Consultation on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of Shrinking Humanitarian Space – Pakistan
The consultation in Pakistan, titled “Consultation on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of Shrinking Humanitarian Space”, was held in on 13 December. Politicians, lawyers, journalists and […]
Sri Lankan National Consultation on IDPs
In Sri Lanka, the consultation involved about 30 people from both NGOs and INGOs. All of the invitees had some experience working in the field of displacement, and efforts were […]
National Forum on Parliamentary Best Practices 2012 – Bangladesh
The National Consultation on Making the Parliament Accountable, Transparent and Human Rights Responsive took place on 20th February 2012, bringing together parliamentarians, academics and human rights activists. The participants focused […]
National Forum on Parliamentary Best Practices 2012 – Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka hosted the National Forum on Parliamentary Best Practices 2012, on 16th February, in Colombo. The Chief Guests were Honourable D E W Gunasekera (Senior Minister of Human Resources, […]
National Consultation for Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons – Nepal
In Nepal, the National Consultation for Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons was held on 26th August, with around 50 attendees representing conflict victims, human rights activists, civil society leaders, […]
National Conference on Internal Displacement in India: Issues and Perspectives – India
The Indian consultation was held on 17th July and drew participants from civil society, including lawyers, journalists, academics, and other human rights activists. Discussions centred around the Deng Principles, as […]
National Consultation on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons in the context of Shrinking Humanitarian Space – Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi consultation, held on 15th May 2012, involved human rights activists and academics. Key issues raised at the consultation, included the need to incorporate the concerns of IDPs into […]
Bangladesh: Factory Collapse Highlights Urgency of Worker Protections
The collapse of an eight-story factory building near Dhaka shows the urgent need to improve Bangladesh’s protections for worker health and safety, Human Rights Watch said today. Reforms should include […]
Bhutan to give verdict on first five years of democracy
The tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan begins electing a new parliament on Tuesday for only the second time in its history, five years after the Buddhist monarchy gave up its […]
Maldives: NGO urges government to address “inadequate” child protection measures
A Maldivian NGO has criticised child protection measures currently in place in the country as “inadequate”, while urging government authorities to incorporate several key human rights obligations into domestic law. […]