Today is 10 December, universally recognised as International Human Rights Day. The day is observed every year on 10 December worldwide after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. This year, Human Rights Day calls on everyone to stand up for someone’s rights! Many of […]
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Discussion meeting to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 24, 2016 Press Release on Discussion meeting to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. press-release_odhikar_vaw (full text in English, PDF) statement_odhikar_vaw (full text in English, PDF) statement_odhikar_vaw (full text in Bangla, PDF)
Reject impunity: Don’t withdraw from the ICC
Declaration of FIDH and more than 100 Member and Partner Organisations (List below) Our organisations defend human rights worldwide and accompany victims of the most serious crimes, wherever they occur and whomever the perpetrators. We fervently deplore actions taken by the governments of Burundi and South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]
Joint Press Release on Indian authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez
Joint Press Release The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (The Observatory) The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Human Rights Defenders Alert – India (HRDA) FORUM-ASIA The International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) Odhikar India: Authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez […]
Solidarity Statement from Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Laureates
We gathered in Kuala Lumpur over three days – 19-21 October 2016 – at the invitation of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, Bersih 2.0 and Suaram. Eleven countries were represented: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor Leste. laureates_statement_final_24-10-16 (full text in English, PDF)
Odhikar:22 years of defending human rights – despite persecution
Statement from Odhikar Dhaka, October 10, 2016 – Odhikar was established on the 10th of October 1994 with the vision of a society based on the rights and responsibilities of State and citizen. Having rights and being able to freely enjoy them, as inscribed and protected by a democratic constitution, is an obvious expectation, but […]
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