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WORLD: “No one shall be subjected to enforced disappearance” 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Reporters without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...

WORLD: 100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards 

A Press Release from International Labour Organisation (ILO) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) WORLD: 100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million do...

WORLD: A video presentation on defending human rights defenders

(Hong Kong, May 27, 2011)  Societies are silenced by the use of violence by the state. This has gone on for centuries in many countries. Such silencing ended in North America and Western Europe by th...

WORLD: An appeal for assistance for FMA Razzak

WORLD: An appeal for assistance for FMA Razzak (Hong Kong, May 6, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission has launched an appeal for financial support for medical, legal and security expenses for huma...

WORLD: Reprisals against persons cooperating with the UN: towards a strengthened institutional response

A Joint Announcement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and 14 other organisations WORLD: Reprisals against persons cooperating with the UN: towards a strengthened institutional response Amnesty Inter...

WORLD: We all have the duty to resist land grabbing and to support the communities fighting for their dignity! 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Food First Information and Action Network (FIAN) International. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———&#...

WORLD: End violent religious intolerance — Uphold human rights for all 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from WUNRN. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from WUNRN forwarded by the Asian Human Ri...

WORLD: The MDG-HR nexus – Need to understand deprivation of civil rights as a cause of poverty

(Some thoughts based on experience in Asia)-   Basil Fernando, Director Policy and Programmes, Asian Legal Resource Centre and Asian Human Rights Commission  This is a summary of a paper submitted ...

WORLD: The major changes in the human rights/international justice field over the last 5-10 years 

Basil Fernando There have been a number of developments in the human rights and international justice fields over the past 5-10 years. However, some very serious problems in the field of human rights ...

Relocation of the AHRC office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ANM-001-2011 January 24, 2011 An Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Relocation of the AHRC office The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you of th...

WORLD: Video presentation introducing the AHRC’s Annual Report on the Human Rights Day 2010

(Hong Kong, December 10, 2010) For Human Rights Day in 2010 the Asian Human Rights Commission presents the reports on the state of human rights in eleven countries in Asia; Bangladesh, Burma, Cambo...

WORLD: The International Convention for the Protection of all Persons From Enforced Disappearances Enters Into Force on 23 December 2010 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances. Asian Human Rights Commiss...

REISSUING UPDATE (World): Rizana Nafeek death sentence–concerns being expressed in Sri Lanka

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have been informed of the concerns being expressed within Sri Lanka and outside on the issue of death sentence on Razina Nafeek. His Excellency t...

WORLD: Sarath Fonseka of Sri Lanka and Sam Rainsy of Cambodia 

Basil Fernando What Sarath Fonseka and Sam Rainsy have in common is that they are the most popular opposition leaders in their countries and that they have been jailed for that very reason. Political ...

WORLD: Call for Action to support signature, ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Steering Committee of the NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR to the governments of countries...

UN: Statement by United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——&...

WORLD: Climate justice and human rights 

There are times when children are wiser than the adults. We live in such a time. Today’s children know more about the problems of climate as a man-made problem. They worry about it, talk about i...

WORLD: A three-part study on the crisis in institutions for administration of justice in Sri Lanka and its consequences for the realisation of human rights in Asia 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Article 2. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Article 2 forwarded by the Asian Hum...

WORLD: Water quality, a matter of children’s rights 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of UN human rights experts. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from a group ...

WORLD: “The Global Food Crisis is not over. Our obligations go beyond fixing the financial system,” says UN Special Rapporteur 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from United Nations. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A...