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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>
Regional
Workshop and Consultation on Business and Human Rights
Last December 11-12, 2012, the Working Group for an ASEAN
Human Rights Mechanism, in partnership with the Philippine
Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR), in collaboration with UNWOMEN, and supported
by the Canadian International Development Agency and the Friedrich
Naumann Foundation, conducted the Regional Workshop and Consultation
on Business and Human Rights at the Bayview Hotel, in Singapore.
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CSO Recommendations during the 2nd Philippine Consultation
on the AHRD
 On
15 June 2012, the Philippine Working Group for an
ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism organized its 2nd
Consultation on the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
(AHRD) with Amb. Rosario Manalo, Philippine
Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR). The focus of the consultation is to
update civil society organizations on the current developments
on the AHRD and elicit inputs and recommendations for the
draft Declaration. More>
Working
Group Co-Hosts Workshop on Human Rights and Development in
ASEAN
 Bangkok,
Thailand – The Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights
Mechanism, in partnership with the International Commission
of Jurists, concluded its Workshop on Human Rights and Development
in ASEAN with a more profound understanding of a human rights-based
approach (HRBA) to development and commitment to the implementation
of HRBA to development plans, programs and policies.
Among the themes discussed at the Workshop were: the centrality
of development to the human person, the equal importance of
HRBA to development both as a means and an end, and the significance
of developing HRBA to development nationally, while taking
into consideration universal human rights principles. 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.
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