The Indonesia Coalition on the Abolition of Death Penalty (ICADP) is organising a Regional Consultative Campaign Meeting on the Abolishment of Death Penalty in ASEAN. The meeting will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia on 22-23 April 2016. For this meeting, ICADP has invited representatives from civil society organisations (CSOs) coming from each ASEAN Member States, [ Read more ]

Urantsooj Gombosuren, Chairperson of FORUM-ASIA and of the Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD), Mongolia and Evelyn Balais-Serrano, Executive Director of FORUM-ASIA, represented the organisation t the EU-CSO Forum held in Brussels, Belgium on March 17-18, 2016. The Forum is an annual gathering that brings together civil society organisations (CSOs) from both the international development [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its members Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) and Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) will co-organise a training on human rights and elections in Davao City, Mindanao, the Philippines, from 29-30 March 2016. The two-day training will aim to develop a human [ Read more ]

On 29-30 of March 2016 the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) will host a Regional Consultation on the Implementation of Regional Plans of Actions (RPAs) on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) and the [ Read more ]

    Date: Wednesday, 16 March 2016 Time: 16:00-17:00 Venue: Room XXI, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland Panelists: Eh Thaw, Karen Human Rights Group Poe Ngeal, Palaung/Ta’ang Women’s Organization Myo Win, Smile Education and Development Foundation Theinny Oo, Free Thinkers Moderator: Aung Myo Min, Equality Myanmar  

Since the political reform began in 2011, Burma/Myanmar has made positive changes in different aspects, including the historic general election in November 2015, yet many serious concerns remain. The ongoing armed conflict in ethnic areas remains one of the major challenges to meaningful democratic reform and protection of human rights in Burma/Myanmar. The conflict in [ Read more ]

Date:  8 March, 2016 Time: 14:30-15:30 Venue: Room XVIII, Palais Des Nations, Geneva The side event will discuss the report of the Special Rapporteur on Religion or Belief against the backdrop of a forthcoming study on violations in nine States in Asia to be launched at the 32nd Session of Human Rights Council. The side [ Read more ]

  As people working on the frontlines of human rights work, human rights defenders (HRDs) often face daunting risks in carrying out their daily activism and community engagement. We continue to witness brutal murders, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and intimidation against HRDs. They face threats from both state and non-state actors including [ Read more ]

Title: Protection needs of human rights defenders working on economic, social and cultural rights – challenges and good practice Date/Time: Monday, 7 March 2016 • 13:30-15:00 Venue: Room 18 (XVIII), Palais des Nations, Geneva Human rights defenders play a critical role in securing the right to housing, pushing for adequate health care and ensuring community [ Read more ]

9 March 2016 – 9:00-12:00 at FCCT Bangkok (www.fccthai.com) Organised by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand (SPFT), the Community Resource Center (CRC), Amnesty International Thailand, Focus on the Global South, and Protection International Many human rights defenders in Thailand are systematically targeted. They are persecuted, [ Read more ]