http://www.aseanhrmech.org The Initiative for an Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission for Southeast Asia http://www.aseanhrmech.org/images/rwg-logo.gif http://www.aseanhrmech.org/news/wg-cohosts-workshop-on-hrda.htm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.aseanhrmech.org/news/phil-aichr-rep-dialogues-with-cso-of-aseanhrd.htm Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.aseanhrmech.org/news/working-group-meets-aichr-engagements-and-activites.htm Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:10:00 GMT 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. http://aseanhrmech.org/news/aichr-forms-drafting-group-for-hr-declaration.htm Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:20:00 GMT 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. http://aseanhrmech.org/news/sixth-meeting-of-the-aichr-concluded.htm Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:20:00 GMT 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. http://www.aseanhrmech.org/news/cso-dialogues-with-asean-community-blueprints.htm Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:00:00 GMT On 22-23 February 2011, the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism organized a discussion to identify the human rights impact and implications of the ASEAN Community Blueprints in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. Participants include representatives of the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), Ministries of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN government line agencies working on or handling the discussions on the ASEAN Community Blueprints, and participants from international and regional civil society organizations. http://aseanhrmech.org/news/human-rights-in-asean-seen-as-paper-tiger.htm Fri, 22 Oct 20010 21:31:00 GMT Experts reacted cautiously to the human rights mechanisms put forward at the first international conference on human rights in Southeast Asia in Bangkok yesterday. http://aseanhrmech.org/news/kapihan-on-human-rights-the-first-100-days.htm Fri, 22 Oct 20010 21:30:00 GMT On 08 October 2010, around 120 people took part in the Kapihan on Human Rights: The First 100 Days which was organized by the Philippine Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (PWG) and held at the Amphitheater of the Ateneo Professional Schools in Makati City. Organized as a forum to assess the attention and priority paid by government to human rights issues during the early days of the Aquino administration, the Kapihan's participants were predominantly representatives of human rights NGOs and CSOs which regularly engage and/or partner with government agencies and institutions in their respective advocacies. http://www.aseanhrmech.org/news/press-release-of-the-third-aichr.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2010 11:50:00 GMT The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Third Meeting from 20-24 September 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.aseanhrmech.org/news/index.html Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:56:00 GMT Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism News Archive