Tag Archives: VCHR

Joint Statement on Viet Nam’s Transnational Repression in Thailand

While the EU recently elevated its relationship with Viet Nam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, civic space within Viet Nam continues to shrink. This repression is no longer contained within Viet Nam’s borders. Recent high-level state visits between Thai and Vietnamese authorities have signaled a dangerous tightening of bilateral security …

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A general view of Ariana Park headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. 31 July 2013. Photo by Jean-Marc Ferré (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.fr#ref-indicate-changes)

Vietnam: United Nations body highlights gross violations of civil and political rights

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) welcome the recommendations issued by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee to improve the respect of civil and political rights in Vietnam. The organizations urge the Vietnamese authorities to fully implement the committee’s recommendations …

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New Report on Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam

PARIS, 27 May 2025 (VCHR) – On 26 May 2025, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) published a Joint Shadow Report ahead of the review of Vietnam’s fourth periodic report on its implementation of the UN International Covenant on Civil and …

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VCHR and FIDH expose grave violations of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam

PARIS, 5 January 2024 (VCHR) – In a Joint Report to the UN Human Rights Committee today, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) and the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) documented serious abuses of human rights in Vietnam and questioned the Vietnamese authorities on what measures they would …

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Le Monde Obituary : Death of Vo Van Ai, Defender of Human Rights and Religious Freedom in Vietnam

By Brice Pedroletti, South East Asia correspondent, 31 January 2023 Well known for launching the “Boat for Vietnam” campaign in the late 1970s to rescue Boat People fleeing the newly-established communist regime, in 1985 he filed the very first Complaint at the United Nations against the Vietnamese government for violations …

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President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen (centre) with participants of the TIRFF

VCHR highlights serious violations of freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam at the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum (TIRFF)

PARIS, 8 June 2019 (VCHR) – Mr. Võ Trần Nhật, Executive Secretary of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) described the alarming situation of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Vietnam at the Taiwan International Religious Freedom Forum (TIRFF) held in the city of Hsinchu, near Taipei, from …

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Nguyen Khanh Ngoc (L), Vietnamese government delegate, addresses the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, March 11, 2019. UN Photo

[RFA] NGO Hits Back at Vietnam’s Denials of Rights Abuses

Nguyen Khanh Ngoc (L), Vietnamese government delegate, addresses the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, March 11, 2019. UN Photo RFA, 13/3/2019 – Assertions by Vietnam that it protects civil freedoms and human rights in the one-party communist state were sharply rebutted on Monday by a monitoring group at a …

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Conference in Washington D.C. on Religious Freedom in Vietnam (VCHR & Hudson Institute, 12 September 2016)

  Conference on Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security – Washington DC, 12 September 2016 Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security September 12th Event (Hudson Institute)   Programme: Speeches: Opening Remarks by Võ Văn Ái, Conference on Religious Freedom in …

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