Human Rights: ASEAN’s Changing Perspectives

June 2, 2021June 11, 2021 Hrrc Asean Insights on Southeast Asia and Human Rights

ASEAN’S VIEW on human rights is changing ─ as seen in the last ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting hosted virtually by Vietnam from 9-12 September 2020. This could be detected in the paragraphs of the joint communique discussing the crisis in Rakhine state in Myanmar.

Human rights as an issue has drawn ASEAN attention especially since 2017 when 700,000 Muslim Rohingya fled from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to Bangladesh after a brutal Myanmar military crackdown against the Rohingya allegedly following attacks by Rohingya insurgents. It represents the clearest case of a violation of human rights by an ASEAN country today.

The Publication of “Human Rights in ASEAN: Indonesian and International Perspectives.”

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Hrrc Asean ASEAN, News, Rule of Law, Vulnerable Groups

1 March 2021 The Human Rights Resource Centre, with the generous support of Universitas Indonesia, published its latest publication, “Human Rights in ASEAN: Indonesian and International Perspectives.” The book, composed as a manifestation of the Centre and Universitas Indonesia’s commitment to increase the academic discourse on ASEAN and Human Rights, was published by World Scientific, […]

HRRC Chairman’s Speech at Responsible and Inclusive Business Forum.

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Hrrc Asean All, Speech

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR ONG KENG YONG, FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ASEAN, CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE (HRRC), AND PRESENTLY IN THE S. RAJARATNAM SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (RSIS), NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE, AT THE ASEAN RESPONSIBLE & INCLUSIVE BUSINESS FORUM, ON THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 2020, SINGAPORE. . Good morning, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State […]

Summer Institute 2019: “The State of Rules-based Development”

February 3, 2020February 5, 2020 Hrrc Asean AICHR, ASEAN, News, Summer Institute, WSD Handa Center

Jakarta, 26-27 October 2019. The Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC) hosted the Summer Institute 2019: “The State of Rules-based Development” on 26-27 October 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The key objective of this Workshop is to increase awareness of the rules-based development in the building of the ASEAN Community, and how far ASEAN has transformed itself […]

Summer Institute 2019 “ASEAN: The State of Rules-based Development”

October 15, 2019November 2, 2019 Hrrc Asean ASEAN, Events, Rule of Law, Summer Institute

The Summer Institute will be held over 1.5 days from 26-27 October in Jakarta. The first day will be focused on providing training to the participants, including discussions on strengthening the rule of law and what needs to be done at the national level to help ASEAN economic integration and improve good governance in building […]

SEAHRN’S Fifth International Conference on Human Rights and Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia: How to Regain the Momentum for Human Rights in A Shifting World

November 3, 2018February 3, 2020 Hrrc Asean ISEAS, News, SEAHRN

Manila, 15-17 October 2018. The Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network (SEAHRN) held its fifth international conference on human rights and peace and conflict last week, with the theme “Making it Matter: Empowering Societies for Human Rights and Dignity in Southeast Asia”. Co-organized also by Human Rights Center of Ateneo de Manila University, the Department […]

AICHR CSO Symposium 2018: Enhancing CSO Engagement With ASEAN Human Rights Bodies

October 25, 2018November 5, 2018 Hrrc Asean ACWC, AICHR, ASEAN, News, NHRIs, SOMSWD, Thailand, UNDP, UNESCAP

Chiang Rai, 13 – 15 October 2018 On 13-15 October 2018 AICHR held CSO Symposium 2018. The forum, aimed at furthering communication and coordination between the Commission and its counterpart ASEAN bodies and other relevant organizations, was attended by the AICHR Representatives as well as delegates from 20 civil society organizations with consultative relationship with […]

HRRC and WSD Handa Center Launch the Results of Trafficking in Persons Data Collection Study “Understanding the Landscape of Human Trafficking Data Collection in ASEAN and Promoting Government and Civil Society-Led Promising Practices”

April 2, 2018February 5, 2020 Cess Principe ACMW, ACTIP, ACWC, AICHR, ASEAN, News

Jakarta, 29 March 2018 – The Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC) and the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University (WSD Handa Center) successfully launched the results of the study “Understanding the Landscape of Human Trafficking Data Collection in ASEAN and Promoting Government- and Civil Society-Led Promising Practices” on 29 March 2018 […]

Launch Event: “Understanding the Landscape of Human Trafficking Data Collection in ASEAN and Promoting Government- and Civil Society-Led Promising Practices”

March 27, 2018October 15, 2019 Cess Principe ACTIP, ACWC, AICHR, ASEAN, Events, SOMTC, WSD Handa Center

The Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC) and the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University (WSD Handa Center) will be launching the results of the study “Understanding the Landscape of Human Trafficking Data Collection in ASEAN and Promoting Government- and Civil Society-Led Promising Practices” on 29 March 2018 at the Le Meridien […]

HRRC Hosts Summer Institute on Trade, Investment, and the Rule of Law in ASEAN

February 1, 2018February 5, 2020 Cess Principe ACMW, AEC, AICHR, ASCC, ASEAN, ASPC, Business & Human Rights, News, Rule of Law, Trade and Investment

Bali, 29-30 January 2018 – The Human Rights Resource Centre (HRRC) hosted the 2017 Summer Institute in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Summer Institute) with the theme “Trade, Investment, and Rule of Law in ASEAN” on 29 and 30 January 2018, in Conrad Hotel, Bali, Indonesia. H.E. Ambassador, Ong Keng Yong, Chairperson of HRRC’s […]

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