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2016 Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights     The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights is convening its first UN Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights from 19 to 20 April 2016 in Doha. Date: 19-20 April 2016 Location: Doha (Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel) Website:  www.ohchr.org/2016AsiaRegionalForumEnquiries: regionalforumbhr@ohchr.orgRegistration is open: http://regionalforum-bhr.ohchr.org  Please […]

  The Asia Foundation announces a call for proposals for the Civil Society Fund of the South Asia Water Governance Program. We would appreciate it if you could disseminate this call among your networks and contacts in order to make it accessible to the wider NGO community in South Asia.   The news release announcement is available here and […]

Democracy, Development and Human Rights: Indicators for SDG16 (March 2, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland)   (Photo Courtesy @ Community of Democracies) Panelists from left to right : Mandeep Tiwana (CIVICUS), David W. Yang (U.S. Agency for International Development), Maria Leissner (Community of Democracies), Staffan Lindberg (Varieties of Democracy, V-Dem), Anselmo Lee (Asia Democracy Network) Anselmo Lee, Secretary General of Asia Democracy […]

  We are pleased to share the final report of the 8th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, ‪#‎SeoulAssembly‬, that took place from 1-4 November, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. Click the link below to view the full report as well as reports of over 50 practical workshops focusing on regional and thematic challenges confronting […]

       Democracy, Development and Human Rights: Indicators for SDG16   Wednesday March 2 • 12:00 – 14:00 • Palais des Nations • Room XXVII Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals demands democratic and inclusive societies. The SDG 16 on promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies, is a development goal in its own right but […]

The Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2016 Extended deadline is until March 4 (Friday), 2016.   Every year since 2000, the May 18 Memorial Foundation (Gwangju, Republic of Korea) has announced its annual “Call for nominations for the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights”. This Prize promotes the spirit of the May 18 Democratization Movement in […]

In Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Philippine People Power Revolution February 26, 2016   This year commemorates the 30th anniversary of the People Power Revolution in 1986 that peacefully overthrew the authoritarian government by stirring the international audience. The Asia Democracy Network commemorates the triumphant democratic achievement and contribution to precedent in the […]

President of the United Nations General Assembly’s  High-level Thematic Debate on  Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 21 April 2016    By 29 February: Apply for Stakeholder Speaking Roles On Thursday, 21 April 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the President of the General Assembly H.E. Mogens Lykketoft will convene a High-level Thematic Debate on Achieving the Sustainable […]