International: Karapatan

Republic of the Philippines Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 27th Session of the UPR Working Group

Republic of the Philippines Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 27th Session of the UPR Working Group  Submitted on 22 September 2016 Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC and Karapatan – Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights   "1.5 CIVICUS and Karapatan are deeply …

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Respect Freedom of Expression, Release the Activists in Malaysia

KARAPATAN Philippines condemns the recent arrest and detention of Malaysian activists, during their peaceful assembly to express their call for an investigation of an alleged corruption on the 1MDB issue. We likewise join the call for their immediate and unconditional release. Freedom of assembly and freedom of expression are basic human rights enshrined in the …

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Workshop Group on the Gendered Impacts of Mining--DECLARATION

Workshop Group on the Gendered Impacts of Mining–DECLARATION

  Workshop Group on the Gendered Impacts of Mining By Association of Women´s Rights in Development (AWID), Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center, Karapatan Alliance for People’s Rights, KAIROS   International People’s Conference on Mining Manila, Philippines | July 30 – August 1, 2015 DECLARATION Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) have a very strong connection with …

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Unconditional aid and shelter for Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi refugees

Karapatan supports the call for unconditional provision for humanitarian aid and shelter for the Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi refugees and asylum seekers. We are alarmed at the statements by officials of the Philippine government putting conditions before providing aid to the refugees.  Immigration chief Siegfried Mison said that those without travel documents will be denied …

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