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DTP - BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF ASIA-PACIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENTS 1990 - 2022

Welcome to this issue of DTP’s eNews. Registrations are now open for the first in a new webinar series DTP is hosting on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. We also have news from alumni, partners and the region, which we hope will be of interest and of use.

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DTP PROGRAMS

SRI LANKA WEBINAR SERIES: Sri Lanka In Crisis Needs Its Friends: The first webinar in this new series in partnership with the Asia Institute at La Trobe University, Australia will be on Thursday 25 August at 5.30pm AEST. REGISTER HERE

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: The next webinar will focus on children's rights and access to justice. More information to follow.

DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: (in partnership with AIPP) The start of this program has been delayed. More information will be sent to participants shortly. FIND OUT MORE

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL PROCEDURES - Submitting Cases – with PIANGO, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, CCF and OHCHR-ROP. The start of this program has been delayed. More information will be sent to applicants shortly. FIND OUT MORE

DTP ALUMNI IN ACTION

For information on our alumni, click here. If you want to get in contact with any of DTP's alumni, please contact the office at [email protected]

Luke Fletcher, Mubashar Hasan and Justine Nolan with DTP alumnus Emmanuel Peni. Credit: Luke Fletcher

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Emmanuel (Manu) Peni visited Sydney at the invitation of the Jubilee Australia Research Centre, to participate in strategy meetings and discussions with partners and allies about the Save the Sepik campaign and other work on mining and logging in PNG. While in Sydney, Manu also addressed the TEDx Sydney event at the Sydney Town Hall, and spoke at a panel event at the Lowy Institute on natural resource governance in PNG.

Photo: Luke Fletcher (Jubilee Australia), Mubashar Hasan (DTP), Manu Peni and Justine Nolan (DTP Board member)

A photograph released by the Royal Thai Army on March 30 shows an injured Myanmar refugee being put on a stretcher before being transported to a hospital in Mae Sam Lap district. Credit: AFP

MYANMAR

Tual Sawn Khai argues in Bangkok Post that refugees fleeing persecution from Myanmar must be given jobs in Thailand and Malaysia.

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Klang MP Charles Santiago speaks during a press conference in Parliament. Credit: Hari Anggara

MALAYSIA

Dewi shares call by MPs to penalise ministers and bureaucrats exploiting recruitment of domestic workers for their financial benefit.

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Family Frontiers president Suriani Kempe speaks to the reporters at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya August 5, 2022. Credit: Shafwan Zaidon

MALAYSIA

Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna decries court decision that overseas-born children of Malaysian mothers cannot automatically be Malaysian citizens.

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Still from video report The Status of Kashmir. Credit: The Newsmakers

INDIA / KASHMIR

Mirza Jahanzeb Beg shares video on the outcomes of the withdrawal of autonomy and the incursion of Indian troops in Kashmir three years ago.

WATCH HERE

PARTNER NEWS

FORUM-ASIA joined Front Line Defenders, FIDH, CIVICUS and other NGOs condemning Sri Lankan authorities’ violent crackdown and increasing reprisals against peaceful protesters. READ MORE

ASIA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PACT joined Network of Indigenous Women in Asia, Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples of Asia, Asia Indigenous Youth Platform, Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Defenders and Indigenous Voices of Asia Network to mark International Indigenous Peoples Day. READ THE STATEMENT

ASIA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PACT shared the video Wealth of Our Forests: Indigenous People's Message to the World. WATCH HERE

Forced evictions of Sab Wai villagers campaign flyer. Credit: MANUSHYA

NEWS FROM THE REGION

THAILAND NGOs submit call for urgent action to 8 UN Special Rapporteurs to urge Thai authorities to halt forced evictions of Sab Wai villagers, and cancel the villagers’ civil penalties READ MORE

SRI LANKA General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers Union Joseph Stalin arrested in Colombo accused of protest in violation of court order TAKE ACTION

PHILIPPINES Activist and former Vice-Presidential candidate Walden Bello arrested for cyber libel of former staffer of current VP Sara Duterte READ MORE

MALAYSIA Thirteen Bangladeshi migrant workers trafficked into Malaysia and forced to work at a disposable glove company file suit in the U.S. against Australian company Ansell, and Kimberly-Clark Corporation READ MORE

GLOBAL Indigenous leaders launch new site announcing a new coalition to Secure Indigenous People’s Rights in a Green Economy (SIRGE Coalition) READ MORE

"Armillary Sphere," Ariana Park, Palais des Nations / Palace of Nations, Geneva (Switzerland) Credit: UN

UN NEWS AND CALLS TO CONTRIBUTE

UN Experts call on States to ensure leadership roles for Indigenous women in management of land & resources READ MORE

Forthcoming Special Procedure visits: SR on internally displaced persons, Japan 26 September; Independent Expert on older persons, Bangladesh 7-8 November READ MORE; SR on toxics and human rights, Australia 2-16 October READ MORE

OHCHR call for submissions for thematic study on ensuring community inclusion of people with disabilities READ MORE

Treaty Bodies: Upcoming Reviews, 2022/2023 with Deadlines SEARCH HERE

RESOURCES

National Human Rights Commission of Korea recommendation for guidelines on the development and use of artificial intelligence READ MORE

OHCHR Training Package on Reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies READ MORE

UNDP Report Asia in Focus: Clean Air and the Business and Human Rights Agenda READ MORE

How to use the Voluntary National Review to Advance Children’s Rights READ MORE

Photo of Trainer Virginia Dandan and participant from 2019 Annual Program

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Participants on DTP's 2019 Regional Workshop on Ethical Business and Recruitment Practices, Dubai

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

One of DTP's strengths is you, our alumni and networks. As we see the Covid-19 pandemic spreading and the different responses of government, business and communities, you have never been more important in communicating impacts, and enabling/driving solidarity, action and accountability. If you have news, opinion pieces, resources or examples of best practice to share, or have questions on human rights and Covid-19, please send them to us at [email protected] Please stay safe.

Issue #155 August 2022

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