UPR and Asia
The United Nations Human Rights Council has started the Universal Periodic Review in April 2008. Asian Centre for Human Rights has been making stakeholders' submission on a number of countries as given below.
Pakistan:
- ACHR's submission, Army as the Judge, Jury and Executioner, 8 February 2008
- OHCHR's summary of stakeholders' submission
- Submission of the government of Pakistan
Sri Lanka:
- ACHR's submission, A test for the UPR mechanism, 6 February 2008
- OHCHR's summary of stakeholders' submission
- Submission of the government of Sri Lanka
India:
- Peoples Forum for UPR- submission initated by ACHR, 20 November 2007
- OHCHR's summary of stakeholders' submission
- Submission of the government of India
Bahrain:
ACHR REVIEW
- Review/125/06: Nepal: The price of peace, 17 May 2006
- Review/124/06: No succour for the victims of the armed opposition groups in India, 10 May 2006
- Review/123/06: The Role of Law: Asian values' perspectives at the Human Rights Council? 3 May 2006
- Review/122/06: From
- Review/121/06: Asian governments' pledges: A mockery of democratic practices
- Review/120/06: Shame on Asian States: HRC Elections 2006, 12 April 2006
- Review/119/06: UN Human Rights Council Elections: Why should Bangladesh not be elected? 5 April 2006
- Review/115/06: 62nd CHR: Confusions at the funeral, 8 March 2006
- Review/79/05: The OHCHR: The challenge of maintaining and enhancing credibility, 29 June 2005
- Review/78/05: Kicking the CHR upstairs? 22 June 2005
- Review/CHR61/57/05: High Commissioner Louise Arbour: Reconsider support for universal membership in the CHR, 26 January 2005