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We are continuing with our series of contributions on new human rights challenges and new developments affecting political, economic, social and environmental changes in the 21st Century and what these mean for human rights and capacity building. We invite our readers and alumni to contribute.

This issue we feature the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, who is on DTP’s International Advisory Council. He writes that the international community will continue to struggle to address extreme poverty, as long as economic and social rights - like education, health, food and housing - are not given their full due. “Strategies to eliminate extreme poverty require efforts to promote the realization of all human rights, in accordance with the principle of the indivisibility of rights. While various reports submitted over the years by the Special Rapporteur have dealt with some of the civil and political rights dimensions of the equation, none has focused explicitly on the overall economic and social rights component …”

We also include a contribution by DTP Board Member John Pace, Strengthening the HRCs mandate and impact: A vision for the (near?) future. In it he proposes a number of initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Human Rights Council including an increased role for civil society: “There is a clear need to harness civil society energy to the benefit of the work of the Council.”

Exhibition of posters

For DTP’s 25th Anniversary, UNSW Faculty of Law prepared an exhibition of posters featuring DTP alumni from the region, highlighting their work for Indigenous Peoples, Migrant Workers, Human Rights and Sustainable Development and on the human rights responsibilities of business.

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DTP Programs: 2016 Draft Schedule

2016 Program Location/

February Oxfam – 3rd Module: Rights and Advocacy - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Program

Sydney

Feb 18 – March 5, 2016

25th Annual Regional Human Rights Defenders Program Colombo/Kandy

March 1-4, 2016 The Human Rights of Migrant Workers –Bangladesh – 2nd Module

Dhaka

April 11- 15, 2016 Oxfam – 4th Module: Rights and Advocacy - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Program

Sydney

April 27-29, 2016 2nd Regional GCC Program on Human Rights, Migrant Workers and the Private Sector

Dubai

May 3-6 The Human Rights of Migrant Workers –Bangladesh – 3rd Module

Dhaka

May 1 DTP’s Alumni in Bangladesh – Review, Reflection and Planning

Dhaka

May 28 – June 4th Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, the Private Sector and Development

Indonesia

June 1-10 (TBC) DTP’s Alumni in Indonesia – Review, Reflection and Planning

Indonesia

August 23-26 The Human Rights of Migrant Workers –Bangladesh – 4th Module

Dhaka

August DTP’s Alumni in Bangladesh – 2nd Meeting

Dhaka

September Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples Rights and Advocacy Darwin / TBC

October 20-24 The Human Rights of Migrant Workers – MENA Region Doha (TBC)

November The Human Rights of Migrant Workers –Bangladesh – 5th Module

Dhaka

November 3rd Regional GCC Program on Human Rights, Migrant Workers and the Private Sector

Dubai

December 5-16 (TBC) DTP’s 26th Annual Regional Human Rights and Peoples Diplomacy Training Program

TBC

February 2017 DTP Australian Awards Fellowship Program Sydney/Canberra Melbourne (TBC)

Please check the DTP website for details, program information and application forms. Please send enquiries to [email protected]

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Other training programs Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Development (Costa Rica 2 November – 13 December, 2016)

Reports The 2015 DTP Annual Report is out now

From May 28 – June 04 2016, DTP held a regional capacity building program on Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, the Private Sector and Development in Indonesia. The program built the knowledge and skills of 33 human rights defenders and community advocates from 11 countries in promoting and protecting their human rights in the context of rapid economic development and the impact of the private sector on the lands and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples and others. The 8-day program encouraged participants to learn from each other, share knowledge and build practical solidarity networks.

Final report of2014/15 Sri Lanka Capacity Building for Advocacy for Migrant Workers and Safe Migration and Summary Report of Module 5 (November 2015)

Report of 2015 Myanmar Regional Program on Human Rights, Business and Development

Learning the Lessons from 10 years of Capacity Building. This report reflects on the Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) and Migrant Forum Asia’s (MFA) activities to build the capacity of advocates for the rights of migrant workers in Asia and the Middle East since 2004 and Lessons Learned on Capacity Building for Migrant Workers’ Rights – (Nov 2014) Summary of Dubai Workshop. Click here for final report.

4th Annual Middle East and North Africa Regional Training Program on the Rights of Migrant Workers – Kuwait, (Nov 2014), Executive Summary. Click here for final report.

The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has a reference from the Australian Parliament to Inquire into Australia's Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty. DTP has made a submission to the inquiry. Professor Andrew Byrnes, DTP Board Member made a statement at the Inquiry.

Building Civil Society Capacity for Advocacy for Migrant Workers and Safe Migration: The Diplomacy Training Program in partnership with Migrant Forum Asia with WARBE, RMMRU – Draft Report Bangladesh Module 1 and Module 2

Regional Workshop on Ethical Business and Recruitment Practices in Labour Migration, Dubai, UAE April 26-29

3rd Module of Bangladesh – Capacity Building Program for Advocacy for Migrant Workers and Safe Migration May 3-6, 2016

Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, the Private Sector and Development Regional Capacity Building Program Bandung, Indonesia , May 28 – June 4, 2016

The report of the 2015 Sri Lanka program

Take action, Pakistan: Transgender human rights defender Alesha shot dead

Take action, Laos: Three government critics arbitrarily arrested, detained incommunicado

Urgent appeal, Nepal: Government continues mass arrests, with 43 Madhesi activists arrested on Buddha’s birth anniversary

Take action, Pakistan: Harassment of and attack on human rights defender Imran Anjum

Urgent appeal, Philippines: Higaonon couple harassed in Agusan del Norte by members of Armed Forces

Take action, Sri Lanka: Physical attack on human rights defender Freddy Gamage

Take action, Vietnam: Arrest of land rights defender Can Thi Theu

Take action, South Korea: Unprecedented 8-year prison sentence sought against Mr. Sang-gyun Han

Take action: China: Sentencing of human rights defenders Lu Gengsong and Chen Shuqing to 11 and 10.5 years in prison

Civil society consultation questionnaire: Lawyers at risk questionnaire for UN Special Rapporteur's report - deadline 30 June

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Middle East Center for Training and Development (MECTD) signs MoU with the Permanent Committee for Labour Affairs in Dubai (PCLA) to educate expat workers about their rights

From Wahyu Susilo and Indriaswati Dyah Saptaningrum from Indonesia; ASEAN setback: Forward march on death penalty

Subash Mohapatra from India, convener of the National Campaign for Ending Corporate Abuse in India has informed us that his petition on the domestic adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights was successful.

From Dilshan Weerasinghe from Sri Lanka: Foreign Employment Bureau collects Rs56mn from illegal job agencies and International Domestic Workers Day – successes and challenges in ensuring the rights of domestic workers worldwide

Kabita Chakma in Sydney sent us this article she wrote for the Bangladesh Daily Times on the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Kalpana Chakma, an Indigenous human rights defender from the Chittagong Hills Tracts

Amalia Pulungan from Indonesia sent us this article: East Timor: independent under despair

From Wensislaus Fatubun in Indonesia: Lack of genuine policy and rights in Papua

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) is looking for Secretary General – deadline 10 July

The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is seeking a Human rights and social services campaigner deadline 30 June and a Research and Advocacy Intern deadline 28 June

Invitation to NGOs and CSOs to the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ ASEAN Peoples' Forum 2016, Dili, Timor Leste 2-5 August. Register here. Submissions of call for proposal on thematic activities deadline 25 June. Application for scholarship to participate in ACSC/APF 2016 is now open with the deadline of 26 June.

2016 Global Slavery Index

Video series: Understanding national human rights institutions

Special Edition Human Rights Monitor: The Human Rights Council @ 10

We would like to draw the attention of readers to the Enable Newsletter prepared by the UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative announces the availability of small grants to civil society organizations based in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand for projects that seek to advance legal protections and challenge restrictions to Internet Freedom

The Swedish Embassy in Bangkok invites tenders regarding Framework Agreement for Regional Gender Equality Support in Asia. Deadline 19 July.

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We have received a nice letter from Karina Javier from the Philippines who was a participant in the Regional Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Advocacy Program in Sabah, Malaysia from April 26 to May 2, 2012. She has resumed her work with Indigenous peoples in Mindanao.

Indriaswati Saptaningrum is an alumna from Indonesia. She participated in the 2002 DTP Program in Sri Lanka and has just begun a Phd at the Law School at the University of NSW. Until recently Executive Director of ELSAM the Indonesian human rights NGO, she sent us an update on ELSAM’s campaigns.

Tammy Solonec is seeking election in Australia as Federal member for Swan, Western Australia. If elected she will be the first woman to ever hold the seat and one of the first Aboriginal women in the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives. Tammy is an alumna of DTP’s Annual program in 2009 and has subsequently been a trainer on DTP programs – she wrote recently “DTP are a big part of why I am where I am today. What you do works”.

Georgina Gartland from Concerned Australians has sent us a media release concerning the ongoing “Intervention” in the Northern Territory affecting the lives of Aboriginal peoples

Joint statement on the Reprisals against Leading Thai Human Rights Defenders, Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Ms. Anchana Heemmina, and Mr. Somchai Homlaor. Somchai Homlaor is a DTP Advisory Council Member and Pornpen Khongkachonkiet and Anchana Heemmina are DTP alumna

Danilo Afonso-Henriques from Timor Leste is an alumnus of the DTP Program in 1993. He is now Joint Permanent Secretary of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese speaking countries in Macau

Human Rights and Business Malaysia: Online news portal Malaysiakini wins defamation suit filed by gold mine company

New guidance on how to include human rights defenders in National Action Plans on business and human rights

India: Civil society organizations ask tea companies to raise wages and stop litigation blocking minimum wage revisions

Human Rights Watch: Treaty on business & human rights is the “only realistic way” to stop labour abuse in supply chain

UN Working Group report to Human Rights Council highlights role of states to ensure state-owned enterprises respect human rights

OECD Watch: A “4x10” plan for why and how to unlock the potential of the OECD Guidelines

Making Progress: Human Rights as An Essential Element of Sustainable Business

Indonesia: Hazardous child labour in tobacco farming exposed in Human Rights Watch report

Child Labour in Myanmar’s Garment Sector

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Highlights from the 15th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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Malaysia: Temiars in court for their land

UN System-Wide Action Plan on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

IWGIA launches "The Indigenous World 2016" with the participation of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, 17 May 2016. Download the report here.

The Indigenous Navigator: Data by Indigenous Peoples provides a framework and a set of tools for Indigenous peoples to systematically monitor the level of recognition and implementation of their rights

Migrant Workers’ Rights Agreement Signed between Cambodia and Malaysia to Protect Migrant Workers

Thailand: Fruit firm abused migrant workers, Andy Hall tells trial

Bangladesh asks Qatar to take action against ‘rogue’ visa traders

Kuwait is removed from ILO’s list of countries violating labour rights

In 2015, an estimated 360 Indonesians migrant workers face capital punishment

Andhra Pradesh minister calls for government to help bring back women who are languishing in jails in Gulf States

Nepal: Agreement afoot to bring migrant workers’ bodies home using the national flag-carrier

One Nepali Worker Dies Each Day In Malaysia - Ambassador Reveals Real Cause Of High Fatality

Nepal: Safe migration mobile app released

Women’s rights Getting humanitarian action right for women and girls

Security Council Presidential Statement Reaffirms Link between Women’s Involvement in Conflict Prevention Efforts, Calls for Increased Participation

Human Rights Council opens annual discussion on the human rights of women

UN experts urge all governments to protect Environmental Rights defenders

Joint Statement by UN human rights experts on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on ending AIDS by 2030

UPR 27th session April, May 2017 Deadline for contribution by stakeholders 22 September: Indonesia, India,

Philippines

Treaty Bodies UN child rights experts issue findings on Samoa, Nepal, and Pakistan

Civil society groups encourage UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to condemn the harassment of rights defenders

Development UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston: World Bank: A successful case of

human rights immunization

Human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The Human Rights Guide to the SDGs

UN independent expert on the effects of foreign investment on human rights: “IMF programs worsen income distribution”

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Outcome Document ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Regional Forum on Media and Human Rights in ASEAN

Timor Leste to join ASEAN in 2017

Australia New report calls for national agenda for children

The Australian Parliament’s report: A World Without the Death Penalty: Australia’s Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

La Trobe University: Law firms will benefit from supporting corporate lawyer’s interest in human rights

Tragedy on Nauru, Australia condemned and UNICEF Welcomes Nauru Child Protection Act

Burma/Myanmar Fortify Rights: Release Four “Rohingya Calendar” Political Prisoners

Bangladesh From DTP trainer Abrar Chowdhury: The curious contents of the Citizenship Law

Democracy and competent justice mechanisms needed to stop extrajudicial executions

Ongoing harassment of human rights organization Odhikar. Subsequently, the Anti-Corruption Commission has stated that the investigation regarding the money laundering allegations against Odhikar had yielded no proof and has thus been recorded as having been 'resolved'.

Cambodia Land and human rights activists have reacted with shock at the World Bank’s announcement that it would

resume lending to Cambodia following a nearly five-year moratorium on new loans

Cambodia opposition activists jailed for 'insurrection'

China At least three human rights defenders detained following private memorial of Tiananmen Square crackdown

Indonesia Looking into the massacres of Indonesia's past

Indigenous people and activists demonstrate against oil palm expansion in Sorong, West Papua

The Indonesian Government has committed to resolving all human rights cases in Papua by the end of 2016

India From Ravi Nair (DTP International Advisory Council Member), Tapan Bose, and Teesta Setalvad: The Whys and

Wherefores of a Critical Political Campaign [on the independence of the public service]

Laos Human Rights Concerns Raised Over Don Sahong Dam by UN Special Procedures

Malaysia From Charles Hector: Auntie Bersih, 14 others found guilty of unlawful assembly, rioting

http://aichr.kln.gov.my/index.php/faqs/item/54-press-statement-outcome-of-the-aichr-regional-forum-on-media-and-human-rights-in-asean,-16-17-may-2016http://aichr.kln.gov.my/index.php/faqs/item/54-press-statement-outcome-of-the-aichr-regional-forum-on-media-and-human-rights-in-asean,-16-17-may-2016http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/104864/timor-leste-to-join-asean-in-2017https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/stories/new-report-calls-national-agenda-childrenhttp://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Death_Penalty/Reporthttp://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Death_Penalty/Reporthttp://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/opinion/18758-human-rights-go-hand-in-hand-with-business-sensehttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/03/tragedy-on-nauru-we-do-not-need-to-act-like-a-stupid-and-brutal-nationhttp://un.org.au/2016/06/16/unicef-welcomes-nauru-child-protection-act/http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f15b18127e37f74088063b773&id=e7e710c993&e=a8506954aehttp://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/the-curious-contents-the-citizenship-law-1233943http://www.humanrights.asia/opinions/columns/news/alrc-news/ALRC-CWS-32-005-2016https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwi6l5r94JPNAhXC6xoKHddeBlcQFggdMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontlinedefenders.org%2Fen%2Ffile%2F2434%2Fdownload%3Ftoken%3D4WUy2KCs&usg=AFQjCNEzHC4TzeOaSF4lbr931vktS-g3ow&cad=rjahttp://www.voacambodia.com/a/activists-disappointed-by-world-bank-re-engagement/3344045.htmlhttp://www.voacambodia.com/a/activists-disappointed-by-world-bank-re-engagement/3344045.htmlhttp://www.thesundaily.my/news/1837384https://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiG66mjwpHNAhXCJhoKHapiBmEQFggdMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontlinedefenders.org%2Fzh%2Ffile%2F2464%2Fdownload%3Ftoken%3DLXykXPkO&usg=AFQjCNHOEr4B7tY-MW3VurSrYxuOkk4PBAhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36431837https://awasmifee.potager.org/?p=1413http://www.asiapacificforum.net/news/government-settle-human-rights-cases-papua/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=APF%20Bulletin%20May%202016%20-%20HTML&utm_content=APF%20Bulletin%20May%202016%20-%20HTML+CID_900362a76e1dae778dadcf6739e1a583&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Indonesia%20Government%20to%20settle%20human%20rights%20cases%20in%20Papuahttp://dtp.unsw.edu.au/file/759http://dtp.unsw.edu.au/file/759http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2016/06/14/human-rights-concerns-raised-don-sahong-dam/http://charleshector.blogspot.fr/2016/06/hr-defenders-including-auntie-bersih.html

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Myanmar/Burma Fortify Rights: “Repeal Household Inspection and Guest Registration Provisions in Law”

Nepal South Asians for Human Rights Report: Nepal Blockade a Humanitarian Crisis Amidst Diplomatic Kerfuffle

Protest and Repression - Special Report on State Responsibility for 37 Killings During Protests in Terai

Pakistan The Pakistani government is using anti-terrorism laws to eliminate political opponents

Philippines FLAG: Statement on the Restoration of the Death Penalty and the “Shoot-to-Kill” Policy

Centre for Freedom and Responsibility: Protecting Journalists, Protecting Democracy

Amnesty International: New President Must Protect, not Endanger Journalists

Sri Lanka Preliminary observations and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman

and degrading treatment or punishment, Mr. Juan E. Mendez

Families of Disappeared urge Government to end white van abductions

Thailand Fortify Rights: Investigate Fatal Shooting of Rohingya Refugee, End Indefinite Detention

Vietnam UN experts urge Viet Nam to stop the persecution and torture of religious leaders and rights defenders

Vietnamese Activists Conducting Hunger Strike to Support Jailed Tran Huynh Duy Thuc

Vietnam Land Petitioners’ Leader Arrested, Charged with Causing Public Disorders

June 2016 E Newsletter compiled, edited and designed by André Frankovits and Patrick Earle

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