Joint Press Release – The 6th ASEAN-EU Policy Dialogue on Human Rights, 15 October 2025 and Side Event: ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Intensifying Actions and Overcoming Barriers in Implementing Business and Human Rights and Environment in ASEAN and EU, 16-17 October 2025, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang, Malaysia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kuala Lumpur, 15-17 October 2025: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), through the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), and the European Union (EU) conducted the 6th ASEAN-EU Policy Dialogue on Human Rights and related side event. The programme marked another milestone in...
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Press Release on Human Rights, Telecommunication Network Fraud and Online Scamming
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 26 SEPTEMBER 2025 - The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) recognises the growing concern over telecommunication network fraud and online scamming that exploit vulnerable individuals, violate fundamental rights, and erode public trust and personal security in digital and financial systems. These crimes have...
Press Release – Special Meeting 3/2025 of AICHR
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting 3/2025 from 23 to 26 September 2025 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, the Chair and Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, and attended by Representatives and...
AICHR consultation charts path, strategies and recommendations for stronger ASEAN human rights mechanisms to effectively protect human rights
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] PUTRAJAYA, 23 September 2025 – How can ASEAN’s human rights mechanisms be made more effective? This was the primary question in the 70-strong consultation hosted by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) from September 22 to 23 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. “While AICHR is sometimes...
AICHR consultation charts ASEAN’s right-to-development protection path across business, human rights, the environment and climate change
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] BANGI, 22 August 2025 – “Climate change is not just an environmental problem, nor is it just a convenient buzzword. It impedes development by undermining livelihoods in places where survival is already fragile. It deepens inequality, fuels internal tensions and conflicts, and forces families to...
AICHR holds 7th Youth Debate on Human Rights
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] PHNOM PENH, 2 September 2025 – The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), organised by AICHR Cambodia in collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), convened the 7th AICHR Youth Debate on Human Rights, bringing together 21 university students from seven ASEAN Member...
AICHR convenes workshop to promote access to tertiary education in ASEAN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] LUANG PRABANG, 29 August 2025- The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the Regional Workshop on Dissemination of the Outcome of the Thematic Study on the Right to Education: Promotion of Access to Tertiary Education in ASEAN on 28 – 29 August in...
AICHR intensifies ASEAN conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and human rights framework discussions
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] JAKARTA, 15 August 2025 — The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), led by Malaysia with co-proponents Indonesia and Thailand, convened three interlinked peace pathways workshops from 13 to 15 August in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshops are part of Malaysia’s agenda as the ASEAN Chair...
Joint Press release – 6th Interface Meeting between the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) with a Consultative Relationship with AICHR 9 July 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As part of the Special Meeting 2/2025 of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the 6th Interface Meeting between AICHR and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) with a Consultative Relationship with AICHR was held on 9 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This Interface Meeting...
AICHR launches thematic study on the right to peace and peace pathways workshops in ASEAN
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] KUALA LUMPUR, 2 July 2025 – As ASEAN Chair this year, one of Malaysia’s human rights priorities is to enhance regional peace, stability, and security through dialogue and cooperation. Following a period of enhanced consultation, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) adopted its Thematic...