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Laos  ratifies major UN treaties

Vientiane Times, 28 Sep 2009

Laos has taken a huge stride in the advancement of the international
and national rule of law by ratifying three among the most important
treaties of the United Nations.

The ratification was made by Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Dr Thongloun Sisoulith, on Friday during his
attendance at the annual UN Treaty Event held at the UN Headquarters
in New York , USA .

The deputy PM has deposited instruments of ratification for the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN
Convention against Corruption, and the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities.

The ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the Convention on the Protection of Rights of Persons with
Disabilities indicates the good willingness and firm determination of
Laos to cooperate with the international community to further promote
and protect human rights, including the rights of persons with
disabilities.

According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in
ratifying the two human rights instruments, Laos is now a party to six
out of the nine core UN treaties in the field of human rights.

The country is already a party to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child and the latter's two Optional
Protocols.

The ratification of the UN Convention against Corruption is a firm
step undertaken by Laos to cooperate with the international community
to fight against corruption through effective prevention,
criminalisation, international cooperation and asset recovery.

Laos has already enacted a law on anti-corruption which together with
the criminal law and other related laws and decrees constitutes a
national legal basis for the implementation of the ratified Convention
against Corruption at the national level.

The United Nations has held an annual treaty event since the
Millennium Summit in 2000.

The event takes place in New York , coinciding with the yearly session
of the UN General Assembly. At the event last year, Laos signed one
treaty and deposited instruments of accession to two treaties.


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Highllights:

"Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without
interference."

"Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right
shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing
or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his
choice."

'Article 19' is also the name of an international organisation that
acts as an advocate and watchdog for freedom of expression. There are
lots of resources at their website:
http://www.article19.org/

Other links:

For background on the Covenant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights

For the full text:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm


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It's a good sign however

Actions speak louder than words



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That's good news, thanks for sharing.

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Laos move to the right direction, Congrats !



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Laos had actually signed these treaties years ago with the U.N but disappointedly it failed to ratify. It only ratified Economics, Social and Cultural rights not Civil and Political Rights; finally, it agrees to the ratification. This is good news. What about the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of its civilians and political prisoners? Will it take Laos another decade to ratify this convention? Nonetheless, Laotian should take this great news as another step closer for Laos to becoming a country with the rule of law instead of allowing its officials to imitate the savage behavior of Macaca of Southeast Asia. Because by signing the covenants, it has expressed its willingness to continue the treaty-making process and has accepted an obligation to refrain from unacceptable acts that would defeat its intended objective and purpose.

Lastly, I just want to say that I am happy for all of you Laotian people at home.  I hope that more than 10% of the population has conventional literacy so that they can question their leaders should there be any digression from these ratifications in the future.

 



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Anonymous wrote:

Laos had actually signed these treaties years ago with the U.N but disappointedly it failed to ratify. It only ratified Economics, Social and Cultural rights not Civil and Political Rights; finally, it agrees to the ratification. This is good news. What about the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of its civilians and political prisoners? Will it take Laos another decade to ratify this convention? Nonetheless, Laotian should take this great news as another step closer for Laos to becoming a country with the rule of law instead of allowing its officials to imitate the savage behavior of Macaca of Southeast Asia. Because by signing the covenants, it has expressed its willingness to continue the treaty-making process and has accepted an obligation to refrain from unacceptable acts that would defeat its intended objective and purpose.

Lastly, I just want to say that I am happy for all of you Laotian people at home.  I hope that more than 10% of the population has conventional literacy so that they can question their leaders should there be any digression from these ratifications in the future.

 



 

Sorry for failing to identify myself. It is BLM baby.smilebiggrin



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Welcome back BLM! Can you please clarify your source because the article said "The ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the Convention on the Protection of Rights of Persons with
Disabilities indicates the good willingness and firm determination of
Laos to cooperate with the international community to further promote
and protect human rights, including the rights of persons with
disabilities." Im not sure if Im reading this wrong. I also checked the linked, though, Wikepedia mentioned that Laos is one of the countries that signed the treaties but not yet ratified as of September 2009. However, Im not sure how updated that site is. we appreciate if you could provide link for more reliable source. Thank you.



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This is a good material fro educating youth about human rights. Please click on the link:

http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/

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i found only pix
http://treaties.un.org/Pages/PhotoList.aspx
1222721725025-P1050154-Laos-SW.jpg

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.laos/browse_thread/thread/1d5ac0b77bef5796?hl=en#
-- Edited by Scarecrow48 on Tuesday 29th of September 2009 12:28:06 AM

-- Edited by Scarecrow48 on Tuesday 29th of September 2009 12:40:04 AM

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DateParticipantActionReferenceDignitaryPhoto
25/09/2009Lao People's Democratic RepublicRatificationIV-4H. E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Laos
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25/09/2009Lao People's Democratic RepublicRatificationXVIII-14H. E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Laos
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25/09/2009Lao People's Democratic RepublicRatificationIV-15H. E. Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Laos
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18/03/2009Lao People's Democratic RepublicRatificationXXVI-6H. E. Mrs. Kanika Phommachanh Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations


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Anonymous wrote:

Welcome back BLM! Can you please clarify your source because the article said "The ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the Convention on the Protection of Rights of Persons with
Disabilities indicates the good willingness and firm determination of
Laos to cooperate with the international community to further promote
and protect human rights, including the rights of persons with
disabilities." Im not sure if Im reading this wrong. I also checked the linked, though, Wikepedia mentioned that Laos is one of the countries that signed the treaties but not yet ratified as of September 2009. However, Im not sure how updated that site is. we appreciate if you could provide link for more reliable source. Thank you.


Thank you for welcoming my occasional visit. I can’t contribute much due to my limited amount of time.

I don’t have a link for you but as you had witnessed the article posted above, dated September 28th, 2009 is the most up-to-date information you can obtain. It clearly stated:

(According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in ratifying the two human rights instruments, Laos is now a party to six out of the nine core UN treaties in the field of human rights.) That means 3 are still needed right? And as I mentioned above, Laos has not ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of its Political Prisoners. However, it now ratified political rights, Is that that mean Laos would grant immunity to those who have been imprisoned or Laos would only allow the visit of those political prisoners by International Amnesty?

By the way, don’t take everything from Wikipedia as legitimate information because it has many times been ordered to remove inaccurate contents from its site.

BLM




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YES, Laos as a country have signed up in all UN agreement since it creation, but there are nothing really go into pratice and enforce. So this should just be another screaming out loud to world and then everything will just stucked  in a dusty office in Laos. We as a people don't have the notion what is really mean to us. Ours way of life will just go on as usual. So Good LUCK

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I'm still trying to get a grasp on the remaing 3.

One is against cruel, degrading, pol prisoners etc right?

And the other two are?

 

I think this actually is good news, as Laos integrates itself more within the community of nations, the onus to comply only increases.



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ban nok wrote:

I'm still trying to get a grasp on the remaing 3.

One is against cruel, degrading, pol prisoners etc right?

And the other two are?

 

I think this actually is good news, as Laos integrates itself more within the community of nations, the onus to comply only increases.


It is the greatest thing Lao PDR to ever have done.  This of course will receive much admiration from international community.  I have no doubt Laos will ban the inhumane treatment of prisoners very soon.

BLM


 



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