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Papuan Women Working Group’s Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
On 14 April 2018, the Papuan Women’s Working Group (PWG) submitted a paper to Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who visited Indonesia on 9-18 April 2018. The visit aimed to collect information on government policies that are affecting people’s lives, especially their right... Read more
Timor-Leste Participatory Action Research Report “Our Path is Upwards; Becoming Strong Together”
Asosiasaun Chega! ba ita (ACbit), working closely with the National Victims’ Association (NVA) and Fokupers, and with technical assistance from Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), conducted participatory action research with 161 women survivors of violence from June 2015 to May 2016 in all 13 dist... Read more
Access to Justice for Women Survivors of Gender-based Violence Committed by State Actors in Burma
Women survivors of violence face challenges in their attempts to obtain justice. This has been a key finding in the work of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), as we work on cases of violence against women in Burma’s ethnic communities and engage in strengthening an... Read more
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council (Third Cycle), 2017
Indonesia has made significant progress in some areas, such as amendments to the constitution and the legal framework for the protection of human rights, including the fulfillment of the right to remedy and guarantees for nonrepetition through institutions such as the National Human Rights Commissio... Read more
Still Denied: Right to Rehabilitation for Torture Victims During the Mass Detention of 1965 in Indonesia
In 2012, Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights concluded that the atrocities of 1965-1966 may amount to crimes against humanity, filing its dossier with the Attorney General for prosecution. However, to date there has been no follow-up on this case. This stalling of judicial process has bl... Read more
