Civil Society Forum
The Mekong : Law, Dams & Development [Seminar & Book Launch]
As debate continues to rage over the hydropower boom that will fundamentally change the river's ecology and the livelihoods of those who depend on it, a key question arises: what is the place of law in governing river basin development?
The Mekong : Law, Dams & Development
17th February 2016,...
Indigenous Women and Human Trafficking in the Mekong Region: Policy Overview and Community Response [AIPP]
AIPP conducted an investigation into the status of trafficking of indigenous women in the Mekong region. The results served as a preliminary analysis of current government and non-government policies and the responses of the affected communities.
AIPP conducted an investigation into the status of trafficking of indigenous women...
‘Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community’: Whose Vision? Whose Reality?
2016 will be an important year for ASEAN, as it promises to turn its “vision” into a “reality”. Its chairmanship will be with the Lao PDR, where civil society organizations in the recent ACSC/APF agreed they will not hold their 2016 gathering. This forum aims to draw attention and...
‘Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community’: Whose Vision? Whose Reality?
2016 will be an important year for ASEAN, as it promises to turn its “vision” into a “reality”. Its chairmanship will be with the Lao PDR, where civil society organizations in the recent ACSC/APF agreed they will not hold their 2016 gathering. This forum aims to draw attention and...
[AIPP Report] Indigenous Peoples and ASEAN Integration
ASEAN 2025 promises that the human rights, fundamental freedoms, and dignity of its peoples, and social justice will be promoted and protected, among a long list of promises. It also promises "greater prosperity through increased economic opportunities, enhanced regional connectivity, ease of intra-ASEAN travel and doing business as well...
“A People-Centered ASEAN Community: Making It Happen” – ACSC/APF 2015 Conference Outcome Statement
Given the apathetic and dismal response by ASEAN to the interventions and recommendations of the ASEAN civil society in the last 10 years of engagement, we are compelled to question the meaningfulness of the rhetoric on people-oriented and people-centred ASEAN. The impunity of recalcitrant ASEAN member states compound the...
Half Empty: Burma’s political parties and their human rights commitments [FIDH]
This report, based on a survey of the human rights commitments of Burma's political parties, found that parties generally favored actions aimed at tackling critical issues that gave a negative impacts on human rights. However, in several of those instances, the report shows that parties failed to identify and...
Persecution of the Rohingya Muslims: Is Genocide Occurring in Myanmar’s Rakhine State? – A Legal Analysis [Fortify Rights]
This legal analysis considers whether the ongoing attacks on and persecution of the Rohingya Muslim population in Myanmar constitute genocide, as defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention)
This legal analysis prepared for Fortify Rights.
This legal analysis considers whether...
ACSC/APF2015 Conference Engaging 27th ASEAN Summit Workshop: “People-Centered ASEAN Community: Making It Happen”
The Regional Steering Committee (RSC) with the endorsement of the Malaysian National Organizing Committee (NOC) have decided to organize the ACSC/APF2015 Conference. As you may know, Malaysia is the current Chair for ASEAN for 2015 and hence will be hosting the 27th ASEAN Summit this year.
Warm greetings from the...
Half Empty: Burma’s political parties and their human rights commitments [FIDH Press Conference]
After almost two months of election campaigning by Burma’s political parties, what do we know about their human rights agenda? FIDH investigated and the results are out. Find out what political parties plan to do with regard to religious discrimination, media freedom, accountability for past crimes, domestic and international...
