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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>
Statement
of the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism on
the arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
The Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism expresses
its continued dismay at the recent state of affairs involving
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her aides. We call on the Government
of the Union of Myanmar to rectify this disturbing situation
and to implement its 2003 Roadmap to Democracy which includes
the commitment to release political prisoners such as Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi. More>
National
Workshop Forum on the AHRB
On February 13, 2009, the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines
(TFDP) and the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates
(PAHRA), both members of the Philippine Working Group for
an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, held a National Workshop
Forum on Civil Society inputs to the Draft Terms of Reference
(ToR) for the establishment of an ASEAN Human Rights Body
(AHRB). With support from the Asian Forum for Human Rights
and Development (FORUM-ASIA) around 45 representatives from
non-government and people’s organization attended and
actively participated in the discussions.
View the Summary of Proceedings of the National Workshop
Forum on Civil Society Advocacy Strategies on the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Human Rights Body here.
UP
Professor Heads UN Advisory Body
Hernandez to lead disarmament, security
board
MANILA, Philippines—Carolina Hernandez, professor
emeritus at the University of the Philippines, has been named
chair of the United Nations Advisory Board on Disarmament
Matters which advises the UN Secretary General on matters
involving global security, nuclear arms and energy.
Hernandez, who first joined the UN Advisory Board in January
2006 at the invitation of former UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan, was informed of her appointment as chair of the 20-member
international advisory committee in a letter dated Dec. 29,
2008, signed by Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for
Disarmament Affairs.
The 67-year-old Hernandez replaces Polish diplomat Adam Daniel
Rotfeld of the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
The other members of the international body are diplomats
and security experts from United States, United Kingdom, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy, Russia, China, Israel, Belgium, Brazil,
Mexico and Sri Lanka. More>
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