UN agencies urge renewed efforts to end practice of ‘son preference’
When A Gay Judge Rules On Gay Rights
Opponents of gay marriage are challenging notions of judicial neutrality in a San Francisco courtroom on Monday. They're arguing that a federal judge who struck down California's ban on same sex marriage last year was biased because he's in a same-sex...
In Brief: Child labour in Asia-Pacific region "alarming" - ILO
Hazardous work is among the worst forms of child labour
NEPAL: Government urged to tackle caste-based discrimination, extra-judicial killings, torture and impunity comprehensively
During Nepal’s UPR, 24 states raised caste-based discrimination and Dalit rights. The ALRC therefore welcomes the recent endorsement by the Parliament of the 'Untouchability Bill', which criminalizes the practices of 'untouchability' in the public and...
AID POLICY: Good leaders battle risk-averse humanitarian culture
Leadership is made more challenging in the humanitarian sector by insecurity and risks to lives when mistakes...
Sudanese leader still committing crimes in Darfur, Security Council told
Luis Moreno-Ocampo
An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status
Recalling the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial killings' report, the ALRC is gravely concerned by the Sri Lankan police’s use of excessive force and live ammunition against demonstrators protesting against the Private Sector Pensions Bill on May...
New Study Shows Media Underreport Child Sexual Abuse and Leave Prevention Out Of The Story
The numbers of children who are sexually abused in the United States are staggering and often hidden behind a broad demographic range in our country.
TUNISIA: Growing frustration in Choucha transit camp
People who fled violence in Libya lining up for food at Choucha camp, at the Libya-Tunisia border
COTE D'IVOIRE: Aid conundrum in fragile west
Families wonder how they'll feed their children, and how safe they'll be
