Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
Some key things about Malaysia’s proposed Prevention of Terrorism Act
MALAYSIA'S new Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) is expected to be tabled at the current Parliament sitting, in a response to the heightened threat of terrorist activities in the country carried out by those inspired by militant groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Published on Mar...
Foreign Ministry defends stance on capital punishment
Amid accusations that the government has double standards on capital punishment, the Foreign Ministry has defended its stance, insisting that it is every government’s duty to protect its own citizens.
Fedina S. Sundaryani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, March 11 2015, 5:53 AM
Amid accusations that the government...
Bali Nine Executions: Indonesian Minister Threatens Australia With ‘Human Tsunami’ Of Refugees If Provocations Persist
An Indonesian minister threatened Tuesday to release a “human tsunami” of asylum-seekers into Australia unless the "provocations" over the impending executions of the Australian Bali Nine duo come to an end. The statements won't help the souring relations between the two countries as Australia is doing its utmost to...
Thailand: 11 years on, still no justice for Somchai Neelapaijit
Thailand must urgently ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and step up efforts to investigate the enforced disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit, FIDH and its member organization Union For Civil Liberty (UCL) said today.
Paris, Bangkok, 12 March 2015: Thailand must urgently ratify...
Martial Law and the Military Court: Civil and Political Rights in Thailand (22 May 2014-15 January 2015)
The assessment of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) is that protection of the right to a fair trial is key to ensuring justice. If the military judges and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) intend to dismiss the principle, it indicates that the judges are willing...
30 Years of Hun Sen: Violence, Repression and Corruption in Cambodia
The 67-page report, “30 Years of Hun Sen: Violence, Repression, and Corruption in Cambodia,” chronicles Hun Sen’s career from being a Khmer Rouge commander in the 1970s to his present role as prime minister and head of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). The report details the violence, repression,...
Laos: Open letter from Amnesty International directors to Sombath Somphone
Two years after the disappearance of Sombath Somphone on the evening of 15 December 2012, the directors from across the global Amnesty International movement write to express their deepest hopes for his safe return.
Two years after the disappearance of Sombath Somphone on the evening of 15 December 2012, the...
Missed Opportunities: Recommendations for investigating the disappearance of Sombath Somphone
In the report, Missed Opportunities: Recommendations for Investigating the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone, which was co-authored by Michael Taylor QPM, a leading international investigator, the ICJ noted that despite the passage of two years since Sombath Somphone’s apparent enforced disappearance on December 15, 2012, very little information about the...
Legal Memorandum: War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Eastern Myanmar
The Clinic sought to determine whether violations of international criminal law occurred during the Offensive, and whether there exist reasonable grounds to assert that individual military officers could be held responsible for those crimes.
In January 2011, the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic (“the Clinic”) began to investigate...
