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Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2019 Time: 16.00 – 17.00 Venue: Room IV, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Statement of the Asia-Pacific Gathering on Human Rights and Extractives During the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN Peoples Forum (ACSC/APF) 2019 12 Sept 2019 – Bangkok, Thailand We are communities and organizations all over the Asia-Pacific region who have come together to pursue protection and fulfillment of human rights and challenge destruct I’ve mining projects and [ Read more ]
This event seeks to provide a space for human rights defenders and experts to shed light on the nature and extent of reprisals and intimidation against those cooperating with the UN; discuss and expand on the Secretary-General’s report; and consider efforts to date to address reprisals and intimidation against those cooperating with the UN as [ Read more ]
The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) is organising the ‘ANNI Regional Conference 2019: Role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the Context of Democratic Space and Fundamental Freedoms.’ This annual conference aims to discuss issues relevant to improving the work and functioning of NHRIs, as well as foster dialogue [ Read more ]
(Bangkok/Kathmandu/Malé, 12 September 2019) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member from the Maldives, the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) welcome the recently released report by the government appointed Presidential Commission on Deaths and Disappearances in the Maldives that reveals vital information on the disappearance of human rights defender, journalist [ Read more ]
(Kathmandu/Bangkok, 4 September 2019) – It has been one month since the start of the shut-down in India administered Jammu and Kashmir. The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) remains deeply concerned over these continuous restrictions on the freedom of expression and movement, and the further violations of human rights in the area. [ Read more ]
To Members and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council 30 August 2019 Re: UN Human Rights Council should address human rights crisis in Cambodia at its 42nd session [ Read more ]
(Bangkok, 21 August 2019) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development urges the Governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to stop the repatriation of Rohingya refugees scheduled to start on 22 August. The Government of Myanmar has not met the conditions necessary to ensure voluntary, safe and dignified return of Rohingya refugees and the [ Read more ]
