Issues at stake Lack of Ex-ante human rights impact assessment – lack of guaranties regarding ex-post assessmentOne of the weaker TSD Chapter compared to other agreementslack of human rights guarantees 1. Lack of ex ante Human rights impact assessment (HRIA) The Ombudsman, in February 2016, concluded that the refusal of …
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3rd December 2019, European Parliament, Brussels, Room A5G315 May I extend warm thanks to MEP Julie Ward for hosting this meeting, and to all those attending. I would like first to apologise for Vo Van Ai, President of VCHR, who is unable to speak here today due to ill health. …
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Madame Vice-President, AEDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights express their grave concern about systematic violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in Vietnam. Freedom of religion or belief is a universal right, enshrined in Article 18 of the ICCPR. Vietnam has been a state party …
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Mr. President, Distinguished Experts, Thank you for giving the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights the opportunity to testify today. Exactly 17 years ago, I was here in this same room, at the review of Vietnam’s second periodic report on the ICCPR. I raised my serious human rights concerns in an …
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Religious Freedom in Vietnam Hudson Institute, Center for Religious Freedom September 12, 2016 Why is religious freedom important, in Vietnam or anywhere else? The usual answer is that freedom of conscience and religion, or freedom of thought, is the foundation for all other freedoms—freedom of speech or assembly, for …
Read More »Speech of Võ Trần Nhật Conference on Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security (12 September 2016) Hudson Institute, Center for Religious Freedom September 12, 2016 Ladies and Gentlemen, Very soon, Vietnam will adopt its first Law on Religion and Belief. Religious freedom will not …
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Opening Remarks Hudson Institute, Center for Religious Freedom September 12, 2016 Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends, and for my Compatriots may I say Kính bạch Chư Tôn đức, kính chào Quý đồng bào, đồng hương I am very happy to welcome you to this extraordinary Conference today. For me, it …
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Vietnam’s Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’ Published: April 28, 2016 by Vishal Arora – Last year, Reg Reimer, a professor at the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, gave a thorough overview of the proposed law, saying “it is almost inevitable the new law will disappoint proponent of universal human …
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See: World Watch Monitor (04/27/2016): Vietnam’s new Religion Law aims to repress, control (interview of Võ Trần Nhật) World Watch Monitor (04/28/2016): Vietnam’s Religion Law ‘created to repress, control’ – Vietnam’s relationship with West gives hope for religious freedom
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Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Experts, On behalf of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, a member organization of the FIDH, I would like to comment on a number of Vietnam’s replies to the CESCR’s list of issues. On the implementation of the Covenant (Question 1), Vietnam cites a string …
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Quê Me Quê Me: Action for democracy in Vietnam & Vietnam Committee on Human Rights