Tag: Regional Human Rights System
ASEAN youth forum advocates cooperation
Developing countries like Burma, Cambodia and Laos will be helped by Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore with investment and human resource, said Ko Htet Swe Win, a youth leader at the recent ASEAN Youth Forum in Rangoon.
“There will be job opportunities for us,” and challenges, he said in the forum’s...
ASEAN People’s Forum kicks off in Rangoon
Burma’s assumption of the ASEAN chair this year was as a significant milestone for its reformist government, eager to cast off its reputation as the ten-country bloc’s human rights bête noire.
For Burmese civil society organisations, the ASEAN chairmanship has brought with it opportunities unimaginable in the recent past. Starting...
The failure of ASEAN leadership?
CANBERRA, Australia – It was a packed auditorium – a surprisingly gentle and curious audience at the Australian National University (ANU) looking for reasons to be excited about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a 10-member grouping of more than 630 million people that represents Australia’s 2nd largest...
We took our human rights issues to Geneva because Putrajaya shut its doors on us, says NGO
Civil society groups had to take their complaints of human rights violations in Malaysia to Geneva as Putrajaya had closed its doors to discussion, a representative of a non-governmental organisation said.
Jerald Joseph, director of Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (Komas), said there was not even a response to letters sent to...
Malaysia must pay heed to human rights – Proham & GMM
Proham and the Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) hosted a roundtable discussion on the final Universal Periodic Review Working Group report which was discussed and agreed upon on March 20 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
This RTD was held on April 10 at GMM and was attended...
A champion of women’s rights
AMBASSADOR Rosario Manalo, senior diplomat and educator, has won fierce debates to place women’s rights on the global agenda at the height of the cold war era.
But one battle breaks the heart of this veteran diplomat who is known for her stern, brilliant engagement in international and regional diplomacy:...
AICHR can do more to protect Asean citizens
The fate of Laotian civil society activist Sombath Somphone will serve as a test case on whether the dictum of a people-oriented Asean community, expounded recently by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, or people-centred community advocated by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, is genuine and sincere. Since December 2012,...
The AICHR and ACWC Consultation Meeting
In an effort to foster greater engagement and functional cooperation, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held a consultation meeting with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) on 25 April 2014 at the ASEAN Secretariat. This was...
Press Release – 15th Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its 15th Meeting, at the ASEAN Secretariat from 22 – 24 and 26 – 27 April 2014. The meeting was chaired by H.E. U Kyaw Tint Swe, the Representative of Myanmar to AICHR and the Chair of the AICHR. The...
PH calls for cooperation in curbing human trafficking in ASEAN region
Manila, Philippines --- Solid cooperation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is needed to effectively address the perennial problem of human trafficking, according to Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila de Lima.
Speaking before the delegates of the 4th ASEAN Workshop on Criminal Justice Responses to...
