The Regional Training of Trainers on the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms is a training initiated by FORUM-ASIA since 2010. The training was designed as a tool to impart and to strengthen skills and knowledge of civil society organizations (CSOs) and human rights defenders (HRDs) in Southeast Asia region about the existing ASEAN human rights mechanism, [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its member Equality Myanmar and partner Progressive Voice, is organising a 2-day Follow-up Workshop from National Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Consultation on Protection Mechanisms 2015 on 21-22 October 2016 in Burma/Myanmar. Around 25 young activists from ethnic minority regions, conflict areas and rural areas [ Read more ]

On 19 October 2016, the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), Asia Democracy Network (ADN), ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) organised  the International Conference on the 25th Anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords on Cambodia. More than 80 participants from national, international and [ Read more ]

On 4 – 6 October 2016, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) will be participating in the JASS Southeast Asia Regional Cross-Movement Dialogue, entitled ‘Bodies. Resources. Safety. Power’ in Yangon, Myanmar. The dialogue aims to develop a deep collective understanding and analysis of the human rights context in the region, and to [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) will be attending the two-day workshop ‘Countering the shrinking space for human rights defenders: Research, collaboration and impact’, organised by Human Rights Defender Hub Network, Center for Applied Human Rights in York, United Kingdom, on 5-6 October 2016. The aim of the Hub Network is to [ Read more ]

Date: 22 September 2016 Time: 14:30 – 15:30 Venue: Room XXI, Palais Des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland Panelists: Chalida Tajaroensuk (People’s Empowerment Foundation) Sirikan Charoensri (Thai Lawyers for Human Rights) Sor.Ratanamanee Polkla (Community Resources Centre Foundation) Moderator: Rosanna Ocampo (FORUM-ASIA)

The side event to the 33rd Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ‘Enforced Disappearances in Sri Lanka’, is co-organised by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Franciscans International, the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR). The event will identify [ Read more ]

The side event to the 33rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, ‘Cambodia in Crisis: Human Rights Under Siege – 25 years after the Paris Peace Accords’, is co-organised by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), CIVICUS [ Read more ]

Date: 28 June 2016 Time: 1600-1700 hrs Venue: Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva On the occasion of the submission of the UN High Commissioner’s report on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Burma/Myanmar, The International Peace Bureau, together with The Arakan Project, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, The [ Read more ]

Torture is one of the vilest acts perpetrated by human beings on their fellow human beings. It is prohibited under international law and cannot be justified under any circumstances. The United Nations General Assembly, in its effort to totally eradicate torture and to ensure effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and other forms of Cruel, [ Read more ]