Around 50 representatives belonging to the Solidarity for Asian Peoples' Advocacies (SAPA) call on greater interaction and solidarity among regional groups to address common concerns. (Kathmandu, 27 March 2010) Around 50 representatives belonging to the Solidarity for Asian Peoples' Advocacies (SAPA) call on greater interaction and solidarity among regional groups to address common concerns.   [ Read more ]

The recent First Sub-regional Workshop on a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism hosted by FORUM-ASIA was the latest effort by civil society groups to establish a regional human rights mechanism in South Asia. (Kathmandu, 26 March 2010) The recent First Sub-regional Workshop on a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism hosted by FORUM-ASIA was the latest [ Read more ]

Outcome document of the First Sub-Regional Workshop on a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 24-25 March 2010. We, the seventy representatives of non-governmental organizations and people’s movements from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the first Sub-Regional Workshop on “South Asia Human Rights Mechanism”, gathered [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA and its partners, CONECTAS Direitos Humanos and Worldview International, have issued a joint oral statement at the 13th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statement is entitled " Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burma/Myanmar". FORUM-ASIA and its partners, CONECTAS Direitos Humanos and [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA has also made a statement regarding the current developments in Sri Lanka, to highlight a range of grave human rights concerns in Sri Lanka, which have persisted despite the conclusion of the offensive between the State armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). FORUM-ASIA has also made a statement regarding the [ Read more ]

On 10 March 2010, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Amnesty International, and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in collaboration with the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD-IC), organised a side event entitled, "Cooperation with UN Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms: Challenges Faced by WHRDs and HRDs." On [ Read more ]

Below is a statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on the occasion of International Women's Day, which is commemorated on 8 March 2010. Below is a statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on the occasion of International Women's Day, which is commemorated on [ Read more ]

The FORUM-ASIA Secretariat joined its partner, Asia-Pacific Women, Law and Development (APWLD) in Chiagmai, Thailand to celebrate another year of women’s rights, the 99th International Women’s Day (IWD). This year’s theme is ” Equal Opportunities, Equal Rights, Progress for All”. Please read below APWLD’s statement on IWD and the ASEAN’s Commission on Women and Children [ Read more ]

Odhikar, with the support of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, organised a two-day Human Rights Defenders Conference on February 19-20, 2010 in the UBINIG Hridoypur Centre at Tangail. Odhikar, with the support of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, organised a two-day Human Rights Defenders Conference on February 19-20, 2010 in the UBINIG Hridoypur Centre at [ Read more ]

Below is a statement by the Karen National Union issued on 14 March 2010 in support of United Nation Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma's recent recommendations on war crimes and the Burmese junta. Below is a statement by the Karen National Union issued on 14 March 2010 in support of United Nation Special [ Read more ]