38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Oral Statement Delivered by Emmanuel Amistad on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 20 June 2018 Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes [ Read more ]

38th session of the UN Human Rights Council Joint Oral Statement Annual Day Discussion on Women’s Human Rights: Panel 1 on impact of violence against women human rights defenders and women’s organisations in digital spaces   Thank you Chair and distinguished panelists, ISHR, Amnesty International, the Association for Progressive Communications, AWID, FORUM-ASIA, Front Line Defenders, [ Read more ]

(Kathmandu/Bangkok, 20 June 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is deeply anguished over the murder of Shujaat Bukhari, editor of the newspaper ‘Rising Kashmir‘, on 14 June outside his office in Central Srinagar. He, along with two of his bodyguards, was shot dead by unknown gunmen. Bukhari was a prominent [ Read more ]

38thRegular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: General Debate on the oral update of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Oral Statement Delivered by Ellecer Carlos on behalf of Franciscans International, Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International Commission of Jurists, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International [ Read more ]

38thRegular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: General Debate on the Oral Update of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Oral Statement Delivered by Joëlle Kleinon on behalf of World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Tuesday, 19 [ Read more ]

38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: General Debate on the oral update of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights  Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 19 June 2018 Mr. President, we thank High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein [ Read more ]

38thRegular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 3: Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions Oral Statement Delivered by Joëlle Klein on behalf of World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Mr. President, We welcome the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions. We [ Read more ]

 38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 3: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 18 June 2018   Mr President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the report [ Read more ]

ASEAN Must Take Immediate Action to Address the Worsening Conflict and Humanitarian Situation in Burma’s Kachin State We, the undersigned solidarity and democracy activists and civil society organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region express our grave concern over the recent escalation of armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Kachin State, Burma that has resulted in [ Read more ]

(Bangkok/Kathmandu – 8 June 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the extrajudicial killings of more than 130 suspected drug offenders, carried out in May 2018 in Bangladesh. These killings were carried out without conforming to basic international human rights norms and constitutional obligations of the Government of Bangladesh. FORUM-ASIA [ Read more ]