Tag: rights
UN Human Rights Office urges Thailand to promptly enact key legislation
THE UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia called on Thailand to promptly enact a draft law on Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance and ensure it meets international standards. The draft law was approved on September 16 for review by Thailand’s House of Representatives, and the Ad-Hoc Committee appointed to review it …
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Myanmar violence escalating, creating ‘rights catastrophe’: UN
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Geneva – The United Nations rights chief said today (Jun 11) that violence was escalating across Myanmar, warning that the country had plunged into a “human rights catastrophe” since the Feb 1 coup. Pointing to reported military build-up in several regions of the country, UN High Commissioner for …
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Protesters submit petition to UN Human Rights Office
THE June 24 Democracy Group ended their rally in front of the UN office around noon today (Dec. 10) after handing over their petition to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to pressure the Thai government to repeal Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, Thai …
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