Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Myanmar: USDP Announces Surprise Constitutional Amendment Proposal
RANGOON — In a surprise announcement the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) said it had decided to put forth amendments to Burma’s controversial 2008 Constitution, including a change to a provision that prevents opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president.
The USDP’s Central Committee met in...
Myanmar: UN human rights office welcomes presidential pardon for political prisoners
31 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the presidential pardon granted in Myanmar to political prisoners convicted of or prosecuted for various offences under seven specific laws, including unlawful association, peaceful assembly, treason and sedition.
The pardon, granted yesterday by President Thein Sein, is an...
Malaysia’s changing mindset on children’s rights
Kuala Lumpur: When we talk about children’s rights in Malaysia, what comes to mind is the Child Act 2001.
The Child Act 2001 serves to consolidate the Juvenile Court Act 1947, the Women and Young Girls protection Act 1973, and the Child Protection Act 1991, which were enacted to fulfill...
Indonesia: Komnas HAM completes investigations on 5,234 complaints throughout 2013
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it has completed 5,234 investigations out of the 6,600 complaints it received throughout 2013.
The commission’s head of human rights violation monitoring and investigation sub-commission, Natalius Pigai, said in a press statement in Jakarta on Tuesday that the figures were much...
Vietnamese Authorities Detain Former Political Prisoners Visiting Fellow Dissident
Vietnamese authorities on Tuesday detained and interrogated three former political prisoners, beating one of them severely, as they traveled to visit a fellow ex-prisoner of conscience at his home outside the capital, a member of the group said.
Writer Huynh Ngoc Tuan, blogger Pham Ba Hai and lawyer Le Thi...
The Philippines: Human rights highlights
By Atty. Harry Roque Jr.
This will be an annual tradition. For as long as I have a column to write, I will devote my first column of the year to a summary of the highlights for human rights in the Philippines.
For the year 2013, here are what I consider...
Myanmar refugee to meet her children after five years
Kolkata: Myanmar citizen Jahura Begum’s dream of reuniting with her seven children is coming true after a five-year agonising wait in India which she entered along with her children illegally in 2009.
The 55-year-old woman fled her country after a reign of terror was allegedly unleashed by the Junta on...
UN enacts int’l treaty allowing child rights abuse cases vs State
MANILA, Philippines—Children whose human rights have been violated can now seek international justice through the United Nations.
On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly, enacted an instrument known as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OP3 CRC) that was adopted in...
Saudi Arabia set to sign Indonesia domestic maids deal
Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that it will soon agree a deal with Indonesia on the employment of domestic maids in the Gulf kingdom.
The draft agreement comes more than two years after Indonesia banned maids from travelling to the country for work after requesting raises in minimum salary, weekly...
The Philippines: Child-rights treaty long overdue — CHR
The Commission on Human Rights urged the government to ratify the treaty known as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OP3 CRC) so more Filipino children can access international justice for rights abuses.
“This development marks a milestone in the progress...
