LAWASIA Missions

LAWASIA Missions 2008

LAWASIA Mission to Pakistan

President of LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Mah Weng Kwai of Malaysia, willlead a four person fact-finding mission to Pakistan, with the intent of developing an understanding of issues related to the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the independence of lawyers and the bar, following the change of government in February 2008.

Download Report of LAWASIA Fact-finding Mission to Pakistan

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LAWASIA President’s observer mission report – Nepal constituent assembly elections 10 April 2008

Nepal has been described as a ‘beautiful place with a troubled past’, a neat phrase that describes avery volatile recent political history. Its struggle for democracy has been an intense one and its election day of 10th April 2008 has been described as the dawn of a new era.

Please click here for complete report.

LAWASIA Missions 2007

Report visit to Fiji by LAWASIA Observer Mission - Issued 16 April 2007

The LAWASIA Executive Committee commissioned a fact-finding mission to Fiji in March under the leadership of the President, Mr Mah Weng Kwai which sought to find out more about the divides amongst the Fiji legal community following the military coup in December last year. Please click here to download a PDF version of the LAWASIA Observer Mission Report that outlines the observations and recommendations of the mission.

LAWASIA Missions 2005

Report on LAWASIA Observer Mission to Nepal - 28 April to 1 May, 2005

At the invitation of its member organisation, the Nepal Bar Association (NBA), LAWASIA mounted an observer mission to Nepal, aimed at verifying serious concerns about the loss of the civil and political rights of Nepali people following the take over by King Gyanendra on 1 February 2005. Please click here to download a PDF version of the LAWASIA report. Below are links to PDF versions of reports released by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Royal Nepal Army (RNA), and the South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR).

• ICJ Report

• RNA Report

• SAHR Report