Tag: Civil Society Organizations / CSOs
Malaysian Bar adopts resolution on worker rights at AGM
Lawyers at the Malaysian Bar’s AGM have called on the government to ensures that all employers, especially GLCs, respect worker and trade union rights, reports Charles Hector.
At the 68th Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Bar on Saturday, 15 March 2014, attended by 1,219 members, four resolutions were adopted.
One...
Myanmar engages Asean’s civil society groups
Strange as it may seem, the Asean's People Forum in Yangon last month turned out to be the biggest ever gathering of civil society groups in the region. Since the inaugural forum in 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, no such meeting attracted such a well-attended crowd of nearly 3,000 participants...
Myanmar’s legal profession moves to establish National Bar Association
Myanmar’s legal profession has taken a significant step towards establishing an independent, representative national bar association by forming an inclusive interim committee to steer its creation. This measure follows a legal seminar recently held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, organised by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI)...
Old problems persist in new NGO draft law
The latest version of the government’s draft law on NGOs, which was approved by the Council of Ministers in January, is identical to an earlier version made available to civil society in 2011, with several outstanding concerns still intact, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights said yesterday.
Working from a...
ALLAH, RACISM, DIRTY POLLS RAISED: Church leaders, Ambiga, activists get an hour with Obama
Ten civil society groups brought up human rights issues and also the political persecution of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in an hour-long meeting with US President Barack Obama today.
Former Bersih co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, said they managed to raise religious and racial polarisation issues, divisive politics by...
Filipino human rights defenders joins UN sessions
The Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines or EcuVoice, a network of human rights defenders and faith-based institutions, said it is participating in the week-long 26th sessions of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland starting Tuesday.
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Unity NGO Negara-Ku to spread wings to Sabah, Swak: Simon Sipaun joins board
Undeterred by the strong opposition from Malay and Muslim groups in the peninsula, newly-formed civil society movement Negara-Ku is spreading its wings to East Malaysia.
Undeterred by the strong opposition from Malay and Muslim groups in the peninsula, newly-formed civil society movement Negara-Ku is spreading its wings to East Malaysia.
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Rights Group Wants Sit-Downs With Government
Local rights group Adhoc on Thursday called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and other government officials to hold regular meetings with NGOs in order to better understand the human rights situation in the country.
Local rights group Adhoc on Thursday called on Prime Minister Hun Sen and other government officials...
On Merdeka wish list, watchdog wants Putrajaya to scrap Sedition Act
A human rights watchdog is urging Putrajaya to honour Malaysia’s independence by removing the Sedition Act, which it says is a legacy from the British colonial era.
A human rights watchdog is urging Putrajaya to honour Malaysia’s independence by removing the Sedition Act, which it says is a legacy from...
Independent CSOs discuss Universal Periodic Review
(VNRN) – Three independent human rights organizations met Friday in the first open seminar for Vietnamese CSOs to discuss the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), titled “UPR Vietnam: Process, Potential and Practice.”
The meeting, co-organized by the Vietnam Path Movement, Civil Society Forum, and the Redepmtorist Order’s Office for Justice and...
