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El Día de Los Niños Celebrations Throughout Latin America April 30, 2021 Although not much is known about El Día de Los Niños in the United States, it’s an annual celebration throughout many countries in Latin America, that was actually believed to be initiated in Mexico when then President Álvaro Obregón and Public Education Minister José Vasconcelos accepted the Children’s Rights Declaration on April 30, 1925, and is now observed on that day yearly. Today, it’s evolved into an event that is celebrated in many countries ahead of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day later in the spr...

Temporary Representative of the Philippines to the AICHR Assistant Secretary Jaime Victor B. Ledda represents the Philippines during discussions on human rights in ASEAN on 8 April 2021. (Photo courtesy of AICHR Brunei) PASAY CITY, Apr. 12 -- ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Philippine Representative Jaime Victor B. Ledda joined representatives of other ASEAN Member States in discussing current developments on human rights in the region and expressed deep concern over developments in Myanmar  during the 33rd Meeting of the AICHR held via video conference from 06 t...

Philippines to Myanmar: Adhere to ASEAN Human Rights Declaration Pia Lee-Brago © STAR/File Philippines to Myanmar: Adhere to ASEAN Human Rights Declaration MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has called on Myanmar to adhere to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights Declaration amid the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Southeast Asian nation. During the 33rd meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights held recently through a video conference, ICHR Philippine Representative Jaime Victor Ledda joined representatives of o...

Where is Somchai? A brave wife's 17-year quest for the truth The unresolved case of Somchai Neelaphaijit is in stark contrast to Thailand's beautiful image as the 'Land of the Free' Trending Posters of missing Thai activists are pasted on a wall in Bangkok in June 2020. (Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP) I was taking a train in Manila in March 2004 when I received a call from Munir Said Thalib, then chairperson of my former organization, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances. Munir requested me to issue a statement on the enforced disappearance of Thai lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit o...

Given its own history of transition from military rule, Indonesia is probably the nation best placed to lead the bloc’s diplomacy on Myanmar.