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APRRN Update May 2011

16 May 2011

APRRN update is the quarterly APRRN newsletter.

In this issue:

Report of the ASEAN Civil Society Conference

The Asian Refugee Legal Aid Network Workshop

South Asia Working Group Meeting

Staff development

Upcoming events and activities

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Report on the 2011 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN People’s  Forum 2011

12 May 2011

This year the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC) 2011 was hosted by civil society groups in Jakarta from the 3rd – 5th May, 2011 at Hotel Ciputa in Jakarta. The ACSC was attended by more than 1300 participants from all over ASEAN. Apart from the plenaries, there were more than 33 workshops that were held [...]

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Civil Society Condemns AICHR for Refusing to Meet, Calls for Draft Rules of Procedure to be Made Public and Hold Wider Consultation

1 April 2010

On the 29th of March 2010, at Jakarta, the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR) rejected the request of civil society organisations from the Solidarity for Asian Peoples Advocacy Taskforce on ASEAN Human Rights (SAPA TFAHR) to meet with them. The purpose of the requested meeting was to present the civil society proposal for the AICHR Rules [...]

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Joint NGO Statement to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on the Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia

24 March 2010

We, the undersigned, appeal to the newly-established ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to take into consideration the poor protection of the rights of refugees in this region as it meets on 28 March 2010 in Jakarta. We note with great interest that the AICHR has identified a study on migration as one of [...]

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