The panel discussion will take place on Friday 24 June 2016, from 13:30 – 15:00, in the Room XXI of the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Panelists Sinapan Samydorai, Think Centre, Singapore Overview of the human rights situation in Singapore Jean Chong, Sayoni, Singapore LGBTIQ rights in Singapore Jolene Tan, AWARE, Singapore Gender equality in [ Read more ]

Friday 17 June 2016 13:30-15:30  Room  XIX (19), Palais des Nations Panelists: Ms. Nalini Elumalai, Spoke Person, Researcher and Former Executive Director of SUARAM Ms. Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Independent Expert and Former Executive Director of SEAPA Moderated by: Ms. Delphine Reculeau, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Malaysia is encouraged to submit a mid-term UPR report to [ Read more ]

Tuesday 7 June 2016  13h00 -15h00 Palais des Nations, Library Events Room ( B135) , Building B, Door 20, 1st Floor The Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN in Geneva and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) welcome you to a special public discussion on the occasion of the Human Rights Council’s 10th [ Read more ]

On 10-11 May FORUM-ASIA participated in the yearly regional workshop organised by the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok. This year the focus of the workshop was, ‘URGENCY IN ACTION – Understanding Human Behaviour and Ensuring Human Rights and Gender Equality in the Response to Climate Change’. Participants came from all over Asia Pacific and beyond, and [ Read more ]

On 11 May 2016, FORUM-ASIA will co-host a live webcast of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Thailand from the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.  The live webcast is co-hosted with Amnesty International Thailand, the International Commission of Jurists, Justice For Peace Foundation, the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand, the [ Read more ]

The Regional Consultation of the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) is an annual strategy and planning meeting of all ANNI members and partners. This year, the 9th ANNI Regional Consultation is jointly organized by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its local member organizations namely the Institute [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and 19 other international, regional and national non-governmental organisations, released a joint civil society paper today on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC). The joint civil society paper, Strengthening the Human Rights Council at 10, suggests a number [ Read more ]

INTRODUCTION  The Glocal Advocacy Leadership in Asia (GALA) Academy is a joint initiative by three leading regional civil society networks working in the field of human rights, development, and democracy in Asia – namely, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asia Development Alliance (ADA), and Asia Democracy Network (ADN)- with the aim [ Read more ]

From 6-8 April 2016, FORUM-ASIA together with its member organisations the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights (PAHRA) and the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) is holding a National Conference of Philippine Human Rights Defenders: ‘Enhancing Protection Mechanisms for Philippine HRDs!’ in Quezon City, the Philippines. The conference aims to: discuss the difficult challenges [ Read more ]