by admin_HRWF | Jul 15, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
If passed, Thailand would follow Taiwan as the second place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. By Patpicha Tanakasempipat Reuters (08.07.2020) – https://bit.ly/3jc6bPx – Thailand’s cabinet approved a civil partnership bill on...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 18, 2018 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Thailand’s Islamic council has – for the first time in history – issued a ban on child marriage nationwide. This followed public anger sparked by the marriage earlier this year of an 11-year-old child to a man four times her age. By Kornrawee Panyasuppakun...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 6, 2018 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Underage Muslim girls are regularly forced into marriage with Malaysian men, and the government turns a blind eye By Hannah Ellis-Petersen The Guardian (01.09.2018) – https://bit.ly/2CdwvHl- One day this summer, 11-year-old Ayu married 41-year-old...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 11, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
APPG (27.09.2017) – http://bit.ly/2xvPgCZ – A new report from USCIRF emphasises the strategic importance of robust U.S. engagement on these issues with ASEAN as a collective and the 10 individual Member States: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 1, 2017 | Human Rights in the World
Reuters (28.02.2017) – http://reut.rs/2mKQL6N – Thailand has dropped legislation to criminalize torture and disappearances after years of working on the bill, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday, leaving state employees unaccountable for...
