Press release HRCP supports Punjab‘s lady health workers on strike Lahore, 30 March 2018: Six years on, the Punjab government has failed to implement the notification it issued in 2012, regularizing the services of 50,000 lady health workers (LHWs) in the province. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) urges the Punjab government to

Press release In Memory of Asma Jahangir Geneva, 16 March 2018. Asma Jahangir was known for speaking up when many others feared doing so. And I apologise in advance, as no speech can do justice to her profound investment to the cause. Asma Jahangir stood up to oppression and discrimination since her youngest age;

Press release Oral statement for the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Pakistan UN Human Rights Council: 37th session, Geneva, 19 March 2018 Madam Vice-President, FIDH and its member organization, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP),express profound sadness at the untimely passing of our colleague and friend Asma Jahangir, a human

FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Pakistan Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Joint press release Pakistan: Government’s lack of commitment at UN rights review a missed opportunity Lahore, Paris, 16 March 2018: The Pakistani government missed yet another opportunity to show its commitment to address key human

Lahore, March 14, 2018:The Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) recent ruling requiring a declaration of faith is cause for serious concern and should be appealed by the federal government, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) today. “HRCP is appalled by the recent IHC ruling that makes a declaration of faith mandatory for government