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A Public
Forum - ASEAN Human
Rights Mechanism
18
Sep 07
The ASEAN Summit
that will be held in mid-November will see the signing of the
ASEAN Charter in Singapore.
During the 40th ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting in Manila last 30-31 July 2007, the ASEAN
Foreign Ministers agreed to include a provision in the ASEAN
Charter that mandates the creation of a human rights body.
As
such, an ASEAN Human Rights Working Group (AHRWG) was established
whose goal is to push for an intergovernmental human rights
commission for ASEAN. At the moment, countries that have national
Working groups and are part of the (AHRWG) are Cambodia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.
Human
rights advocates in Singapore are looking to establish a national
working group. As such a forum will be held to discuss the
process towards the formation of such a group here.
The
forum will look to educating the public on the ASEAN Human Rights
Mechanism and also the establishment of a Singapore Working
Committee. Public consultation, input and participation are
important if the group hopes to represent views of civil
societies, NGOs, interest groups and human rights bodies.
Date:
23 September 2007, Sunday
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue:
Allson Hotel, Victoria Room, Level 2
Speakers:
M
Ravi, human rights lawyer
Jolovan Wham,
social worker
Alex Au, gay rights
activist
Isrizal, arts community
representative
Chee Soon Juan, politician &
political activist
Admission: Free and
open to the public
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