Skip to Main Content

Human Rights: Asia/Pacific

News

Below is the RSS feed from Human Rights Watch.

Loading ...

Selection of books

Below is a selection of books available in the Bodleian Law Library.  For more books search SOLO.

Human Rights in the Asia/Pacific Region

Map of Asia Pacific regionAlthough there is no specific system that covers all of the Asia/Pacific region a lot of countries have signed up to the United Nations treaties. Some countries in the region have more developed human rights systems than others.  The box below looks at each country and more information can be found by looking at the country reports.

There is a Asian Human Rights Commission which was set up 1986 as a non-governmental organisation to help promote Human Rights within the region.

 

Future Intergovernmental Human Rights Systems

On the 8th August 1967 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was established and this has now 10 members: Indonesia (1967), Malaysia (1967), Philippines (1967), Singapore (1967), Thailand (1967), Brunei Darussalam (1984), Vietnam  (1995), Lao PDR (1997), Myanmar (1997) and Cambodia (1997).  This was not related to Human Rights but human rights has become a part of the remit recently with the  decision to draft a ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.  More information can be found on the Working Group for the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism pages.

Resources in the Bodleian Law Library

Below are books relating to human rights in the Asia Pacific region.  The books are split between Public International section and the collections for law in the specific country.  Not all books are listed and so search SOLO especially if you are looking for books relating to specific countries.  Other resources that may be of use as a starting point are Max Planck Encyclopaedia (OU Members only via SOLO) or the resource listed on the box on the left.  There is also a journal called Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law and this is available at General 300 A149.5 or online to OU members through Oxford e-journals

Reports by Country

Below is a list of links to reports and information for the different states from the United Nations and different human rights organisations.  There are also links to local human rights organisations and documentation centres where available, please note that these may not be official sources of information and for some countries there are other organisations not mentioned.  Not all countries are listed see the country reports tab for other countries.

 

Country Country Reports and Pages National Human Rights Commissions and Local human rights organisations
     
Afghanistan

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

 
Australia

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Australian Human Rights Commission

Australian Human Rights Centre

Australia's Human Rights Framework

Bangladesh

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Human Rights Congress for Minorities

Human Rights in Bangladesh

 

Bhutan

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Brunei Darussalam

United Nations

Amnesty International
 
Burma/Myanmar

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Network for Human Rights Documentation  - Burma

Human Rights Education Institute

Cambodia

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Cambodian Center for Human Rights

Cambodian Human Rights Portal

Licadho

China and Tibet

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Human Rights in China

China Human Rights

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
Network for North Korea Democratic Human Rights
Fiji

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
Fiji Human Rights Commission
India

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

National Human Rights Commission

Human Rights India

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights

Indonesia

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Japan

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
Asia-Pacific Human Right Center (Japan)
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Malaysia

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
Suhakam - the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
Mongolia

United Nations

Amnesty International

National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia

Southern Mongolia Human Rights Information Center

Nepal

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

National Human Rights Commission Nepal

Human Rights Alliance

New Zealand

United Nations

Amnesty International

Human Rights Commission

Human Rights Foundation

Pakistan

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

 

Pakistan International Human Rights Organisation

 

Papua New Guinea

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Philippines

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Republic of Korea (South Korea)

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Samoa

United Nations

Amnesty International
 
Singapore

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Sri Lanka

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Human Rights Commission

 

Thailand

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
National Human Rights Commission
Timor-Leste (East Timor)

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International
 
Tonga

United Nations

Amnesty International
 
Vietnam

United Nations

Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International

Vietnam Human Rights Network

Que Me - Action for Democracy