UN women’s rights resolution passed despite backlash
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women’s rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai, despite a hard fought campaign […]
Sri Lanka’s census on death, missing people and damage to property is a sham – ACHR
Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a press release stated that the announcement of the Government of Sri Lanka today to start a census on the deaths, missing people and […]
Pakistan: ‘56 women killed in 2013 for giving birth to girls’
By Hassan Naqvi Fifty-six women have been killed in Pakistan this year for giving birth to a girl rather than a boy, human rights activist IA Rehman said at a […]
Afghans, Tajiks decry violence against women
Crimes against Afghan women rose sharply in 2013 compared with 2012, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) cited the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) as saying November 25. In the […]
Afghanistan considers reintroduction of public stoning for adulterers
Proposal to bring back one of the most repugnant symbols of Taliban regime is in draft revision of country’s penal code Afghan government officials have proposed reintroducing public stoning as […]
Pakistan: Renewed demands made to amend laws for protection of women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was marked on Monday with an aim to educate society about the rights of women. In this regard, different seminars and […]
UN special rapporteur to visit Sri Lanka next week
Sri Lanka’ External Affairs Ministry has announced that a special representative of the United Nations in Geneva will be visiting the country next week. Secretary to the Ministry Karunathilaka Amunugama […]
Sri Lanka: Leaving The Past Behind…
Four and a half years after the Government of Sri Lanka declared an end to decades of civil conflict with separatist rebels, thousands of people are still missing, according to the […]
Human rights and foreign policy
By Anuradha M Chenoy Human rights has always been a contested issue in foreign policy matters. Strategic experts advise that human rights should play no role in foreign policy. They […]
Joint Civil Society Memorandum to Commonwealth Heads of States
7th November 2013 – Colombo, New Town Hall We the undersigned civil society organizations who made joint submissions to the Universal Periodic Review on Sri Lanka in the UN Human […]