into marriage and prostitution at an alarming rate by corrupt government and military officials in Vietnam and Laos according to statements issued jointly today by non-governmental organizations.
The Lao Human Rights Council,...
PHILIPPINES: Torture of a 16-year-old boy caught in a fight between soldiers and rebels
Mr. XX (name withheld), 16 years of age, was arrested along with seven other men suspected to have taken part in the siege in Zamboanga City, Philippines by the Moro National Liberation Front.
According to Mr. XX, they were all wounded when they were forced to surrender. He said that...
Indonesia: Reluctance on Tobacco Rules Puts Lives at Risk
A group of boys, about 10 to 12 years old, were squatting next to a sewer near a private university in Depok, West Java, one morning.
They were talking, laughing and puffing their cigarettes. Their hands expertly flicked the ashes. One of the boys suddenly asked the smallest in the...
Thailand: Young fighters exposed to exploitation
Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand, with a 700-year-old history, and as with most sports, a yin and yang.
Known as the "science of eight limbs," muay Thai allows striking by fists, elbows, knees and feet, in bouts of five three-minute rounds. As described by the Dictionary of...
Myanmar: UNICEF Tells Govt to Increase Education, Health Spending
RANGOON — UNICEF is calling on the government to drastically increase government spending on education and health care in order to boost socio-economic development and improve the child rights situation in Burma.
Two UNICEF studies released on Wednesday analyze current government spending and conclude that revenues from the country’s rich...
Rights Groups Call on ASEAN to Implement New Declaration on Eliminating Violence Against Women and Children in Accordance with International Standards
Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists called on members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to increase efforts to protect the rights of women and children in light of the newly adopted Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and Elimination of Violence against...
A consultation between H.E. Dr. Seree Nonthasoot, Thailand representative to the AICHR, and representatives from CSOs on ‘the ASEAN Convention on the Elimination of Violence against Women’
The consultation was held on 14 March 2013 at the Institute of Research and Development for Public Enterprises, in Bangkok, Thailand. Presided by H.E. Dr. Seree Nonthasoot, Thailand representative to the AICHR, the consultation was joined by representatives from CSOs in the field of women’s rights. The purpose of...
Lack of Legal Aid in Cambodia Puts Children, Poor at Risk
A national legal aid system is imperative and must be established to offset a widening gap between those who can afford justice and those who cannot, the representative for the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia said on Friday.
In a bid to address...
ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children maps out plan of action
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 2 December 2013 - The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) agreed on a plan of action at its Special Meeting convened on 26-27 November 2013 in Brunei Darussalam.
Subsequent to the adoption of the Declaration on the...
