Tag: Regional Human Rights System
Lese majeste cases compromise Thai UN human rights bid
Thaliand's military junta has applied to join UN Human Rights Council, but laws on insulting monarchy threaten to undermine its application
Update: 17:10, 21 October 2014 Tuesday
World Bulletin/News Desk
A recent spate of lese-majeste cases in Thailand, the most recent against an intellectual who questioned the heroic deeds of a king...
ASEAN promotes rights of women, children
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) will work together to realise the declaration on the elimination of violence against women and children that was adopted by ASEAN leaders in 2013.
16/10/2014 | 15:04:52
The...
Lawyer Files Complaint at International Court Over Land Grabs
A British lawyer has filed new documents against senior Cambodian officials at the International Criminal Court, accusing them of systematic land grabs that constitute human rights abuses.
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer 17 October 2014
WASHINGTON DC— A British lawyer has filed new documents against senior Cambodian officials at the International Criminal...
Malaysia cites PH peace in UN Security Council bid
Expensive campaigns and diplomatic tradeoffs factor into the elections for the United Nation's most powerful and exclusive body, the Security Council
UNITED NATIONS – Malaysia is set to win one of the most coveted seats in global diplomacy after highlighting its role in facilitating the Bangsamoro peace process.
The Southeast Asian...
Noisy protest meets Thai coup leader’s arrival at ASEM summit
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha slipped quietly into the club of world leaders Today against a backdrop of noisy protests against the former general who seized power in May.
October 16, 2014
BANGKOK, Oct 16 — Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha slipped quietly into the club of world leaders Today against...
UNHRC membership ‘should boost RI’s human rights’
Indonesia has successfully retained its seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in an election held at the world body’s headquarters in New York.
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Thu, October 23 2014, 10:03 AM
Indonesia has successfully retained its seat on the UN Human...
Thai bid for UN rights seat fails
Thailand respects the decision of UN members who voted to fill vacant seats in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after it failed to gain enough votes to win a seat.
The Nation
October 23, 2014 1:00 am
Constructive role to continue; focus on campaign for place in UNSC
Thailand respects the decision...
Cambodia commemorates Paris Peace Accord anniversary
Approximately 300 monks, opposition supporters, and human rights activists marched through streets here on Thursday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreement, which is the country's national day.
Oct 23,2014
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Approximately 300 monks, opposition supporters, and human rights activists marched through streets...
Future of human rights in Southeast Asia remains bleak
The future of human rights in Southeast Asia remains bleak, an official has said, with little progress having been made by ASEAN in applying the Declaration of Human Rights since the establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) in 2009.
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World |...
Military charged with International Humanitarian Law violations in Abra killings
Families of the “Lacub martyrs” went to Manila to redress their grievance against the “war crimes” committed by the military in its operations in Abra in September
October 25, 2014 By DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Families of the civilians and rebels slain in Lacub, Abra filed on Oct. 24 complaints...
