Category Archives: Asia

Trainings for Kyrgyz civil servants on assessing draft laws and their human rights impacts

Two training seminars of three days each were held for Ministry representatives in the Kyrgyz [...]

Roundtable event on ‘The Role of Civil Society in Afghanistan’ convenes Afghan diasporic scholars and civil society

The three-day event concluded the Foundation’s series on legal and social developments in Afghanistan after [...]

The Max Planck Foundation hosts an online discussion on litigating for the rights of Afghan women and girls

The speakers discussed the mobilisation of international human rights law to address the situation of [...]

Foundation conducts stakeholder meetings in Dushanbe

Visiting staff laid the groundwork for future cooperation with key state agencies of the Republic [...]

The Foundation convened a workshop on applying ‘A Human Rights-Based Approach to Judicial Decision-Making’ in Ukulhas, the Maldives

Between 8-9 May 2024, Judges from the Magistrate Courts attended the second out of three [...]

Foundation concludes workshop for lawyers from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Organised in Jaffna from 03 – 05 May 2024, the workshop explored human rights and [...]

The Foundation convened a workshop for Judges from the District Courts and Magistrate Courts in Sri Lanka

Judges from the District Courts and Magistrate Courts attended a workshop on ‘A Rights-Based Approach [...]

Foundation concludes second workshop for members of the Bar Council of the Maldives, in Malé – 23-25 April 2024

The workshop brought together thirty lawyers to discuss fair trial rights, evidence and criminal procedure. [...]

Webinar on the (non-)recognition of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

The speakers explored state practices and trends in the recognition of governments The latest webinar [...]

Webinar focusing on gender-based-violence (GBV) against women and girls in Afghanistan

This month’s guest speakers discussed the handling of GBV cases under the Islamic Republic and [...]