Civil Society Organizations Worry ASEAN Human Rights Declaration Falls Short of International Standards

In July of this year, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) delivered to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers a draft of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.  The draft is the result of multiple sessions of the AICHR and is scheduled to be adopted this November.  One of the stated goals

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