MARUAH Singapore

Dear all,

You may find the following links useful:

UK Human Rights Report 2009

US Trafficking in Persons Report 2009

Thanks!

Please find the text of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s letter to Burmese leader Ang San Suu Kyi on the occasion of her 65th Birthday on June 19:

Dear Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ,

Today you will mark yet another birthday under house arrest – cut off from your children and your family.  My thoughts, and thoughts of so many people in Britain and across the world, will be with you and with the people of Burma.  The injustice of your continuing detention mirrors the injustice that the regime has inflicted on your country and your people for so many years.  Throughout that time, you have stood firm, at enormous personal cost, for the principles of liberty and justice.  You have become a powerful symbol of the strength of the human spirit.  Like my predecessor, I personally have long found your example deeply inspiring.  I want to assure you that as Prime Minister, I will maintain a close interest in Burma.  The British Government I lead will do all it can, both internationally, working through the United Nations, and bilaterally, to bring a brighter future for Burma and your people, in which they enjoy full human rights and true democracy.  I have never forgotten your own request: that we should use our liberty to help the Burmese people to obtain theirs.  I promise we will do everything we can to achieve that.

David Cameron

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=22397347

Dear All,

Attached is MARUAH’s Accounts for events within years 2007-2009.

Link: MARUAH – Accounts 07-09

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Dear all,

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform you that the talk by Dr Loh Kah Seng has been cancelled. But we are pleased to inform you that we have another stimulating discussion for our inaugural launch of the Pillar Talks. We are grateful to Professor Michael Hor who will present a discussion on Constitutionalism & Subversion. Please see attached flyer. We hope you will support this event and be part of the discussion.

Dear all,

Dear all,

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed on 3 December 2009. We at MARUAH (Singapore Working Group for ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism) are keen to build on the efforts by many actors who have been advocating on behalf of children with disabilities. In that context we would like to to invite you to attend a Focus Group discussion on Compulsory Education for Children with Disabilities in Singapore.

Day/ Date: Sat 28 Nov Time: 1.30 – 3.30pm
Venue: Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO),
96 Waterloo Street, Singapore 187967 (near Singapore Art Museum)
[This happens right before MARUAH’s Open House]

Under Singapore’s current Compulsory Education Act (2003), ‘any  child who is unable to attend any national primary school due to any physical or intellectual disability’ is excluded from education act…
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MARUAH (Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism) invites you to join its Open House on 28th Nov 2009. In this brief but important session, you can find out more about the local human rights group MARUAH, the work it has done, the work it intends to do, as well as talk about the work that you wish to see MARUAH do.

Date: 28th Nov 09, Saturday
Time: 4-6pm
Venue: Training Room 2, SCWO Building (Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations)
96 Waterloo Street
Click here for map (gothere.sg)

Please RSVP to maruahsg@gmail.com. Thanks and we hope to see you there. Read the rest of this entry »

The Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (MARUAH) would like to invite all youths to participate in a Youth Human Rights Workshop: “whose Right is it anyway?”. Co-organised with UNYAS, this is a full-day workshop for anyone keen on learning more about human rights.  Read more in our e-flyer here.

Details below
Saturday, 31 October 2009
9.00 am to 5.30 pm
Singapore Management University
More information at our website: http://www.whoseright.wordpress.com

Sign up online here, as soon as possible.

MARUAH (Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism) would like to invite you, the public, to a Consultation Workshop: “Engaging the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) – The People’s Views”.

The Terms of Reference(TOR) for the ASEAN Human Rights Body, as enshrined in Article 14 of the ASEAN Charter, have been accepted recently by ASEAN Foreign Ministers. This October the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) will be born at the ASEAN Summit. This is a considerable breakthrough for all countries in ASEAN.

This Commission can only get better when stakeholders are engaged. In the next three months countries will select their government representative to the Commission. The TOR will go into effect from October. There are other sectoral bodies on women, children and migrant workers.

How will the people sector engage in this process? How will the people sector ensure that the Commission will become an enabling instrument? Here’s the chance to be engaged. Please come. Please share your thoughts. Please be a stakeholder in this process.

Please download the e-flyer here. The reply slip will be uploaded shortly.

This event is sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and partnered with the Insitute of Southeast Asian Studies and ASEAN Studies Centre.