AICHR Reviews ASEAN’s Implementation of the AHRD with Partners, SOMs and CSOs
The great strides ASEAN has made in the field of human rights towards ensuring a more equal, just and peaceful ASEAN Community was celebrated on 28 November 2017. As part of its commemorative activities for the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, and on the occasion of the...
ASEAN conduct training on the linkages between business activities and human rights
BANGKOK, 21 November 2017- The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the AICHR Training Programme on Business and Human Rights on 13-16 November in Bangkok, Thailand. The discussions revolved around the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) on Business and Human Rights in...
Press Release: AICHR Regional Dialogue on Mainstreaming of the Right to Education in the ASEAN Community, 10-12 November 2017, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the AICHR Regional Dialogue on Mainstreaming of the Right to Education in the ASEAN Community. The three-day Dialogue aims at: (a) raising awareness of the right to education as a cross-cutting issue in ASEAN; (b) garnering...
Press Release: ASEAN Meets to Develop a Common Approach and Position on the Right to Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation Under Article 28(e) of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration 2012 (AHRD)
KOTA KINABALU, SABAH, MALAYSIA, 25 to 27 October 2017 – The AICHR’s Regional Consultation on the Right to Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation in ASEAN (with emphasis on rural communities) gathered more than 50 stakeholders to discuss ASEAN Member States’ work in delivering safe drinking...
PRESS RELEASE: Regional Consultation on the Thematic Study on Legal Aid, 11-12 October 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) conducted a two-day Regional Consultation on the Thematic Study on Legal Aid on 11-12 October 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Regional Consultation brought national and regional researchers to share good practices and lessons-learned on legal aid within the...
Press Release: The Philippines Hosts 2nd AICHR ASEAN Legal Human Rights Instrument Workshop
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The 2nd Workshop on the Development of ASEAN Legal Human Rights Instruments was hosted by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Philippines on 13-14 September 2017. In the keynote speech of Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano, which was delivered on his behalf by...
Press Release: AICHR Youth Debate on Human Rights 2017, 4-6 September 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its fourth Youth Debate on Human Rights on 4-6 September 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. About 40 university students from the ten ASEAN Member States participated in the event. The issues debated revolved around the establishment of an ASEAN...
Press Release: AICHR Cross-Sectoral Consultation on the Human Rights based Instruments related to the Implementation of the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Person, especially Women and Children, 29-30 August 2017, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
"It is time to implement the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Person, especially Women and Children (ACTIP) by complying to human rights based approach, given that 7 countries have ratified this convention." This was stated by Representative of Indonesia to AICHR, Dr. Dinna Wisnu at...
Press Release: AICHR-ACWC Training Workshop on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 13-14 July 2017, Singapore
The AICHR-ACWC Training Workshop on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) jointly organised by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) was held...
Press Release: 3rd Meeting of the Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community
The Task Force on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community has concluded its third meeting on 22-23 June 2017 in Phuket, Thailand. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Leo Herrera-Lim, Chair of the AICHR and Representative of the...