25 March 2022 — Asia Justice and Rights once again is holding a month-long campaign billed as the #MonthOfTruth. The annual agenda kicked off on the International Women’s Day on 8 March, and ran up until 24 March on the International Day of the Right to Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the […]
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Jakarta, 31 March 2022 – AJAR alongside other NGOs in Indonesia sent three submissions for the 41st Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (4th cycle). The UPR is a mechanism established by the UN to put member states under scrutiny for their performance to uphold human […]
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31 December 2021 — After convening three public hearings and documenting more than 5,000 statements from victims of human rights violations in Aceh, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) handed over its key findings and recommendations to the Aceh parliament, in a ceremony at the Main Building of Aceh parliament, on 29 December 2021. The […]
Every year on 25 November we celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women which runs up until 10 December, on the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. In Asian countries with histories of conflict and mass violations, women and girls have endured many types of gender-based violence. Gender-based violence is commonly used […]
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Bali, 27 November 2021 – Screenings of AJAR’s two animated films, “8:45”and the award-winning “Konta-Sai”, took place with human rights defenders and film enthusiasts in Bali, Indonesia. Konta-sai tells the story of Maria Isabel, an East Timorese survivor of sexual violence during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste. She decided to tell her own story of […]
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We are delighted and proud to announce that our animated documentary titled “Konta-sai” has been awarded the Best Film and Best Animation of this year’s ReelOz Australia Indonesia Film Festival! Konta-sai tells the story of Maria Isabel, an East Timorese survivor of sexual violence during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste. She decided to tell her […]
Dili, 7 October 2021 – Screenings of AJAR’s two animated films, “8:45”and the award-winning “Konta-Sai”, took place with students of AJAR Timor-Leste’s Human Rights and Social Justice School at the Dili Film Festival in Timor-Leste. A full-day workshop about human rights in Timor-Leste was held before the screenings. In the evening, we had two separate […]
30 August 2021 – To commemorate the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, AJAR and our partners held a webinar themed “The Need of Truth and Justice for Victims and Family of Disappeared, Lessons from Asia and Latin America”. The panel of speakers include Jose Luis de Oliveira, Director of AJAR Timor-Leste, Om […]
In collaboration with the Liberation War Museum (LWM) of Bangladesh, AJAR has released a mobile application called the UDHR Flashcards application. The UDHR Flashcards app is a free, quick reference guide to the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Rohingya, Burmese and English languages. The content in the app is […]
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