31st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Plenary on Republic of the Union of Myanmar Oral Statement Delivered by Nwe Zin Win On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Thursday, 17 March 2016 Mr. President, [ Read more ]

31stRegular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Plenary on Nepal Oral Statement Delivered by R. Iniyan Ilango On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 16March 2016 Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA appreciates that the Government of Nepal has fully accepted 152 out of the 195 [ Read more ]

31st 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 Pimsiri Petchnamrob On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Tuesday, 15 March 2016 Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA expresses concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in [ Read more ]

  Item 3: Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development  – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Oral Statement Delivered by Ms. Gayoon Baek on Behalf of People’s Solidarity [ Read more ]

(Geneva, 15 March 2016) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is dismayed by the decision of the Wiang Sa Court in Surat Thani today to acquit the sole suspect in the killing of land rights activist Chai Bunthonglek. FORUM-ASIA believes that the investigation on which this decision was based was incomplete [ Read more ]

31st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Ms. Yanghee Lee   Oral Statement Delivered by Khin Ohmar On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Monday, 14 March 2016 Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA, [ Read more ]

(Geneva, 11 March 2016) – Tomorrow – 12 March 2016 – marks 12 years since Somchai Neelapaijit, a prominent human rights lawyer disappeared. The failure of the Thai authorities to unearth exactly what happened to him and where he is today, and the inability or unwillingness to bring those responsible to justice is a disgrace [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 10 March 2016) – Lena Hendry, Programme Coordinator of Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (Pusat KOMAS), a member of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), was acquitted today of charges brought against her for the unapproved screening of the documentary, ‘No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka’. While FORUM-ASIA welcomes the [ Read more ]

8 March is International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate and reflect on progress made in the ongoing fight for gender equality. As part of its 25th Anniversary, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with members, partners and friends reflected on the last 25 years of the promotion and protection of [ Read more ]

On 29 January, the Chinese government targeted for closure a renowned women’s legal aid center in Beijing. Not only does this action undermine the government’s own efforts to advance women’s rights and gender equality, it runs in direct opposition to the government’s stated priorities and its international obligations. The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition [ Read more ]