Events
Diplomatic Briefing. Human Rights in Peril: the Impact of COVID-19 on Civic Space, Refugee Rights, Business and Human Rights in ASEAN.
Providing information to diplomatic missions in ASEAN on the impact of COVID-19 on democracy and human rights in the region. Key issues to be address will include: the rising of xenophobia, in particular anti-migrants and anti-refugees narrative, translated into harmful practices in the region against Rohingya and other ethnic...
Town Hall Meeting. ASEAN Member State’s Accountability on Human Rights: During and Post COVID-19
Despite of more than 90,000 COVID-19 cases in the region, ASEAN has yet to take any action to halt the virus spread, or act to prevent the suppression of freedoms that should be universally enjoyed. Furthermore, ASEAN’s principle of non-interference remains an insurmountable obstacle blocking efforts to effectively address...
Webinar Session VI: COVID-19, Peace, and Human Security – Seeing the Invisible & forgotten amidst the COVID-19 crisis: Impact on conflict-affected, displaced, and marginalised communities, and on the peace and security, in ASEAN
This session is concerned with communities where (direct and structural) violence and political instability are present; where this global health challenge intersects with wars or volatile political conditions such as weak institutions, communal tensions, and lack of trust in political leaders; and where marginalisation of ethnic minorities, indigenous populations...
Webinar Session V – Will human rights survive COVID-19? Navigating human rights during and after the pandemic
And Online Discussion on ‘Will Human Rights Survive COVID-19? Navigating human rights during and after the pandemic’
Co-organised by FORUM-ASIA, iDEFEND, PAHRA, and CIVICUS
Time: 3 – 5 pm (GMT +7)
Date: 8 May 2020
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A link to the webinar will be emailed to registered participants ahead of the discussion.
Speakers:
Susan...
Webinar Session 4: Children and Youth during COVID-19: Their Rights and as Human Rights Defenders
An Online Discussion on ‘Children and Youth during COVID-19: Their Rights and as Human Rights Defenders’ Co-organised by FORUM-ASIA, Child Rights Coalition Asia (CRC Asia), and the ASEAN Youth Forum
Time: 2 – 4pm (GMT +7)
Date: 29 April 2020
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A Feminist Assessment of the ASEAN Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
An Online Discussion on a Feminist Assessment of the ASEAN Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Co-organised by FORUM-ASIA and the Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Center for Women (ARROW)
Time: 1 – 3pm (GMT +7)
Date: 21 April 2020
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A link to the webinar will be emailed to registered participants ahead of the...
ASEAN Community and Covid-19: An Assessment of an Infected Region’s Present and Future Condition
Thousands of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Peoples have already all fallen sick and have been drastically affected by Covid-19. As cases increase by the day, Governments have been scrambling to impose measures to suppress the illness and “flatten the curb” in their respective countries. The ASEAN as...
The Status of Human Rights in the time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia
"What are the impact brought by COVID-19 pandemic to civic and democratic space in the region? How to redefine civil society's struggle and to ensure its continuation toward achieving the promotion and protection of human rights in the region? How to increase solidarity and resilience among civil society and...
Human Rights Situation of the COVID-19 Response in ASEAN
This is the first webinar from the FA-SHAPE-SEA-Solidarity for ASEAN Peoples' Advocacy webinar series "The Status of Human Rights in the time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia".
Speakers:
Dr. Nymia Pimentel Simbulan (Executive Director, The Philippine Human Rights Information Center)
Asfinawati (Executive Director, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation)
Themba Lewis...
The 8th Regional Consultation on ASEAN and Human Rights: Migration and Human Rights in ASEAN
The Regional Consultation serves as a platform for strengthening engagement of civil society with the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms, namely the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and the ASEAN Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC); and for discussing the...
