Maruah Singapore

http://hrd2011.wordpress.com/
MARUAH has created a microsite for Human Rights Day 2011.

Visit the link above to view the finalists of our Creative Writing and Poetry competition.

We have also posted videos produced by the United Nations on what human rights is all about.

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, 10th Dec, to celebrate Human Rights Day together with us. You will get to hear from Mr Richard Magnus, the Singapore representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), find out the winners of our Creative Writing and Poetry competition, and participate in our Open-Mic event.

First 50 individuals get FREE drinks and food!

Date: 10th December 2011

Time: 4-7pm

Venue: Bluejaz cafe 11 Bali Lane, Singapore 189848 (Entrance Via Ophir Road, Next to the Bus Stop after Golden Landmark Hotel) [map]

Please RSVP here.

Please RSVP here. 

Programme

Registration begins at 9.30 am

10am – 10.30am : ASEAN updates, development of Human Rights Agenda in ASEAN

10.30 – 11am : Q n A

11am – 12 noon : Thematic presentations

11.45am – 12.45pm : Breakout Sessions

12.45pm – 1pm : Volunteer with MARUAH

1pm: end of programme

MARUAH has put together a public forum, as part of our focus on seeking a rights-based approach on issues that matter. The importance of such global issues should not be underestimated. As global citizens, it is our role to understand the phenomenon sparked off by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the “Arab Spring” of 2011.

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is a people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. OWS are fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations.
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Our 3 esteemed speakers will cover various perspectives on this issue, ranging from financial to human rights perspectives.

Mr Leong Sze Hian, a Financial Service professional and expert, will be presenting the financial perspective of the Occupy Wall Street movement; as well as the Euro crisis and answer the hot question: Are banks too big to fail?

Mr Tan Jee Say, a investment banker and an ex-policymaker, will be speaking from the perspective of policy making and economics – touching on the globalised economy, Free Trade agreements and recovery of debts.

Last but not least, Ms Braema Mathi, President of MARUAH and also the chair of this discussion, will speak from a human rights perspective, introducing frameworks such as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the “Protect, Respect and Remedy” framework among others within her discussion.

Event details:
Date: 19th November 2011, Saturday
Time: 4pm – 5.30pm
Registration begins at 3.30pm.
Venue: Training Room 2, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO), 96 Waterloo Street, Singapore 187967 (map)
Register for the event here.

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MARUAH invites you to its next human rights education initiative, where you will get the opportunity to learn more about the Internal Security Act (ISA) and direct questions to a panel of legal practitioners.

Assistant Professor Jack Lee from the School of Law, Singapore Management University, will review the history of the ISA, the regime for detention without trial under the ISA, and the legal challenges to the legality of detention under the ISA in the late 1980s and early 1990s following Operation Spectrum. Mr Peter Low, former President of the Law Society of Singapore, will provide a practical perspective to the implementation of the ISA, particularly highlighting his experience appearing before an ISA Advisory Board as a defence lawyer. Mr Choo Zhengxi, a MARUAH member (and also co-founder of The Online Citizen) will talk about the ISA from a rights-based perspective. There will then be a Q&A session with the attendees chaired by Mr P N Balji, former Editor-In-Chief of TODAY newspaper.

Event details
Date: 22nd October 2011, Saturday
Time: 10 am to 11.30 am
Location: Bras Basah Complex, #04-41, CSM, Action Room [Map]

Registration begins at 9.30 am. To register, please click here.

In July 2011, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) set up a Drafting Group to formulate the draft of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.

The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration will establish a framework for human rights cooperation through various ASEAN conventions and other instruments dealing with human rights.

The drafting is ongoing, and MARUAH Singapore would like to invite you to a public consultation to get your views.

Event details
Date: 15 October 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 9am to 12pm
Location: Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) 96 Waterloo Street S(187967), Training Room 3 [map]

Click here to register for the event.