Author: ADHOC- Cambodia

Civil Society Condemns AICHR for Refusing to Meet, Calls for Draft Rules of Procedure to be Made Public and Hold Wider Consultation

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

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Press release: 29 March 2010

Civil Society Condemns AICHR for Refusing to Meet, Calls for Draft Rules of Procedure to be Made Public and Hold Wider Consultation

The Solidarity for Asian Peoples Advocacy Taskforce on ASEAN Human Rights (SAPA TFAHR) is disappointed that only two country representatives of the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR) responded to our request for a meeting in Jakarta today. The purpose of the requested meeting was to present the civil society proposal for the AICHR’s Rules of Procedures (RoP) as the AICHR meets for the first time to draft the RoP. Representatives of civil society organizations from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand went to the ASEAN Secretariat to present the civil society proposal but were disappointed to be informed that not all the country representatives of the AICHR would be meeting them.

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Civil Society Condemns AICHR for Refusing to Meet, Calls for Draft Rules of Procedure to be Made Public and Hold Wider Consultation

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

Reference no: 1

Press Release: 29 March 2010

Civil Society Condemns AICHR for Refusing to Meet, Calls for Draft Rules of Procedure to be Made Public and Hold Wider Consultation

Today at Jakarta, the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR) rejected the request of civil society organisations from the Solidarity for Asian Peoples Advocacy Taskforce on ASEAN Human Rights (SAPA TFAHR) to meet with them. The purpose of the requested meeting was to present the civil society proposal for the AICHR Rules of Procedures (RoP) as AICHR meets to draft the RoP. Representatives of civil society organizations from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand went to the ASEAN Secretariat to present the civil society proposal but were disappointed to be informed that the AICHR would not be meeting them.

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ASEAN Human Rights Body Must Not Turn a Blind Eye on Human Rights Violations in the Region

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

Immediate Release
28th March 2010
ASEAN Human Rights Body Must Not Turn a Blind Eye on Human Rights Violations in the Region

JAKARTA, INDONESIA, 28 March 2010.
Today, in Jakarta, non-governmental organizations in Southeast Asia call on the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to address severe violations of human rights in the South East Asia region. “AICHR has to protect us, the peoples in ASEAN”, said Khin Ohmar of Burma. “For instance, crimes against humanity and war crimes such as extra-judicial killing and military rape against ethnic minorities in Burma occur on daily basis with impunity.”
From Indonesia, a group of women survivors from the 1965 mass killing of suspected communists expressed their frustration over the Indonesian government for lack of acknowledgement and addressing the injustice. “We want the AICHR to push the Indonesian government to answer our calls to redress justice and reparation”, said Sumini, 81 years old.

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Open letter to the Honourable Representatives to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)

- by ADHOC- Cambodia

Open Letter
Open letter to the Honourable Representatives to the ASEAN
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)

Paris – Bangkok, March 26, 2010

Excellencies,
We are writing to you ahead of the upcoming first formal session of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), to take place from 28 March to 1st April 2010 in Jakarta. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the establishment of the first body of its kind in the Asian region last year, and we believe that this new institution has a real potential to advance human rights in South East Asia. The establishment of the Commission itself is a milestone, in spite of the weaknesses of the Terms of Reference (TOR) under which it was established. The challenge is now to build up an effective institution that will be accountable to the peoples of ASEAN and have the capacity to truly promote and protect human rights. In our view, the strengthening of the Commission will largely depend on the commitment of its members.

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