The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Institutionalising Human Rights in Southeast Asia - Hardcover

Tan, Hsien-Li

 
9781107004498: The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Institutionalising Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1107004497 ISBN 13: 9781107004498
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This assessment of progress in Southeast Asia on human rights begins in the wake of the 'Asian values' debate and culminates in the formal regional institutionalisation of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Chapters examine the arduous negotiation of AICHR, the evolving relationship between ASEAN states' and the international human rights system, and the historical and experiential reasons for hesitancy. The text concludes with a discussion of how the evolving right to development impacts upon AICHR and international human rights in general, and how their preference for economic, social and development rights could help ASEAN states shape the debate.

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About the Author

Tan Hsien-Li is the Executive Director of the 'ASEAN: Integration Through Law' project at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore, which investigates the role of law and the rule of law in Asian legal integration.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107004497
ISBN 13 
9781107004498
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
324