However, does the victim have a right to claim compensation? human rights violations in Bhutan: ⢠Amnesty International, London ⢠Lutheran World Federation, Geneva ⢠Human Rights Watch ⢠South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center, New Delhi ⢠Himal HYPERLINK "http According to their constitution India is a secular country where all men have equal rights, but some men are more equal than the others are. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was founded in 1984 by a prominent group of jurists and human rights activists in Asia. The rights of women and girls are a priority for national human rights institutions for the simple reason that womenâs rights are human rights. London â A leading human rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has said rights violations continue in South Asian countries. Violation of human rights by the state, through wrongful confinement and arrest, imposes a liability on the state, one being of compensation. Beijing has repeatedly denied allegations of human rights violations in the autonomous region of Xinjiang. Indian police "committed serious human rights violations" during deadly religious riots in Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International alleges. Human Rights Watch | 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor | New York, NY 10118-3299 USA | t 1.212.290.4700 Human Rights Watch is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 13-2875808 As part of the APF Regional Action Plan on the Human Rights of Women and Girls, adopted in 2012, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) have pledged to take concrete ⦠Many people in the U.S. think that human rights violations in sweatshops are just something that happened in the past and no ⦠Since the unprecedented lockdowns precipitated by the efforts to stop the spread of CoVID-19, governments have passed draconian laws restricting not only movement but also freedom of information. The human rights violations committed by the state and non-state actors in the state vary from mass killings, enforced disappearances, killings of political workers, torture, rape, harassments etc. Defending human rights on the frontlines in Southeast Asia and the Pacific From the mounting body count in the âwar on drugsâ perpetrated by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and his government, to the silencing of political opposition and independent media in Cambodia, to the Myanmar militaryâs violent campaign of ⦠The UN has expressed concern over human rights violations and armed clashes in Myanmar and is urging the Aung San Suu Kyi administration to immediately take steps to restore peace in the country. APRN believes that peopleâs rights ⦠We have documented and exposed genocide and mass atrocity crimes in Myanmar, attacks on women human rights defenders in Thailand, restrictions on free speech in Malaysia, and the continued human trafficking and indefinite detention of refugees in Southeast Asia. At the same time, Nepal is seeing a daily rise in human rights violations, including murder, abduction, battering, rape, human trafficking, and violence against women. We collect, document, and analyze evidence of human rights violations. Myanmar coup highlights human rights risks in emerging Asia Uniqlo leads ranking as companies urged to look after ESG investors Anti-coup protesters confront police forces in Yangon. human rights violations. The nuclear capability in South Asia presumably for peaceful purposes has led to Indian chauvinism and consequently violation of Human Rights. In its World Report 2021 published on Wednesday, the New York-based rights group said that the Indian government increasingly harassed, detained, and prosecuted activists, journalists, ⦠These sweatshops commit major human rights violations as well as disobey written laws of the nations they operate in and the written contracts between the workers and the factory owners. Because it fears the buried victims will contaminate the soil ⦠These claims have mostly been made by western countries, but routinely lack solid underlying proof. Ravi Nair South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC) Home - South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC) To access all contents in our website, you need to create an account and login. Sri Lanka is facing a new UN resolution calling on it to hold human rights abusers to account and deliver justice to victims of its 26-year civil war. Human Rights Violations in Southeast Asia The case of Khmer Rouge of 1975-1979 (Cambodia) and The case of East Timor of 1999 (Indonesia) Dr. Nazaruddin Nasution, MA FISIP UIN JAKARTA Abstract- This research proves that in the 40 years of TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) â A senior Iranian Parliamentary advisor, in a speech at FODASUN's international conference on peace and human rights, said systematic human rights violations in West Asia have disrupted (Bangkok, 5 June 2020) â The UN Human Rights Council should take a stronger stance by adopting a resolution mandating an international investigative mechanism into the human rights situation in the Philippines, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) said today.