Tag: Economic and Social Rights
The Cost of Cambodia’s Development
The country has grand plans, but not everyone is a winner.
The country has grand plans, but not everyone is a winner.
By Nathan A. Thompson
March 11, 2016
When Ieng Ty first stepped onto Otres beach in southern Cambodia, it was empty. He stood for a while, looking over translucent green waters...
Mekong River Governance and ASEAN Community Building
The Mekong River management should be regarded as one of the core issues of ASEAN
March 11, 2016
Chheang Vannarith
The Mekong River Basin is the biggest inland fishery in the world. Sustainable governance of the Mekong River is vital to ASEAN Community building, given that the Mekong River basin is the...
Where Is Southeast Asia in the Panama Papers?
Southeast Asia did not escape investigations by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) into the offshore accounts that passed through the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca
By Luke Hunt
April 14, 2016
By any benchmark, the Panama Papers has emerged as a great piece of journalism. The sheer scale of the...
Suaram: Monitor graft instead of transgenders
Suaram calls for stop to demonisation of transgenders and for LGBT not to be denied jobs.
PETALING JAYA: Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) community should be given jobs if they are qualified for them.
Commenting on the issue of the police only accepting heterosexual men and women...
Reintegration: the Forgotten Side of Migration in ASEAN
In fact, the ASEAN Community, specifically its economic pillar called the ASEAN Economic Community, excludes migrant workers from its blueprints to turn ASEAN into a single market and production base.
By Tess Bacalla
MANILA, Apr 29 (Reporting ASEAN) — Marilyn Sakiwat, 55, looked forward to coming home to the Philippines for...
Timor Leste and Asean nations up reforms, push for minimum wage: WEF forum
Timor Leste, which is eyeing the 11th place in the Asean grouping, has embarked on numerous reforms to accelerate the level of private investments into the country.
BY RUPA DAMODARAN - 2 JUNE 2016 @ 11:02 AM
KUALA LUMPUR: Timor Leste, which is eyeing the 11th place in the Asean grouping,...
ASEAN single market could be as large as TPP: economist
The integration of ASEAN ought to be more thoroughly explained to the people of Southeast Asia in order to speed up the creation of a single-market with the potential to be as large as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Anton Hermansyah | The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Mon, April 25 2016 |...
Tax reform as new human rights agenda
Today, we see more enthusiasm for tax reform in Indonesia. Although opposed by some civil society groups, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration continues to push its fiscal framework reform — which includes a tax amnesty and more incentives for taxpayers.
Nurkholis Hidayat | Jakarta
Tue, August 30 2016 | 07:20 am
Today,...
As ASEAN turns 50, rights lag behind economic openness
As the international backlash continues over Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, the lack of due process and the consequent deaths of “suspects” in his campaign, ASEAN, along with its individual member states, has been characteristically silent.
Manila | Wed, October 12 2016 | 09:00 am
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Junta’s grip tightens
As Thailand prepares to crown a new king, there are few signs that the upheaval will bring democratic reform.
By: Blueisblue5 Posted: 11/10/2016
A majority of Thais endure tough working conditions. Source: Wikimedia
As Thailand prepares to crown a new king, there are few signs that the upheaval will bring democratic reform.
Instead...
