International Migrants Day Modern era is full of ever-increasing opportunities and challenges around the globe. Human beings migrate from one country to the other for a better life. December 18 is celebrated as International Migrants Day all over the…
WOMEN FACING PROBLEMS, BUT ARE RISING IN AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan is changing and changing for good. This is the impression I got during my recent visit to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to attend a seminar on Dialogue among the Civil Society…
Recent global events such as the wars in Syria and Iraq, Brexit and the election victory of Donald Trump in the United States among other things have exposed the extreme vulnerability of international migrants in all parts of the world.…
Security, whether it is abstract or tangible, cannot be confined to a single definition. This is because the concept of security is subjective and relative. South Asia is not a homogenous region. South Asian nations have similarities and differences.…
South Asians for Human Rights and Afghan Women’s Education Center (AWEC) jointly organised a dialogue among the civil society representatives from Afghansitan, Pakistan and India on 28 and 29 November 2016 in Kabul. The objective of the meeting was…
Delivering the 6th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture, Hina Jilani stresses the importance of ethical leadership and exhorts world leaders to comply with human rights norms and the rule of law when addressing peace and security issues. “Human…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) has compiled a database with judgements on 14 selected economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights of five South Asian countries – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAHR compiled these judgements to…
A SERIOUS issue raised in the media recently related to whether a parliamentary standing committee should have discussed a demonstration of push-ups by the national cricket team. But before we examine the place of push-ups in our life and…
A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging legality of Kazi Reazul Hoque’s appointment as chairman of National Human Rights Commission. SC lawyer Eunus Ali Akond submitted the petition saying Kazi Reazul was…
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, as the Secretariat of the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI), is pleased to present the Report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Rights Institutions in…