Human Rights and ASEAN: Indonesian and International Perspectives

Human Rights in ASEAN: Indonesian and International Perspectives is a collection of 13 essays that not only offers fresh new insights on the different facets of human rights and their protection in ASEAN, but also 'insider' accounts of the development of the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission for Human Rights. These valuable perspectives have never been shared publicly, and offer a view from both the state and non-governmental organisations' (NGO) perspectives. In addition to these valuable perspectives, this book offers a number of significant case studies of how human rights has been implemented, and the challenges it faces in ASEAN in general, and in Indonesia particularly.

Kevin YL Tan is Visiting Professor at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he teaches Public International Law and International Human Rights. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS), where he teaches Constitutional and Administrative Law, Singapore Law in Context, and Law and Society. He has written and edited over 50 books on the law, history, and politics of Singapore. He is Board Member of the Human Rights Resource Centre. David Cohen is Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University. A leading expert in the fields of human rights, international law, and transitional justice, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1979 to 2012, and was the founding Director of the Berkeley War Crimes Study Center which moved to Stanford in 2013 as the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice. He has served as Advisor to the Human Rights Research Centre since its inception. Aviva Nababan is a human rights researcher and educator and a language consultant (Indonesian and English). Aviva has a Bachelor's degree in Education and Master's degrees in International Relations and Theories and Practice of Human Rights. Her past stints include developing and implementing programs on transitional justice, human rights education, and criminal justice reform for Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI), a collaborative program between the East West Center and the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Stanford University (formerly the UC Berkeley War Crimes Study Center) in Jakarta and Cambodia. She was the Rule of Law Program Director at the Human Rights Resource Center in 2013-2014 and presently still assists the Centre in her capacity as a Board Member.