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The Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism’s
primary goal is to establish a regional human rights commission
for the ASEAN. More>
Philippine AICHR Representative Dialogues with CSOs on the
ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
 With
the recent developments on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
(AHRD), the Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights
Mechanism saw it relevant and timely to organize a workshop
and consultation with Ambassador Rosario G. Manalo, Philippine
Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR), to engage civil society in a transparent
and open discussion on the provisions and principles that
should be reflected in the AHRD. More>
Working
Group Meets with the AICHR; Discusses Engagements and Activities
On 01 July 2011, the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights
Mechanism met with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission
on Human Rights (AICHR) during its Sixth Meeting in Vientiane,
Lao PDR to share the results of its activities that support
the goals of the AICHR and discuss future engagements with
the AICHR. This was the second meeting between the two groups,
the first one held in September 2010 in Kuala Lumpur during
the Third Meeting of the AICHR.
More>
AICHR
Forms Drafting Group for Human Rights Declaration
During its Sixth Meeting in Vientiane, Lao P.D.R, the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) set up
a group to formulate draft of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
(AHRD) to be submitted to it for deliberation and negotiation.More>
Sixth
Meeting of the AICHR Concluded
 Representatives
of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
(AICHR) concluded their sixth meeting held from 28 June-2
July 2011 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Discussed during the meeting
were the AICHR’s Annual Budget, Five-Year Work Plan,
Annual Report to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, and
several proposed activities. The AICHR met with the Drafting
Group it has set up to formulate the draft of the ASEAN Human
Rights Declaration, scheduled to be completed and submitted
for consideration by the AICHR in December 2011. More>
Press
Release of the Fifth ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights
The Fifth ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
(AICHR) Meeting was held from 25 – 29 April 2011 in
Jakarta, Indonesia. This Meeting was the second meeting of
AICHR in 2011 Chaired by the Indonesian Representative, Chair
of AICHR.
The Meeting welcomed the opening remarks delivered by H.E.
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, the Secretary-General of ASEAN. He underscored
the role of AICHR and its significant contribution towards
the achievement of an ASEAN Community in 2015. The Secretary-General
stressed the importance of the drafting of the ASEAN Human
Rights Declaration, which will be a roadmap for the regional
human rights development. More>
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