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24 Aug 2015, 8:34 pm
Source: The Straits Times (5 August 2015)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakarta-saves-12-citizens-from-saudi-death-penaltyIndonesia said it has secured the release of 12 citizens from death row in Saudi Arabia this year.The number of Indonesians freed from death row in Saudi Arabia since 2011 is 68, the Foreign Ministry's directorate of legal aid and protection said yesterday.Ministry records show there are 24 Indonesian citizens at risk of the death penalty in… [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 8:14 pm
"Although it is the right of every nation to carry out death penalties, responding to the brouhaha would be tiring. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 11:42 pm
ConferencesThe IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network is hosting the Third IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Conference on 24-27 March 2021 (online). [read post]
30 Sep 2020, 6:59 am
”Russia, Tajikistan and Belarus are now the only three countries in Europe and Central Asia which haven’t yet signed or ratified the Second Optional Protocol. [read post]
24 Jan 2017, 11:00 am
," Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan. 2017) [open access]- Note: This is a gold OA journal.Migration to Australia: A Quick Guide to the Statistics (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2017) [text via APO]Offshore Processing Centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea: Contract Management of Garrison Support and Welfare Services (Australian National Audit Office, Jan. 2017) [text via APO]- See also related SBS news article and the… [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 6:58 am
Simon Chesterman (National Univ. of Singapore - Law) has posted International Criminal Law with Asian Characteristics? [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 7:45 am
(EJIL Talk Blog, April 2020) [text]States Should Ensure Rescue at Sea and Allow Safe Disembarkation during the COVID-19 Crisis (COE Commissioner for Human Rights, April 2020) [text]Southeast Asia"Bangladesh Urged to Open Ports to Allow in Rohingya Refugee Boats," The Guardian, 27 April 2020 [text]- See also related Human Rights Watch report.COVID-19 No Excuse to Sacrifice Rohingya Lives at Sea (Amnesty International, April 2020) [text]- See also related APRRN statement… [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 4:45 am
Source: The Japan Times (12 March 2017)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/12/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/china-says-uses-death-penalty-sparingly/#.WMfSXPnyvIUBEIJING – China’s chief justice said Sunday that his country, which is believed to execute more people than the rest of the world combined, gave the death penalty “to an extremely small number of criminals for extremely serious offenses” in the past 10 years.The actual number of… [read post]
12 Dec 2015, 5:05 am
Source: The China Post (10 December 2015)https://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/other/2015/12/10/453141/Mongolia-praised.htmULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- The United Nations' top human rights official praised Mongolia Wednesday for abolishing the death penalty, after the sparsely populated Asian country approved a new criminal code eliminating executions.The measure was passed by the State Great Hural, Mongolia's parliament, last week, after extended debate.Justice Minister… [read post]
13 Nov 2017, 3:45 pm
Event:Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement: A Toolkit Approach in Africa, Bundoora (Melbourne), Australia, 15 November 2017 [info]Publications:Beyond Borders: Our Changing Climate – Its Role in Conflict and Displacement (Environmental Justice Foundation, Nov. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb] Bonn: Participants at UN Conference Examine Human Mobility in an Era of Climate Change (UN News Centre, Nov. 2017) [text]Call for Just Solutions for Climate Induced Migration in the Asia… [read post]
27 May 2016, 9:30 pm
H-Asia reminds us that it keeps a running list of digital archives and blogs on Asian studies here. [read post]
11 Aug 2020, 3:36 pm
Library leaders from national and public libraries (e.g., City Librarian/Deputy Librarian/Director/CEO/President) from different regions of Europe and Asia Pacific and the US (north, south, east, and west) and in rural and urban communities; and academic libraries (e.g., Dean/Director/University Librarian/Associate University Librarian) representing public, private, secular, and non-secular research, baccalaureate/4-year colleges, associate’s colleges, technical/community… [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 1:15 pm
Event:Protecting People on the Move in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change, Sydney, 4 November 2014 [info]- Free event, but RSVP requested.Publications:Climate Change and Internal Displacement (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, Oct. 2014) [text]"Climate Change and Migration: From Geopolitics to Biopolitics," Special issue of Critical Studies on Security, vol. 2, no. 2 (2014) [access]- The first two articles are freely available.The Climate Change Summit: Why… [read post]
13 Sep 2023, 2:13 am
Sciubba, Population ageing and national security in Asia Richard J. [read post]
5 Sep 2013, 11:53 pm
Nineteenth century Europe is often simplistically seen as the ideological source of the rights discourse in South Asia. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 1:49 pm
I am delighted to pass along the announcement of an upcoming event: Technological Platforms and National Security in Hong Kong: The Domain of Standards Setting. [read post]
20 Apr 2021, 10:28 am
Thirty years later, the trade numbers with another rival nation are orders of magnitude bigger. [read post]
20 Mar 2021, 8:03 am
” The “two plus two” meeting between US State Secretary Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan with their Chinese counterparts Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi got off to a tumultuous start, as both sides took uncompromising positions before the cameras. [read post]
20 Apr 2021, 10:26 am
Thousands of people, among them not only politicians, activists and journalists but also some of the nation’s best-known singers, movie stars and celebrities arrested on various trumped-up charges. [read post]
17 Oct 2021, 10:30 am
It has contempt for the homely values of family and nation that knit the lives of ordinary Americans. [read post]
