Tag: Regional Human Rights System
Thailand’s Coup – Will ASEAN Answer?
Recent weeks have brought forth a slew of unfortunate developments for the “land of smiles,” as Thailand likes to brand itself. Political turmoil
Recent weeks have brought forth a slew of unfortunate developments for the “land of smiles,” as Thailand likes to brand itself. Political turmoil – first in the...
SEACA: Peoples’ solidarity is key to ASEAN Community Building
As member-countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) march towards integration in 2015, civil society organizations and the peoples around the region struggle to counter the negative impacts of this regional project.
As member-countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) march towards integration in 2015, civil society organizations...
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.
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / June 10, 2014) -...
HRW condemns Laos government’s gross rights violations
The Laos government routinely oppresses citizens, stifles basic human rights, and acts with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a critique issued this week.
The Laos government routinely oppresses citizens, stifles basic human rights, and acts with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a critique issued this week. The organization...
UN officials to probe Philippine human rights situation
Two United Nations special rapporteurs are expected to visit the Philippines to look into the country's human rights situation.
MANILA - Two United Nations special rapporteurs are expected to visit the Philippines to look into the country's human rights situation.
The Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights (EcuVoice) met with...
ASEAN’s House of Horrors
A submission by the Hong Kong-based Asia Legal Resource Center (ALRC) to the Human Rights Council in Geneva went largely ignored by the mainstream media over the last week, making just a few paragraphs in newspapers with sharp-eyed reporters.
A submission by the Hong Kong-based Asia Legal Resource Center (ALRC)...
Advocates report PHL human-rights violations at UN summit in Geneva
HUMAN-RIGHTS advocates have urged UN rights experts to look into the country’s continuing extrajudicial killings, and the continued labeling and the filling of trumped-up charges against activists during the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
HUMAN-RIGHTS advocates have urged UN rights experts to look into...
Calls for UN monitors to be allowed in to Indonesia’s Papua provinces
There are renewed calls for United Nations monitors to be allowed in to Indonesia's troubled Papua provinces, to verify what human rights groups describe as gross violations.
There are renewed calls for United Nations monitors to be allowed in to Indonesia's troubled Papua provinces, to verify what human rights groups...
Cambodia Delays Human Rights Hearing for One Week
A request by the Cambodian government for a delay in its universal periodic review (UPR) hearing at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, which was supposed to be Thursday, has been accepted, according to a rights group that was to deliver a statement on the country’s human rights record.
A...
UNHRC approves Vietnam human rights report
Addressing a UNHRC session in New York on June 20, Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, head of the Vietnamese delegation, noted that Vietnam had a frank and constructive dialogue with 106 countries during the 18th session of the working group on UPR on February 5, 2014, and received a total...
