This is the presentation materials from the Webinar I: Human Rights Situation under the COVID-19 Response in ASEAN, on 7 April 2020, organised by FORUM-ASIA. With speakers from human rights organisations in the region, the first of a six-part webinar series provides an overview of government responses to COVID-19, and discuss how ‘emergency decree’ and lock-downs in ASEAN countries violate international standards of human rights.
List of Speakers:
- Dr. Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, Executive Director, The Philippine Human Rights Information Center
- Asfinawati, Executive Director, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation
- Themba Lewis, Secretary General, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
- Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu, Executive Director, FORUM-ASIA
Moderated by Cornelius Hanung, FORUM-ASIA