To: Member States of ECOSOC Cc: Chair of the Committee on NGOs, President of the General Assembly, President of the Human Rights Council, Member States of the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary General. Excellencies, We write to you regarding the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs (the Committee), which recommends approval of consultative status for non-governmental organisations, [ Read more ]

22 March 2016 Re: States must vote against Human Rights Council resolution on “the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights” (HRC/31/L.13) Your Excellency, The undersigned non-governmental organisations write to express serious concerns regarding the draft resolution on “the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights” (HRC/31/L.13). We call for your [ Read more ]

Re: Support resolution on the protection of human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights 22 March 2016 Your Excellency, The undersigned civil society organisations, coming from all regions, urge your delegation to support the adoption of the resolution on the protection of human rights defenders working to promote economic, social and cultural rights [ Read more ]

22 March 2016 Your Excellency, The undersigned non-governmental organisations urge your delegation to vote in favour of the draft resolution on “the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests” (HRC/31/L.21), and to vote against all draft amendments (L. 72 – 79). We believe that there are four principled reasons to [ Read more ]

24 February 2016 Dear Excellencies, We write to you regarding Burma/Myanmar as civil society groups working on the ground in the country. We strongly urge you to continue the UN Human Rights Council resolution on Burma/Myanmar and as in past years extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur under Item 4 of the Council’s agenda. [ Read more ]

Dear Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo, We, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with our 58 member organisations from 19 countries across Asia, condemn and express our grave concern over the intimidation and harassment of one of our members in Timor-Leste, HAK (Hukum, hak Asasi dan Keadilan) Association. [ Read more ]

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 10 February 2016, Re: Call for the extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Excellencies, We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, urge your delegation to support the extension of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on [ Read more ]

24 January 2016 Dear Mr. Secretary, On the occasion of your upcoming official visit to Phnom Penh on 26 January 2016, we wish to take this opportunity to call upon the US to make any strengthening of bilateral relations with Cambodia contingent on the government’s significant progress in the promotion of democratic reforms and respect [ Read more ]

14 December 2015 H.E. Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak Office of The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I write to you on behalf of the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) to express our concerns over a significant budget cut of 50 per cent [ Read more ]

To:  All Member States of the United Nations General Assembly Excellencies, We are a group of human rights defenders and civil society organizations located across the world working at national, regional and international levels. We seek your clear support for the resolution entitled ”Human Rights Defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right [ Read more ]