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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>
ASEAN
Seeks to Protect and Promote Migrant Workers Rights
About 13.5 million migrant workers from ASEAN Member States
have fanned out to work in other countries across the globe.
Of this number, over 5 million are working within ASEAN. As
part of ASEAN’s commitment to protect and promote the
rights of migrant workers, the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation
of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of
the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) convened the 3rd ASEAN
Forum on Migrant Labour in Ha Noi from 19 to 21 July 2010.
This year’s Forum carried the theme “Enhancing
Awareness and Information Services to Protect the Rights of
Migrant Workers”. More>
Inaugurated:
ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights
of Women and Children
Ha Noi, 7 April 2010
The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the
Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) was inaugurated today
in a ceremony held in Ha Noi in the lead-up towards the 16th
ASEAN Summit.
The inauguration of the Commission was officiated by the Prime
Minister of Viet Nam, H.E. Nguyen Tan Dung, and the Minister
of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, H.E. Mrs Nguyen Thi
Kim Ngan. The inauguration comes within the framework of the
3rd Meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council
(ASCC), which was convened at the National Convention Centre
in Ha Noi. It was witnessed by the ASEAN Ministers responsible
for ASCC and for Social Welfare and Development, in addition
to representatives from the Committee of Permanent Representatives
to ASEAN (CPR), the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights (AICHR), the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on
Social Welfare and Development and the ASEAN Committee on
Women. Representatives from several UN agencies such as UNICEF
and UNIFEM and from relevant ministries in Viet Nam were also
present. More>
The
2010 Presidential Hopefuls and a Human Rights Agenda
 For
its latest Kapihan, the Philippine Working Group
for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (PWG) decided to move
away from its traditional forum on the prevailing human rights
situation in the country. According to PWG Chairperson Wigberto
E. Tañada, the reformatting of this particular Kapihan
was critical in light of the 2010 elections and the significance
of getting the presidential candidates to present and commit
to a concrete human rights action plan.
This Kapihan entitled “Towards a Meaningful
Human Rights Agenda,” will be conducted in a two-part
forum series. The first one, which was held last 12 January
2010, gathered the basic and/or marginalized sectors and afforded
them the opportunity to discuss priority issues which they
believe should be included in the next administration’s
human rights agenda. Representatives from groups working with
labor, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, women,
youth, civil and political rights, indigenous peoples, urban
poor, fisherfolks and farmers, the public sector, children
and LGBTs were present in the said forum wherein apart from
highlighting their human rights concerns, participants were
also given the opportunity to make recommendations and suggestions
on how to address such issues. More>
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