Category: Media Monitoring
ncorporating human rights into investment strategies: 2014 Non-Financial Rating of the 28 EU Member States
Paris, 24 March 2015 – In a study released today, FIDH ranks the 28 EU Member States on the basis of 67 human rights and 17 environmental indicators, in a useful guide for responsible investors. The study “EU Member States under the Spotlight” encourages investors in sovereign bond markets to invest in human rights respecting […]
Pakistan: Unprecedented wave of executions underway, including of juvenile offenders
Paris, Lahore, 18 March 2015 – FIDH and HRCP express our very serious concern and condemnation of the wave of executions that have taken place in Pakistan since the complete lifting of the moratorium on the death penalty last week. “This sudden and shocking wave of executions puts a terrible stain on Pakistan’s human rights […]
United Nations in Pakistan urges Government to reinstate moratorium on the death penalty
United Nations Statement United Nations in Pakistan urges Government to reinstate moratorium on the death penalty The United Nations in Pakistan expresses deep concern at the increasing number and pace of executions in the country since December 2014, and at the Government’s recent announcement that it has now withdrawn its moratorium on the death penalty […]
Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Asia
Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Asia: Building solidarity, breaking barriers Islamabad Resolution 3 February 2015 Deeply alarmed that enforced and involuntary disappearances are continuing unabated in many Asian countries and new excuses are being offered to gloss over these incidents; Concerened by the prevalence of attacks, harassment, surveillance, intimidation and reprisals against lawyers, journalists and human […]
For Immediate Release
(Bangkok, 20 January 2015) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), welcomed the successful conclusion of the 8th Presidential elections in Sri Lanka. The country has seen turmoil for many decades, the last decade in particular being one of the most trying of times. It is hoped that the recent election of […]
Russia: Bill to criminalise cooperation with foreign organisations: a new threat to human rights work
Paris-Geneva, 19 January 2014 – The State Duma must drop the Bill on “undesirable foreign organisations” that will be debated on January 20, said the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders today. If adopted, the law will complement an already very restrictive legislative arsenal used to silence all forms of criticism against the […]
Laos: Government’s failure to live up to its UPR commitments calls for more international pressure
Paris, 19 January 2015 – The Lao government’s clear and undeniable failure to live up to its human rights commitments calls for more political pressure by the international community, FIDH and its member organization, the Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR), said today. The two organizations made the call ahead of the second Universal Periodic […]
Kyrgyzstan’s UPR: A Missed Opportunity to Address the Country’s Human Rights Record
Bishkek, Geneva, 19 January 2015 – The review of Kyrgyzstan’s human rights record by the United Nations, which took place today in the framework of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), largely failed to address key issues, challenges and patterns of human rights violations in the country. Given the international community’s lack of […]
Rights groups urge ASEAN to break silence on enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone
Bangkok, 15 December 2014 – On the second anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned regional and international organizations, firmly condemn the Lao government’s ongoing refusal to provide any information regarding Sombath’s fate or whereabouts. The Lao government’s deliberate silence on Sombath is part of a […]
