Asia Catalyst Update
May 2011
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Asia Catalyst quoted in the New York Times this week, here: https://nyti.ms/kgTdfH
By Meg Davis
Asian NGOs and government representatives met in Bangkok from March 29-31 at the Asia-Pacific Regional
Consultation on Universal Access. They consulted together to make recommendations on how to ensure universal access to AIDS treatment – one of the Millennium Development Goals. This time, human rights was included, and it was fascinating to see the process and participate in it.
Below is the section of
China’s report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on
how it protects the right of all citizens to the highest available standard of
health. 下面是中国给联合国的经济社会文化权的关于保护公民健康权的报告。
NGOs can submit their
own reports as well. For information on the requirements and process to submit
an NGO report, see https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/NGOs.htm
NGO也可以给联合国自己的报告关于国内健康权的情况，如果想这样做请访问这个网站（英语）：https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/NGOs.htm
Working with the United
Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society is addressed to
the civil society actors who, every day in every part of the world, contribute to the
promotion, protection and advancement of human rights. This comprehensively
updated and revised second edition puts United Nations human rights bodies and
mechanisms at its center. Speaking to all civil society actors, including but
not only non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Handbook explains how civil
society can engage with various United Nations human rights bodies and
mechanisms. It is the hope of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) that this Handbook will enable more
people to enjoy and make claim to their human rights through these bodies and mechanisms.
Download the English
handbook: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/CivilSociety/Documents/Handbook_en.pdf
下载中文手册：
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/AboutUs/CivilSociety/OHCHR_Handbook_Ch.pdf
This is one of the most international coalitions to ever join in calling for the release of a Chinese AIDS activist — and includes the Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) and South Africa’s 2-million-strong labor union, COSATU, among many other notable names from Asia, Africa and the US.
