Press Release – AICHR Official Visit to Switzerland, 30 September – 2 October 2023, Geneva & Berne, Switzerland
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) held its Official Visit to Switzerland from 30 September to 2 October 2023 in Geneva and Berne, with Timor-Leste’s participation as an observer. AICHR Representatives met with Officials of the Peace and Human Rights Division, the Asia and...
Press Release – 1st AICHR-UN Dialogue on Human Rights, 27-29 September 2023, Geneva, Switzerland
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the United Nations (UN) held the 1st AICHR-UN Dialogue on Human Rights from 27 to 29 September 2023 in Geneva as one of the follow-ups from AICHR annual engagement with the Office of the High Commissioner...
ASEAN human rights body convenes dialogue for a torture-free Southeast Asia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] JAKARTA, 3 September 2023 – The ASEAN Dialogue in Realising Southeast Asia as a Torture-Free Region was held on 28-29 August 2023 at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. The dialogue served as a platform for sharing practices and initiatives of ASEAN Member States (AMS) and...
AICHR hosts dialogue on protection of rights of women and children in ASEAN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] JAKARTA, 3 September 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) conducted the AICHR Cross-Sectoral Dialogue on the Effective Implementation of ASEAN Commitments on Human Rights of Women and Children on 25 August 2023 at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main purpose...
AICHR launches regional study on human rights and migration management
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] JAKARTA, 3 September 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) launched the study on human rights and migration management for the most vulnerable groups in ASEAN on 25 August at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. The study examined the existing migration management...
AICHR hosts second ASEAN Community Council Dialogue on Human Rights
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] JAKARTA, 3 September 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) hosted the second ASEAN Community Council Dialogue on Human Rights on 24 August at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. The purposes of the dialogue were to consult ASEAN Sectoral Bodies on how...
The 1st ASEAN Environmental Rights Working Group Meeting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ASEAN Environmental Rights Working Group (AER WG) convened the 1st Meeting on 21-22 August 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Prof. Dr. Amara Pongsapich, Representative of Thailand to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and was attended by...
AICHR launches two training resources on trafficking in persons
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] JAKARTA, 1 August 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) launched two training resources related to countering trafficking in persons, especially women and children on 21 July. The launch was held in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the World Day Against Trafficking...
AICHR Consults on Referral Systems for Gender-based Violence, Trafficking in Persons
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] YOGYAKARTA, 10 July 2023 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) conducted the second Consultation on Human Rights and Countering Trafficking in Persons focusing on referral systems for gender-based violence (GBV) and trafficking in persons (TIP) in ASEAN on 26-28 June. The consultation was...
Press Release of Special Meeting 1/2023 of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the Special Meeting 1/2023 of AICHR from 8 to 12 July 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Wahyuningrum, Representative of Indonesia to AICHR, and was attended by Representatives/Alternate Representatives of AICHR, and the...