Tag: Regional Human Rights System
Vietnam attends UN Human Rights Council’s summit
This is the first time Viet Nam has joined over 80 nations and international organisations in the event as the Council's member.
On November 12, 2013, the country was elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2014-2016 tenure for the first time, being acknowledged by the international community...
U Ye Htut raises concerns over Quintana connection
Deputy information and presidential spokesperson U Ye Htut has raised concerns regarding links between a top UN human rights official and the Thailand-based NGO Fortify Rights, which has accused the government of crimes against humanity for its persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
U Ye Htut said in a...
Myanmar at Asean helm: we must push for national reconciliation
Nay Pyi Taw's road to reform remains long and winding, but its neighbours can help power the country towards internal peace
Myanmar's chairmanship of Asean, which began in January, will become an open display of its progress on national economic and political reforms. Nay Pyi Taw's hosting of the regional...
Drop Phuket Court Action Over Boatpeople Abuses, Human Rights Watch Urges Thailand
NEW YORK: Thai authorities should not bring criminal defamation and computer crimes charges against two journalists who reported on abuses by the Thai navy against ethnic Rohingya migrants, Human Rights Watch said today.
Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian of the Phuketwan online newspaper were told to report to the Phuket...
Vietnam – Socio-economic Policies Must Ensure People’s Basic Rights
GENEVA, March 8 (Bernama) -- Socio-economic policies need to ensure all basic rights for the people and pay appropriate attention to vulnerable groups, said a Vietnamese representative at the ongoing 25th session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Addressing the session on Thursday which focused on discussing the...
Special Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened a Special Meeting on 8 – 9 March 2014 at the ASEAN Secretariat. The Special Meeting was chaired by H.E. U Kyaw Tint Swe, the Representative of Myanmar and the Chair of the AICHR.
The Meeting discussed the contributions of the...
Vietnam hails UN’s human rights promotion
Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vietnamese permanent representative to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations based in Geneva, Switzerland, offered the praise during discussions with special UN rapporteurs on the occasion of the UNHRC’s 25th session, taking place throughout March.
Together they talked about issues surrounding...
Singapore: Is the haze clearing for extra-territorial accountability?
Singapore’s Transboundary Haze and Pollution Bill that’s presently making the rounds for public consultation is one potentially game-changing initiative in the area of business and human rights in Southeast Asia. The bill contains two elements that up to now have been mere aspirations among those seeking greater accountability for...
Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Uighurs to China
(New York) – The government of Thailand should ensure that a group of 220 ethnic Uighurs are not forcibly returned to China and have urgent access to refugee status determination proceedings by the United Nations refugee agency, Human Rights Watch said today. The group of Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim,...
ASEAN People’s Forum kicks off in Rangoon
Burma’s assumption of the ASEAN chair this year was as a significant milestone for its reformist government, eager to cast off its reputation as the ten-country bloc’s human rights bête noire.
For Burmese civil society organisations, the ASEAN chairmanship has brought with it opportunities unimaginable in the recent past. Starting...
