A Stronger Human Rights Council for Asia

In the spirit of ensuring compliance with State obligations, 46 Asian NGOs have come together to co-sponsor the Asian NGOs position on the issues of Institutional-Building Issues of the UN Human Rights Council.

This document is now open for endorsement to other interested Asian NGOs until 7 June 2007. It will be used later as a lobbying document for the forthcoming 5th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva from 11-18 June 2007.

Special Procedures petition at the 4th session of the UN Human Rights Council

FORUM-ASIA has joined with the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Amnesty International (AI), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Franciscans International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the World Organization against Torture (OMCT), to launch a global petition in support of the system of independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council, known as the Special Procedures.

The petition was opened on 6 March 2007 on a dedicated site ActforSpecialProcedures.org and is running in four languages (Arabic, English, French and Spanish).