ASEAN rights declaration needs fine tuning –watchdog:
MANILA, Philippines - A human rights watchdog has urged foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make a public commitment to ensure that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration would fully comply with international human rights standards, saying a current draft of the declaration should be immediately released to civil society organizations.
“ASEAN’s self-proclaimed ‘people’s ASEAN’ that values participation was spurned during the drafting of the Human Rights Declaration, which has been kept secret throughout a wholly inadequate consultation process,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a statement emai...
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MANILA, Philippines - A human rights watchdog has urged foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to make a public commitment to ensure that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration would fully comply with international human rights standards, saying a current draft of the declaration should be immediately released to civil society organizations.
“ASEAN’s self-proclaimed ‘people’s ASEAN’ that values participation was spurned during the drafting of the Human Rights Declaration, which has been kept secret throughout a wholly inadequate consultation process,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a statement emai...
Keep on reading: ASEAN rights declaration needs fine tuning –watchdog
comments: chameleons :)
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