A/HRC/63/NGO/170: Written statement submitted by Asian Centre for Human Rights, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status can be accessed here
Author: ACHR
Detainees face reprisals, says UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in its latest report (A/HRC/42/39) submitted to the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council being held in Geneva from 9-27 September 2019 stated that many detainees who were subjects of its opinions have faced reprisals from the Member States and called on the States concerned […]
Enforced disappearances: Bangladesh must cooperate with UN body, urges ACHR
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged the Government of Bangladesh to cooperate with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to determine the fate or whereabouts of those disappeared and to prevent future enforced disappearances in the country. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in its latest report submitted […]
Indigenous peoples face discrimination in accessing justice: UN Special Rapporteur
The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz in her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council stated that the indigenous peoples around the world are facing discrimination and hurdles in accessing justice. According to the report, indigenous peoples are often less likely to receive favourable rulings than non-indigenous litigants and […]
ACHR urges Bhutan to implement the recommendations of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has urged Bhutan to implement the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention which has submitted its final report after visiting the country in January 2019 to assess situation regarding the deprivation of liberty. The Working Group has submitted its final report to the UN […]
SC rejects plea for directing Centre to bring law on torture
THE WEEK 05 September 2019 New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre to enact a suitable stand alone comprehensive legislation based on UN Convention on custodial torture, observing that it is under the government’s “active consideration”. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected […]
NHRC: Cooked up post mortem reports in the custodial death of Saukhi Lal Kushwah raises questions about criminal justice system
That autopsies are critical for the administration of justice is undisputed. In cases warranting death sentence, autopsy reports determine the issue of death or life. Yet, autopsy reports in India are often doctored by the medical professionals, raising serious questions about administration of justice. On 2 August 2013, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR)submitted […]
Sri Lanka: ACHR calls for international sanctions against murder of democracy by President Sirisena
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s yesterday dissolved the parliament with effect from midnight Friday i.e. 9 November 2018 and called for general elections on 5th January 2019, two years ahead of the schedule. “This is nothing but the murder of democracy after failing to secure majority for the illegally-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in the […]
Philippines: Over 22,983 cases of deaths under inquiry in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, the toll continues to rise
“If they are obstructing justice, you shoot them,” Duterte instructed police while ordering to kill them in a speech in August 2017. Lawyer Benjamin Ramos, one of the founding members of National Union of People’s Lawyers at the forefront of opposing President Rodrigo Duterte’s lethal war on drugs was gunned down on 7 November 2018, […]