VCHR Reports & Publications

Oral Statement by Penelope Faulkner (UN Human Rights Committee, 7 July 2025)

July 7, 2025 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on Oral Statement by Penelope Faulkner (UN Human Rights Committee, 7 July 2025)

Oral Statement by Penelope Faulkner, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR)United Nations’ Human Rights Committee Palais Wilson, Geneva, 7 July 2025 Mr. President, Distinguished Experts, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today. The human rights situation in Vietnam is changing rapidly – and for …

New Report on Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam

May 27, 2025 Latest posts, Press Release, Resources, VCHR, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on 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 …

A History of Violence: Repression of the right to freedom of assembly in Vietnam

June 20, 2023 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on A History of Violence: Repression of the right to freedom of assembly in Vietnam

Download the report (PDF) here See: Vietnam: Repression of peaceful demonstrations revealed, VCHR, 20 June 2023

In a Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, VCHR and FIDH denounce grave violations of the right to freedom of expression, treatment of human rights defenders and use of the death penalty in Vietnam

July 18, 2022 Latest posts, News, Press Release, Resources, VCHR, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on In a Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, VCHR and FIDH denounce grave violations of the right to freedom of expression, treatment of human rights defenders and use of the death penalty in Vietnam

In a joint submission made to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR) today, FIDH and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) regret that the Vietnamese government failed to take any steps towards the implementation of key recommendations made by the CCPR, after the review of the situation …

Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee on the Third Periodic Report of Vietnam on Implementation of the ICCPR (2019)

March 11, 2019 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on Alternative Report to the UN Human Rights Committee on the Third Periodic Report of Vietnam on Implementation of the ICCPR (2019)

See:– VCHR denounces gross Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Vietnam before top UN Human Rights body (11 March 2019) (French, Vietnamese)– Oral Statement by Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) before the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee (Palais Wilson, Geneva, 11 March …

Open Letter: EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement contravenes the EU’s human rights obligations

November 7, 2018 Press Release, Resources, VCHR, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on Open Letter: EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement contravenes the EU’s human rights obligations

  Brussels, 7 November 2018   Dear Ms. Malmström, FIDH and VCHR wish to express their concern over the draft EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement that was made public in late September 2018, which, to our view, fails to provide sufficient human rights safeguards, and as a consequence, puts the EU …

FIDH & VCHR Joint submission for Vietnam’s third UPR

July 12, 2018 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on FIDH & VCHR Joint submission for Vietnam’s third UPR

VCHR & FIDH Joint Submission for the adoption of the List of Issues for the United Nations Human Right Committee

April 30, 2018 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on VCHR & FIDH Joint Submission for the adoption of the List of Issues for the United Nations Human Right Committee

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Shrinking Spaces: Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam during the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review

February 28, 2018 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on Shrinking Spaces: Assessment of the Human Rights Situation in Vietnam during the 2nd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review

  Download the report (PDF) here   PDF     See: VCHR, 28/2/2018: “Shrinking Spaces”: New VCHR Report denounces concerted assault on fundamental freedoms in Vietnam    

VCHR: The Death Penalty in Vietnam 2016

June 21, 2016 Resources, VCHR Reports & Publications Comments Off on VCHR: The Death Penalty in Vietnam 2016

Report compiled for the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty Oslo, June 21-23 2016:     See: Capital Punishment in Vietnam condemned at the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo (VCHR, 21 June 2016)