FORUM-ASIA member in Malaysia, SUARAM has no choice but to seek justice for a murdered Mongolian national in 2006, whose body was blown up using military explosives by two bodyguards of Premier Najib Tun Razak.  This statement from SUARAM was issued on 17 April 2010. FORUM-ASIA member in Malaysia, SUARAM has no choice but to [ Read more ]

Mongolian NGOs Forum has submited its report to the UN Human Rights Council regarding human rights situation in Mongolia. Mongolian NGOs Forum has submited its report to the UN Human Rights Council regarding human rights situation in Mongolia.   The UN Human Rights Council will undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Mongolia regarding the [ Read more ]

Singapore's oldest registered political society, the Think Centre, organised a two hour closed door meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Mr Githu Muigai on 24 April 2010 to meet with members of Singapore's civil society. Singapore's oldest registered political society, the Think Centre, organised a two hour closed door meeting with the UN [ Read more ]

This letter was sent to the Government and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on April 19 by 16 peoples' organisations. This letter was sent to the Government and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on April 19 by 16 peoples' organisations. The NGOs include: Newspaper Reporters Association of Thailand;  Office [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA's member in Timor Leste, the Judicial Monitoring System Program, has issued this statement on April 21, lamenting that the second day of debate on the Draft Law Against Domestic Violence was postponed due to lack of MPs present in Parliament. FORUM-ASIA's member in Timor Leste, the Judicial Monitoring System Program, has issued this statement [ Read more ]

The 15th Annual Workshop on the Framework of Regional Cooperation for Human Rights Promotion and Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region concluded on 20 April 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The civil society organisations urged the ASEAN human rights bodies and all ASEAN member-states to "include and cover all people regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual [ Read more ]

In February 2010, Japan was reviewed by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). In February 2010, Japan was reviewed by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Following the review, the concluding observations were released in March, including various human rights issues most of which were pointed out in the [ Read more ]

  This statement was issued by Burma Partnership on 4 April 2010: The ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission of Human Rights (AICHR) held its first meeting in Jakarta from 28 March to 1 April. Delegates discussed the Rules of Procedure (RoP), the guidelines according to which the body will operate, and the first 5-year work plan, both [ Read more ]

Please find here the deadlines for UPR stakeholders' submissions for the 10th, 11th and 12th sessions. Please find below the deadlines for UPR stakeholders' submissions for the 10th, 11th and 12th sessions.   Submissions in relation to the 16 countries scheduled to be reviewed at the tenth session of the Working Group on the UPR [ Read more ]

While activists welcomed the creation of the ASEAN Commission on Women and Children (ACWC), they are concerned if it would face similar limitations as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' human rights commission launched late last year. While activists welcomed the creation of the ASEAN Commission on Women and Children (ACWC), they are concerned if [ Read more ]