The UN Expert Group Meeting on Good Practices in Legislations on VAW
(UN Vienna May 26-28, 2008) is available in the website of the UN DAW (Divsion for Advancement of Women)

STATEMENT OF THE ASIA CAUSE LAWYERS NETWORK
We the members of the Asia Cause Lawyers Network view with grave concern the recent actions against the judiciary and the?legal community in Pakistan. An independent Judiciary& a Bar and a free Press are the hallmarks of a Democracy. The arrests of judges, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and […]

We have filed our Memorandum in the Supreme Court on the Rosalie Garcia case.
Background: see previous entry on Rosalie Garcia. Her estranged husband filed a petition attacking the constituitonality of Republic Act No. 9262, the Anti-VAW Act of 2004.  the court of Appeals dsimissed his petition. He filed a petition for review in the Supreme […]

We have filed our Memorandum in the Supreme Court on the Rosalie Garcia case.
Background: see previous entry on Rosalie Garcia. Her estranged husband filed a petition attacking the constituitonality of Republic Act No. 9262, the Anti-VAW Act of 2004.  the court of Appeals dsimissed his petition. He filed a petition for review in the Supreme […]

Katmandu was the latest venue of the training of the Asia Cause Lawyers Network on EQUALITY. Held on June 3 to June 6, 2006 in Nepal, which is going through a transition from a monarchy to republic, there were around 30 participants, lawyers from India, Cambodia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Bangla Desh and the […]