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2022 Timor-Leste Presidential Election: A Celebration of Democracy amid COVID-19

The 2022 Timor-Leste Presidential Election demonstrated how democracy is celebrated and strong in the country, said the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) in the final comprehensive report on its observation of the election. ANFREL released the report on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, and thanked the electoral stakeholders for their...

Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Developing National Action Plans

On 14 December 2021, Asia Centre in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Southeast and East Asia launched their book "Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: Developing National Action Plans". The book examines the progress made in Southeast Asia towards developing National Action Plans (NAPs) on Business...

[Publication] The ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Toolkit

The ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Toolkit is a refined and updated version of Rights Now! A Training Manual on ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms was published in 2010 and authored by Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) Commissioner Jerald Joseph. Given the recent developments on human rights and democracy in...

Media Freedom in Southeast Asia: Repeal Restrictive Laws, Strengthen Quality Journalism

Media Freedom in Southeast Asia: Repeal Restrictive Laws, Strengthen Quality Journalism examines the use of fake news legislation to crack down on legitimate journalistic expression. Seeking to control the flow of information in the online space, governments have enacted these laws to monitor and control the internet infrastructure over which...

Civil Society Organization Sustainability is Deteriorating in Thailand

The Manushya Foundation in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development, FHI360, and the International Center for Not-For-Profit Law wrote Thailand's CSO Sustainability Index Report (2020 Edition), reviewing the strength and overall viability of civil society actors in the country. With the participation of community leaders, CSO...

[Report] Going Nowhere: Fact-finding Mission Report on Indigenous Communities, Fisherfolk: Harassment, Poverty and Climate Change in Indonesia

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) are proud to present Going Nowhere: Fact-finding Mission Report on Indigenous Communities, Fisherfolk: Harassment, Poverty and Climate Change in Indonesia. This report is a continuation of FORUM-ASIA’s exploratory research designed to deepen its understanding of the...

ANNI Report 2020 on the Performance of National Human Rights Institutions

The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) launched the ANNI Report 2020 on the Performance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), that critically assesses the performance of NHRIs against the Paris Principles in 2020. The Paris Principles are the minimum international standards for ensuring independent, effective, and...

[JOINT ANALYSIS] Refusing Silence: A joint analysis on the situation of Human Rights Defenders

Over the past two years, human rights defenders (HRDs) have faced unprecedented challenges in Asia, where existing risks were exacerbated, while new threats have emerged. Governments enacted and used repressive laws, online harassment became widespread, and Asian HRDs have seen their families and loved ones increasingly subjected to harassment...

[PUBLIC REPORT] Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19: Addressing the Crisis in Southeast Asia

Executive Summary On August 9 and 10, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) conducted the Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19: Addressing the Crisis in Southeast Asia, which was graced by over 75 participants from the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), ASEAN Commission on...

[PUBLICATION] Outcome Document from the Virtual Conference on ‘Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19: Addressing the Crisis in Southeast Asia’

COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc throughout Southeast Asia. The health crisis has also catalysed the rise of authoritarianism, the over-securitisation of societies, and systemic efforts to suppress democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in the region. Hence, it is critical to activate, strengthen and protect spaces and mechanisms for...