Volker Türk Geneva, Switzerland ● Fri, November 18, 2022 2022-11-18 05:55 138 c5efdab62cf99b86ccd9cf6482dba68b 2 Academia ASEAN,human-rights,freedom,declaration,AICHR,Phnom-penh,Myanmar,independence,Diversity Free This week marks the 10 th anniversary of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, which held out great promise for achieving a more people-centered community, anchored in respect for human rights. ASEAN members have made important progress in economic and social development in particular, and deepened their sense of shared identity. Through different platforms and forums, ASEAN has also assumed a central role in regional security discussions. The regional group is to be commended for trying to find ways to complement the international human rights system as an expression of the universality of human rights. The challenge now is ensuring its mechanisms evolve so that they can have real impact on the lives of all of its peoples today and tomorrow. The declaration, as it stands, is not perfect – notably omitting reference to a number of fundamental rights, such as freedom of association, while unnecessarily qualifying others, and framing them as subject to sometimes problematic national laws. The declaration would also have benefited from broader engagement with civil society actors during the drafting process. It was preceded by the welcome establishment of… Read full this story
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