39th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh Oral Statement Delivered by Ahmed Adam on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Thursday, 20 September, 2018 We note that Bangladesh has fully accepted 178 out of 251 recommendations. We appreciate that the government has [ Read more ]
39th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 5 – Expressing concern about human rights record of several candidate States running for the upcoming Human Rights Council elections Oral Statement Delivered by Salma El Hosseiny Thursday, 20 September, 2018 We are concerned that several candidate States running for upcoming Human Rights Council elections fail to [ Read more ]
39th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 5: Interactive Dialogue with Assistant Secretary General on the Secretary General’s report on reprisals Oral Statement Delivered by Hkaung Stelar Naw on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 19 September, 2018 Mr. President, we welcome the report of the Secretary [ Read more ]
39th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: General debate on human rights situations that require the attention of the Council Oral Statement Delivered by Rin Fujimatsu on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Tuesday, 18 September, 2018 Mr. President, we draw the Council’s attention to human rights [ Read more ]
To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the UN General Assembly 18 September 2018 Member States of the UN should refrain from voting for candidates to the Human Rights Council that are unfit for membership Excellencies, Ahead of the next UN Human Rights Council (“HRC” or “the Council”) election, we, the undersigned national, regional and [ Read more ]
(Bangkok, 17 September 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) urges the Government of Cambodia to ensure a fair trial for five Cambodian human rights defenders facing trial tomorrow, and to end the ongoing harassment they face as a result of undertaking their legitimate work to promote and defend human rights [ Read more ]
Honorable Justice (Retd.) H.L Dattu Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, Manav Adhikar Bhawan, Block-C, GPO Complex, INA, New Delhi-110 023 Email: hrd-nhrc@nic.in 12 September 2018 Re: Open Letter to the National Human Rights Commission of India concerning the raids and arbitrary arrests of human rights defenders across India Dear Honorable Chairperson, The Asian NGO Network [ Read more ]
(Bangkok, 6 September 2018) –The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) welcomes the nomination of seven new candidates for the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT).The current selection process is more inclusive and transparent that indicates an effort in complying with the Paris Principles, a set of international standards which frame [ Read more ]
