DIRECTORY OF ASIA-PACIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS CENTERS Second Edition HURIGHTS OSAKA Directory of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Centers Second edition Directory of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Centers Second edition Published by the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center 8F, CE Nishihonmachi Bldg., 1-7-7 Nishihonmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0005 Japan Copyright © Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center, 2013 All rights reserved. Printed and bound by Takada Osaka, Japan Front cover photo: Courtesy of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) based in Seoul, Korea. Directory of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Centers Second edition Acknowledgment THE COLLECTION of center profiles for the Directory of Asia-Pacific Human Rights Centers benefited much from interns and volunteers of HURIGHTS OSAKA. They helped search for these Centers and communicated with them while drafting their profiles. It is fitting that all of them be named in recognition of their contribution to this project: (in chronological order of their work in HURIGHTS OSAKA) Volunteers • Rita Alfaro (Philippines) • Feilan Chang (Taiwan) • Harvey Beasley (U.S.A.) • Annie Lim (U.S.A.) Interns: • Erika Calazans (Brazil) • Yeseul Christeena Song (U.S.A.) • Sam Shoushi (Jordan/Philippines) • Joseph Lavetsky (U.S.A.) • Munty Khon (Cambodia) • Adrian Ablao Bonifacio (U.S.A.) • Camille Bugaud (France) • Christey West (New Zealand) • Xinyi Li (China) • Miriam Tabin (Germany) • Elisa Salomon (Australia). We acknowledge the many individuals who supported the preparation of this new edition of the Directory by providing in- formation about relevant institutions, facilitating communication between HURIGHTS OSAKA and the identified institutions, and in some cases drafting the center profiles. We specifically cite Harniati Sikumbang of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Majda el Muhtaj of PUSHAM UNIMED, and Kawon Lee of Korean Center for United Nations Human Rights Policy in this regard. We appreciate their crucial support in completing the project. We acknowledge the people we have contacted in the Centers. Many of them expressed their agreement about the need to pro- mote these Centers as crucial institutions in human rights work or in any activity related to human rights. We also acknowledge Jefferson R. Plantilla of HURIGHTS OSAKA for coordinating the project and doing the final edit on the center profiles. Finally, we acknowledge Fidel Rillo of Mind Guerillas for design- ing and doing the lay-out of this edition of the Directory. Table of Contents Acknowledgment ................................................................................ 4 Association of Women for Action and Research ..................................................................................... 38 Foreword .............................................................................................. 9 Ateneo Human Rights Center .......................................................... 39 Introduction ....................................................................................... 10 Australian Human Rights Centre..................................................... 40 Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel ................................................................... 11 B’TSELEM - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights .................................................................. 41 ADDAMEER – Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association ....................................................... 12 BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights ........................................................ 42 Adva Center ....................................................................................... 12 Bahrain Center for Human Rights ................................................... 42 Ain o Salish Kendra ........................................................................... 13 Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society ............................................ 43 Al Adala Center for Human Rights .................................................. 14 Beijing Children’s Legal Aid Al Haq ................................................................................................. 15 and Research Center ......................................................................... 44 Al Mezan Center for Human Rights ............................................... 15 Beijing Zhicheng Migrant Workers’ Legal Aid and Research Center ....................................................... 46 Aliran Kesedaran Negara (Aliran) .................................................... 16 Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Al-Marsad - The Arab Center Research Institute ............................................................................. 48 for Human Rights in the Golan Heights .......................................... 17 Cambodian Center for Human Rights ............................................. 49 Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (Altsean-Burma) ............................................................... 18 Castan Centre for Human Rights Law ............................................ 50 Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center ................................................ 19 Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics ....................................... 51 Amman Center for Human Rights Studies ..................................... 20 Center for Documentation of Refugees and Migrants ................... 52 Arab Association for Human Rights ................................................ 21 Center for Gender and Law Studies ................................................ 52 Asia Monitor Resource Center ......................................................... 22 Center for Human Rights Advocacy and Studies, Haluoleo University ..................................................... 53 Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development ...................................................................... 22 Center for Human Rights and Democracy Development, Brawijaya University ................................................ 54 Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants .................................................... 23 Center for Human Rights and Terrorism Studies, Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center ........................................... 24 Sriwijaya University........................................................................... 54 Asian Centre for Human Rights ....................................................... 25 Center for Human Rights Education and Training ....................................................................................... 55 Asian Coalition for Housing Rights ................................................. 26 Center for Human Rights Research Asian Federation Against and Studies, Hasanuddin University .............................................. 55 Involuntary Disappearances ............................................................. 27 Center for Human Rights Studies .................................................... 56 Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development .............................................................................. 28 Center for Human Rights Studies, University of Tehran .......................................................................... 57 Asian Human Rights Commission................................................... 29 Center for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy, Asian Institute for Human Rights .................................................... 30 Nusa Cendana University ................................................................. 58 Asian Migrant Centre ....................................................................... 31 Center for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy, Riau University .................................................................................. 59 Asian Research Center on Migration .............................................. 32 Center for Human Rights Studies, Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Airlangga University ......................................................................... 59 Centre for Women .............................................................................. 33 Center for Human Rights Studies, Asia-Pacific Human Rights Andalas University of Padang (West Sumatra) ............................... 60 Information Center ............................................................................ 35 Center for Human Rights Studies, Asia-Pacific Network of People Gorontalo University ......................................................................... 61 with HIV/AIDS ................................................................................... 36 Center for Human Rights Studies, Association for Civil Rights in Israel ............................................... 36 Islamic University of Indonesia ....................................................... 61 Association for Community and Ecologically Center for Human Rights Studies, Based Law Reform ............................................................................ 37 Islamic University of Riau ................................................................. 62 Center for Human Rights Studies, Centre for Promotion of Human Rights Mofid University ................................................................................ 63 Teaching & Research ........................................................................ 84 Center for Human Rights Studies, Centre for the Study