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NEWS RELEASE – Asia and the Pacific regional seminar to spotlight the role development plays in promoting and protecting human rights for all
BANGKOK (9 February 2023) – The final seminar in a series of five regional seminars highlighting the contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights – with a particular focus on challenges and successes in Asia and the Pacific – is taking place at the United Nations Office in Bangkok (ESCAP), Thailand from […]
NEWS RELEASE – UN Human Rights report urges re-think of temporary labour migration programmes
GENEVA (16 December 2022) – States must do more to uphold the human rights of migrant workers, the UN Human Rights Office said today as it launched a new report on temporary labour migration programmes within and from the Asia-Pacific region – the largest single region of origin of migrants in the world. The report, […]
NEWS RELEASE – Singapore: UN Human Rights Office welcomes repealing of Section 377A of the Penal Code and decriminalisation of consensual sexual relation between men
BANGKOK (3 December 2022) – The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia (OHCHR) welcomes the decision by Singapore’s Parliament to pass the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, that repeals Section 377A of the Penal Code, which for decades has criminalised consensual sex between men. The 377A law, introduced when Singapore was a British colony, had […]
NEWS RELEASE – Myanmar: UN Human Rights Office deeply concerned by new NGO law
BANGKOK (28 November 2022) – The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia (OHCHR) is deeply concerned about the potential negative impact on civic space and human rights of new rules regulating the registration of non-profit organizations in Myanmar. On 28 October, the military’s so-called State Administration Council unilaterally imposed a text making registration compulsory […]
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