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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>
Visayan
Civil Society Organizations Meet, Give Recommendations for
ASEAN Human Rights Body
 Workshop
groups discuss grassroot concerns for the ASEAN human rights
body.
Human rights organizations, Church groups, party- lists, and
other grass roots-based groups from the Visayas in the Philippines
gathered in Cebu City on July 31, 2008 to contribute their
recommendations for the proposed human rights body of the
Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN). The activity was organized by the
Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
(PWG) and two of its member organizations, the Task
Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) and the Philippine
Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA). More>
Senior
Officials to Endorse a Meeting Between Panel which will Draft
the ASEAN Human Rights Body and the Working Group
The Working Group (left) and ASEAN Senior Officials (right)
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The High
Level Panel on the Drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Body
(HLP) may have first convened on July 21, 2008 but discussions
on the ASEAN human rights body had taken place throughout the
course of the 41ST ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting (AMM). One of the most notable was the dialogue
between ASEAN Senior Officials and the Working Group for an
ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (Working Group) on July 19, 2008.
The Working Group reiterated its call for a realistic timeline
for the drafting of the terms of reference (ToR) which will
define the structure and mandate of the ASEAN human rights
body. In addition, they discussed specific recommendations
for this that was culled from civil society and government
agency representatives during the 7th
Workshop on the ASEAN Regional Mechanism on Human Rights.
More>
41st
Ministerial Meeting: ASEAN Acknowledges Working Group’s
Efforts
Foreign Ministers of the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) closed the 41st
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in Singapore on July 21,
2008 with the release of a Joint Communiqué, a document
which summed up their discussions. Among issues like regional
security, narrowing the development gap, and disaster management,
the Joint Communiqué mentioned steps taken for the ASEAN
Charter and human rights in the region. On this issue, the
Foreign Ministers acknowledged the role of the Working Group
for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism: More>
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