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Child protection can unite Asean
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/10/2017
» Is the 50-year-old Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) still young at heart? Much of the Asean region in fact will be faced with an ageing population in the coming decades. Meanwhile, the interface between children and the protection of their rights will still be a pervasive challenge.
Asean must boost protection work
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 01/07/2014
» A key achievement of the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2007 was to open the door to the establishment of a regional human rights body — an Asean human rights mechanism. Subsequently, the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) was set up pursuant to the Terms of Reference (TOR), adopted by Asean in 2009.
The AEC's success rests with its youth
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 20/08/2013
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was born in 1967 and will soon mark its half-century. Ubiquitous is the rallying call for the year 2015 as a turning point for Asean's integration as a community. News about the Asean Economic Community (AEC) seems to be all around us _ on television, posters and mass transit adverts. Yet, the whole process begs the question: how does Asean as a 10-member regional organisation contribute to the lives of its people, including its youth?
Glimmers of hope for human rights gains
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 21/09/2012
» Asean has now established various mechanisms to promote and protect human rights in the region.