BANGKOK (13 November 2019) – The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia welcomes the issuance of arrest warrants for four persons linked to the abduction and killing of prominent Karen community rights activist Pholachi ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen.
KUALA LUMPUR (5 October 2019) – “Good afternoon and thank you for coming. I would like to begin by thanking the Government of Malaysia for its invitation to this beautifully diverse country. I am honoured to be the first-ever UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to have visited Malaysia. It was a short visit but […]
BANGKOK (9 September 2019) – The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia recognizes the important progress by Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation in the enforced disappearance case and recently confirmed murder of Karen community rights activist Pholachi ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen.
BANGKOK / SUVA (4 September 2019) – Global efforts to confront the wide-ranging effects of climate change must take a human rights-based approach if they are to be effective in dealing with the crisis, the UN Human Rights Offices for the Pacific and for South-East Asia said at the occasion of Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019.
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