Press Release: AICHR Regional Forum on Media and Human Rights in ASEAN, 16 & 17 May 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) organised the AICHR Regional Forum on Media and Human Rights in ASEAN on 16 and 17 May 2016 at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur. The Forum was led by AICHR-Malaysia working in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign...
Press Release of the 21st Meeting of the AICHR, 5 – 9 April 2016, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its 21st Meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta from 5 to 9 April 2016. The annual meeting at the ASEAN Secretariat is one of the two main meetings of the AICHR. This is the first time the...
List of Civil Society Organisations with Consultative Relationship with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
Upon deliberation at the 19th Meeting of the AICHR, the AICHR is pleased to announce the list of CSOs with successful applications for Consultative Relationship with the AICHR as follows: Child Rights Coalition Asia MARUAH (Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, Singapore) Persatuan Penyandang...
Consultative Relationship with the AICHR
Application Form for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) applying for Consultative Relationship with the AICHR is now available. Those wishing to have their application discussed at the next AICHR Meeting which will be held from 5 to 9 April 2016, please submit the Application Form along with...
Press Release of the 20th Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Vientiane, Lao PDR, 4 – 5 February 2016
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) successfully convened the 20th Meeting of the AICHR on 4 and 5 February 2016 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Phoukhong Sisoulath, the Chair of the AICHR and the Representative of Lao PDR...
Press Release: The AICHR Regional Dialogue on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, 1 – 3 December 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
On 1st to 3rd December 2015, the ASEAN Intergovernmental on Human Rights (AICHR) successfully convened its first Regional Dialogue on the Mainstreaming of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community with the support of Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). The regional dialogue was led by...
Press Release of the 19th Meeting of the AICHR, 27 – 29 November 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) successfully convened its 19th Meeting from 27 to 29 November 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the Chair of the AICHR and the Representative of...
PRESS RELEASE: AICHR – SOMTC Joint Workshop on Human Rights-based Approach to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, 5 – 6 November 2015, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
As ASEAN draws closer to the adoption of the ASEAN Convention on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP) and the ASEAN Plan of Action (APA), the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) organised its...
PRESS RELEASE: AICHR Regional Workshop on the Role of Youth in Promoting Human Rights in ASEAN: Making Rights A Reality, 30 & 31 October 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) led by H.E. Tan Sri Dr. Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR organized the “Regional Workshop on the Role of Youth in Promoting Human Rights in ASEAN: Making Rights A Reality” on 30 and...
Joint Press Release: EU-ASEAN POLICY DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS: AICHR, ACWC, ACW, ACMW, ASEC VISIT TO BRUSSELS, 19 – 23 October 2015
On 19 and 20 October 2015, the EU and ASEAN held a first policy dialogue on Human Rights as part of a one-week visit in Brussels of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the ASEAN Commission on the promotion and Protection of the...