ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
On March 21, 2023, through the official website of the UN Human Rights Agency (OHCHR), the Government of Indonesia (GoI) provided the adoption of its 269 recommendations received from the (UPR) 4th Cycle on November 9, 2022 at the Palais De Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Based on a set of recommendations received, 55 recommendations were rejected through noted status, 5 recommendations were partially supported while 210 recommendations were given supported status.
This joint submission to the CEDAW Committee for their general discussion on equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making was prepared by the Forging Intersectional Feminist Futures (FIFF) consortium.
The joint submission aims to highlight the multidimensional barriers that marginalised groups of women face in their access to equal and inclusive representation in decision-making systems, and provide substantive recommendations in response to these barriers.
Ahead of the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference, we’re proud to release Partnering with Pride: The case for Australian action for equality in our region.
Today, on the 2nd year commemoration of the historic peoples' resistance against the Myanmar military's attempted coup, we, the undersigned members, friends and civil society network of #MilkTeaAlliance Friends of Myanmar reaffirm our commitment and extend our heartfelt solidarity to the peoples of Myanmar in their continuing quest for genuine democracy, peace and social justice.
KAMI BERANI coalition, which consists of 24 civil society organizations (CSOs), regrets the widespread encouragement of discriminatory policies in the form of anti-LGBT regional regulations (Perda) in various regions in Indonesia.
Intersectional approaches to advance the human rights of LGBTQIA+ persons is increasingly being applied by civil society organizations in Southeast Asia. Increasingly there has been efforts by many non-LGBTQIA+ focused groups to integrate SOGIESC into their work around cross-movement issues such as access to justice, inclusive employment and livelihoods, removing barriers to access to education, and ending domestic violence. These entail internal leadership and political commitment, technical expertise, and solidarity building.
PRESS RELEASE
INCLUSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQIA+ IN THE PHILIPPINES’ UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR) 2022
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—The Philippines’ human rights record is reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) yesterday, November 14, 2022, at 10 a.m. Geneva (Switzerland) time, for the fourth time. The Philippines’ first, second, and third UPR took place in 2008, 2012, and 2017, respectively.
Indonesia has passed periodic monitoring of the promotion of Human Rights in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, on 9 November 2022. The Civil Society Coalition for UPR Reporting, consisting of: Amnesty International Indonesia, ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, KontraS , KIKA, the Indonesian FreeToBeMe (FTBM) Coalition, SAFEnet, and Transmen Indonesia, held an agenda to watch the session live together to monitor the report of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in the session.
During the 4th round of the UPR session, the Indonesian Government reported on Indonesia's achievements in fulfilling human rights, including the success in passing the Omnibus Law on the Job Creation Law, passing the Sexual Violence Crime Law (TP-KS), infrastructure development and increasing the budget for autonomy areas in Papua, as well as the successful handling of COVID-19. However, the coalition considers that what is conveyed by the Indonesian Government is in contrast to the actual situation, which has also been reported by Indonesian civil society through an alternative report sent in March 2022.
Inclusive and diverse ASEAN
Legally Registered in the Philippines as Southeast Asia Sexual Orientation,
Gender Identity and Expression Caucus (ASC), Inc. The organization is in
Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC since 2021.
Quezon City, Philippines
Email: communications@aseansogiecaucus.org
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