Tag: Regional Human Rights System
UNHCR welcomes ASEAN proposals to respond to boat crisis in South-East Asia
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees welcomes proposals by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to set up a task force and trust fund to respond to the irregular movement of refugees and migrants in the region.
Press Releases, 3 July 2015
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees welcomes proposals...
Pakistan’s resolution against Myanmar at the UNHRC contains factually incorrect information: ACHR’s calls for amendment
Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a press release today stated that Pakistan’s draft resolution against Myanmar tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday contains factually incorrect information and does not include key issues relating to the Rohingya refugees.
ACHR PRESS RELEASE
ACHR INDEX: PR/PK/01/2015
Date: 02...
Laos: Government mocks UN human rights review
The Lao government’s failure to accept key recommendations received during its latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has turned the UN-backed review process into a farce, FIDH and its member organization, the Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR), said today.
Paris, 30 June 2015: The Lao government’s failure to accept key...
Human Rights Council – 29th session, Point 6: Adoption of the report on the Lao PDR UPR – Oral statement
FIDH and its member organization, the Lao Movement for Human Rights, regret that the Lao PDR refused to accept recommendations made by many states in several key human rights areas during its second UPR in January 2015.
25 June 2015
Mr. President,
FIDH and its member organization, the Lao Movement for Human...
Myanmar, EU reaffirm strengthening dialogue, cooperation in human rights
Myanmar and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to continue and strengthen dialogue and cooperation in the field of human rights.In a joint press release published here Monday following the holding of the second Myanmar-EU human rights dialogue in Yangon on the previous days, the EU underlined...
Activist Adam Adli seeks new possibilities at UN’s Geneva meet
Adam Adli Abdul Halim first made headlines in 2011 when he lowered a flag depicting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at a protest demanding academic freedom, when he was a student at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI).
BY DEBORAH AUGUSTIN
Published: 22 June 2015 11:00 AM
Since then, Adam has been...
ASEAN Move on Rohingya, Slow But Forward
The bloc takes some tentative steps, with a welcome dose of common sense from Mahathir Mohamad.
By Luke Hunt
June 22, 2015
For decades ASEAN and its policy of non-interference in a neighbor’s affairs has been the focus of heated criticism, widely seen as an excuse that allowed countries behaving badly on...
OIC adopts Pak proposals to spotlight Rohingya Muslim’s persecution
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has unanimously approved a Pakistani proposal to bring into greater focus the plight of Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar.
INP
June 16, 2015, 2:15 pm
NEW YORK – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has unanimously approved a Pakistani proposal to bring into greater focus the plight...
Opinion: Indonesia’s response to Australian ‘bribes’ should focus on regional boats fix
Indonesian politicians, including Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, have exercised caution in their public statements on allegations that Australian officials paid people smugglers to return a boatload of asylum seekers to Indonesia.
Angguntari C. Sari, Special to CNN
Updated 0848 GMT (1548 HKT) June 17, 2015
"Angguntari C. Sari is a lecturer at the...
Big stick or softly-softly? UN split over tackling human rights in Myanmar
A fierce debate within the highest echelons of the United Nations over how to deal with Myanmar on the issue of the Rohingya is moving from behind closed doors into the public domain, casting doubts over whether the UN body has formulated a coherent strategy.
By Guy Dinmore | Thursday,...
