Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
International Human Rights and Advocacy Groups Mark the Third Anniversary of Kachin Conflict with Call for Peace and Investigation into “War Crimes”
Burma focused international human rights advocacy organisations, youth groups and unions, have marked the third anniversary of the conflict in Kachin State by urging the Burma’s government to commit to peace.
Burma focused international human rights advocacy organisations, youth groups and unions, have marked the third anniversary of the conflict...
Thailand: Military coup condemned in the strongest possible terms
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has urged the international community to pressure the Thai military to return to the barracks.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has urged the international community to pressure the Thai military to return to the barracks.
On 22 May, at approximately 5.00pm, Thai...
UN rights monitor to arrive for 10-day trip
The United Nations' special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, will arrive in the Kingdom on Sunday for an official 10-day visit, during which he will seek to follow up on his last human rights monitoring mission in January, according to a UN statement released yesterday.
The United...
NY-based human rights network to P-Noy: Stop harassment of Toyota’s union leader in PH
he New York-based International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) has sent a letter to President Benigno Aquino III to express its serious concern about the ongoing harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders in the Philippines, particularly the union leader at Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. Ed...
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...
Laos Accused of Shirking Human Rights Commitments
The government of Laos has failed to address the country’s “systemic human rights problems,” a rights group said Tuesday
The government of Laos has failed to address the country’s “systemic human rights problems,” a rights group said Tuesday ahead of a United Nations review of its rights record during which...
Philippines accused of human rights violations
Karapatan issued an appeal the other day to the 47 member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to urge the Philippine government to stop the attacks against indigenous peoples and environmental activists in the country.
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / June 14, 2014)- International human rights group Civicus...
Human rights essential to reconciliation in wake of Thailand political crisis – UN experts
Stability and reconciliation can hardly be achieved in Thailand if human rights guarantees are neglected, a group of United Nations independent experts declared today, while urging the current authorities to reverse all measures affecting basic rights and to restore democratic rule in the country.
13 June 2014 – Stability and...
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...
