Tag: Regional Human Rights System
Parliamentarians From 50 Countries Call for Greater Religious Freedom
Concerned about increasing restrictions on religious freedom worldwide, parliamentarians from more than 50 countries have pledged to pursue efforts to strengthen and promote freedom of religion or belief in their work at the national, regional and global levels.
by editor · September 25, 2015
Source: www.bic.org
NEW YORK—23 September 2015
Concerned about increasing...
Commentary: Is Asean Losing Its Way?
The Association of Southeast Asia Nations has prided itself on its “Asean Way” – an informal and non-legalistic way of doing business, especially its culture of consultations and consensus that have resolved disputes peacefully. That way of doing may be fading among signs the group’s unity is seriously eroding....
U.S. drops Cuba and Malaysia from human trafficking blacklist
Human rights advocates on Monday accused the State Department of making political calculations when it upgraded Malaysia and Cuba in the annual ranking of where countries stand in combating human trafficking.
By Carol Morello July 27
Human rights advocates on Monday accused the State Department of making political calculations when it...
MYANMAR: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR STARTS OFFICIAL VISIT
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, started her third official visit to the country yesterday, from 3 to 7 August
MYANMAR, August 04, 2015 - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, started her third official visit to the country yesterday, from 3 to 7...
Human rights division proposed for ASEAN Secretariat
Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi proposed on Wednesday the establishment of a human rights division at the ASEAN Secretariat as one of several measures that she said could strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights in the region.
thejakartapost.com, Jakarta | National | Wed, August 05 2015, 2:56 PM
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Special Report: State Department watered down human trafficking report
In the weeks leading up to a critical annual U.S. report on human trafficking that publicly shames the world’s worst offenders, human rights experts at the State Department concluded that trafficking conditions hadn’t improved in Malaysia and Cuba. And in China, they found, things had grown worse.
Politics | Mon...
UN Rights Envoy Says Meeting With Myanmar’s Rohingya Blocked
A U.N. human rights envoy said her whirlwind visit to Myanmar was marred by disappointments: She was barred from meeting long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims and talks with several senior officials were denied or canceled at the last minute. And when she met with government critics, security officials were there, quietly...
Indonesia against notion to form ASEAN union
“A union is not for ASEAN. It’s impossible for us. With a union, we will integrate as one state and we can’t make our own economic policy for our own interest,” Donna told thejakartapost.com.
Marguerite Afra Sapiie, thejakartapost.com, Jakarta | National | Wed, November 18 2015, 11:43 PM
Indonesia is persisting...
Vietnam intensifies protection of women, children’s rights under ASEAN
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs recently held a conference on directions for the operation of the Vietnam chapter of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
VNA Sunday, November 29, 2015 - 17:04:29
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of...
Making the ASEAN Economic Community human rights-friendly
The ASEAN Economic Community should insert human rights rules into its implementation plan before integrating the vast Southeast Asian market.
Haris Azhar 28 January 2016
About the author
Haris Azhar is coordinator of KontraS, a national Indonesian rights group based in Jakarta
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) “Economic Community” just ran...
