Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development is a regional human rights organisation with 46 member-organisations across Asia.
|
News from Secretariate
|
Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
|
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar recently visited Jakarta on the occasion of ASEAN's 43rd anniversary. In a speech he delivered at a meeting organized jointly by the by Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), South East Asia
People’s Center (SEAPC) and FORUM-ASIA, he underlined the crucial role of ASEAN in the democratization of the country.
|
|
|
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 |
|
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) would like to announce the opening of the application process for the 14th Annual Training and Study Session for Asian Human Rights Defenders (ATSS), to take place in Bangkok from 17 to 29 October 2010. Since 1997 FORUM-ASIA has been organising the ATSS on an annual basis as part of its efforts to empower Asian human rights defenders to meet challenges, strengthen the human rights movement and promote solidarity and cooperation among the human rights organisations in the Asian region.
|
|
|
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 |
|
A member of Korean House for International Solidarity (KHIS), Kwak
No-Hyun, representing civil society and human rights organisations, has
been elected on 3 June 2010 to be the new Superintendent of Seoul
Metropolitan Office of Education.
|
|
|
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 |
 The ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AIHCR) will hold its
second official meeting in Danang, Vietnam from 28 June to 2 July 2010.
|
|
|
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
 Human rights activists
from all over the world met with the US President Barack Obama on 18
February 2010 to discuss ways for the country to counter human rights
situations in the world. Subodh Raj Pyakurel, the Chairperson of the
Executive Committee of FORUM-ASIA, also participated in the meeting.
|
|
|
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
|
Gay McDougall,
the UN Independent Expert on minority issues, suggested that issues
such as minorities and poverty, and access to justice be included
in the session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues (UNFMI). The session
is expected to be held in September this year. Civil society
organisations, including FORUM-ASIA, have started to prepare for
engagement with the session.
|
|
| << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
|
|
