(Bangkok/Dhaka, 10 February 2015) – The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), express deep concern over the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances by the security forces of Bangladesh, centering on the current confrontations between the ruling Awami League (and its 14-party Alliance) and the BNP-led [ Read more ]

(Bangkok, 18 December 2014) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) grieves the loss of over 120 children in the callously orchestrated terror attack on the Army Public School, Peshawar, Pakistan. We call upon all States to ensure that the right to life of all persons are protected at all times. The [ Read more ]

13th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Statement delivered by Sunil Pal on behalf of   Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Mr President, Madame Prosecutor, Distinguished representatives of the ASP and civil society I have the distinct privilege to address you on [ Read more ]

We, the citizens, representatives of civil society organizations and people’s movements from all the SAARC countries, assembled in the Peoples’ SAARC in Kathmandu on 23 November 2014, Committed to and working towards the promotion and protection of human rights and social justice in South Asia, Deliberated up on the grave concerns of human rights issues [ Read more ]

Dhaka Resolution, 2014 18 November 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh Recalling the struggles and the journey towards ensuring the human rights and dignity of the peoples of South Asia; Recognising the increasingly key role played by the National Human Rights Institutions in South Asian States towards institutionalising human rights in the region; Appreciating the efforts made by [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) takes pride in extending its warmest congratulations to our colleagues – Asma Jahangir of Pakistan and Basil Fernando of Sri Lanka for much deserved recognition – as 2014 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award for which they have been invited to Stockholm, Sweden on 1 December [ Read more ]

  The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) today joins the international community in commemorating the 2009 Ampatuan massacre in the Philippines that took the lives of 32 journalists along with 26 civilians. We join forces with all groups demanding for accountability for this crime committed against humanity. We also join in solidarity [ Read more ]

For Immediate Release 10 October 2014: Set against a background of endemic corruption, unsustainably low wages and impoverishing confiscations of land, Cambodia is considering a series of laws that will severely restrict human rights and the activities of civil society organisations working on these issues, according to a team of international experts visiting the country. Five [ Read more ]

Statement in Conjunction with the 2014 Bali Civil Society Forum and Bali Democracy Forum Bali, Indonesia / 9 October 2014 The Asian Democracy Network (ADN) expresses our deep concern in solidarity with 11 Indonesian civil society organisations (CSOs) that the controversial passage of the Regional Elections Law by the National Assembly on 26 September 2014 is a serious [ Read more ]

                                                                              7th October 2014 Thank you Mr. Chair, This is a joint statement by IMADR and FORUM-ASIA together with civil [ Read more ]