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Towards a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for South Asia

July 28, 2011
5:19 am
Activities, Our Events, Proceedings

FORUM-ASIA and civil society organizations in South Asia have been carrying out number of activities on the advocacy for the regional mechanism in South Asia. The following are some documents from activities carried out on this advocacy:

Kathmandu Statement – 2011, Outcome Document of the Second Sub-Regional Workshop on Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia, 25-26 July 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu Declaration 2010 on the establishment of a human rights mechanism for SAARC
Proceedings of the First Sub-Regional Workshop on a South Asia Human Rights Mechanism, Kathmandu, 24-25 March 2010
Article: “Establishing a Robust Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia” by Surya Deuja, as appeared in the Asian Human Rights Defender newsletter Vol 6, No. 1
Statement of the Second Sub-Regional Workshop on a South Asia Human Rights Mechanism, Kathmandu, 25-26 July 2011, (coming soon)