The following is the Chairman's Statement at the 22nd ASEAN Summit, held in Bandar Seri Begawan in April 2013. ...

By Alito L. Malinao MANILA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Despite its better than expected 6. 6 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth last year, the Philippines will lag behind other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the long-term if it does not adopt the needed improvements, according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). ...

Fifty-five civil society organisations have deplored the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 18. They issued the following press statement below: ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov 15 - A group of 62 human rights and other organisations say the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, expected to be adopted at the ASEAN summit later this month in Cambodia, is "not worthy of its name" and issued a statement roundly rejecting it if the document is indeed issued in its current form. ...

BANGKOK, Nov 5 (The International Federation for Human Rights) - In a letter sent today to ASEAN Heads of State, leading international human rights organizations called for the postponement of the adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, pointing out that in its current form, the Declaration falls short of existing international human rights standards and risks creating a sub-standard level of human ...

In this Sep.26 open letter, human rights activists argue that "serious flaws" in the draft ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, set to be adopted by ASEAN later in the year, must be addressed. If not, they say, the declaration would "not bode well for the reputation and credibility" of the ASEAN human rights mechanism. ...

In this July 2012 statement, the South-east Asia Women's Caucus on ASEAN argues that the phrase 'public morality' has no place in the draft ASEAN Human Rights Declaration because it can too easily be used to violate the rights of women and girls. ...

Sixty-three human rights groups in South-east Asia have issued an open letter to the 45th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, expressing their call that the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration "will not be lower than international human rights norms and standards". The draft declaration, the subject of criticism by rights groups who say it is too weak, is set to be adopted at the ASEAN summit in November 2012. The ...

In a joint statement released on April 8th (full text below), over 130 local, national and regional civil society organizations across the ASEAN region called on more consultations in drafting the ASEAN human rights declaration. ...