37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Korea Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Thursday, 15 March 2018 Mr President, FORUM-ASIA delivers this statement together with the South Korean NGO Coalition for the [ Read more ]

37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 5: Human rights bodies and mechanisms – General Debate Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Thursday, 15 March 2018 Mr. President, the work of regional human rights bodies are important to the work of [ Read more ]

Press Release 15 March 2018 Maldives: Stop Acts of Torture against Detainees The Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) call on the government of Maldives to refrain from acts of torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of detainees arrested since the declaration [ Read more ]

37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: General debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Oral statement delivered by Ellecer Carlos on behalf of Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights, Franciscans International, International Service for [ Read more ]

37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention – General Debate Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 14 March 2018  Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA expresses concern over human rights situations in several Asian [ Read more ]

37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar and the Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar Oral Statement Delivered by Kyaw Win on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 12 [ Read more ]

(12 March 2018, Jakarta/Bangkok) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development(FORUM-ASIA), together with its members in Indonesia, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor [ Read more ]

(Geneva, 08 March 2018) Today, at the UN Human Rights Council, over 40 States expressed concern over the situation in the Maldives. Speaking jointly, they called on the government of the Maldives to immediately address the deteriorating human rights situation in the country and peacefully end the state of emergency.[1] They further called on the [ Read more ]

37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Interactive Dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Oral Statement Delivered by R. Iniyan Ilango on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Thursday, 08 March 2018 Mr. President, We welcome the High Commissioner’s Annual report and echo concerns [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) joins the international community in commemorating International Women’s Day 2018 and celebrating the fundamental principles of equality and non-discrimination. We express solidarity with all women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements in Asia and beyond. We salute them for their courage to challenge the structural causes of [ Read more ]