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Truth-Telling and a Joint Call to Action: AJAR Myanmar and Partners’ Commemoration of the International Day in Support of Torture Survivors
On June 26 2017, AJAR held a joint event to commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture...
Press Release: Nine Years after the Recommendations of the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF): Where Are the Children Now?
Press Release Nine Years after the Recommendations of the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF): Where Are the Children Now?...
Acknowledging the Truth about Atrocities is a Foundation for Democracy and Peace in Asia
Picture 1: Ruins of Rumoh Geudong “We must remember, not for the sake of revenge. We must remember so...
A Drink for Humanity
by Pat Walsh Originally published on Inside Indonesia, February 20 2017 The Herb Feith Foundation gave its inaugural human...
Access to Justice for Women Survivors of Gender-based Violence Committed by State Actors in Myanmar
Women survivors of violence face challenges in their attempts to obtain justice. This has been a key finding in the...
Press Release: Launch of AJAR’s manual “Unlearning Impunity: A Guide to Understanding and Action for Women Survivors”
On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) launches...
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,...
Indonesia: Close Gap between Rhetoric and Reality on 1965 Mass Human Rights Violations
Despite Indonesia's repeated commitments to address human rights violations committed in 1965 – such as extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and...
Workshop on Thematic Human Rights Topic Around the Asia Region
Asia Justice and Rights, Bridges Across Borders South East Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE) and the Office of the UN...