Unity in connectivity? : evolving human rights mechanisms in the ASEAN region / by Vitit Muntarbhorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Withit Mantāphō̜n.

Series:

Nijhoff law specials ; Volume 83.

Nijhoff Law Specials ; Volume 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Southeast Asia.

Human rights.

ASEAN. Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.

ASEAN.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Unity in Connectivity? Evolving Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region , Vitit Muntarbhorn discusses developments concerning the growth of human rights institutions and processes in the regional space known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Several countries have now set up national human rights commissions. At the regional level, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights was established recently. This is complemented by a sectoral body dealing with women’s and children’s rights, and another body dealing with migrant workers. Vitit Muntarbhorn analyses these developments from the angle of key challenges facing the region, the need for more checks and balances, and prospects for more effective protection of human rights. This publication has been facilitated by the Ateneo Human Rights Centre of Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Context: Human Rights in the ASEAN Region

The Setting: Initiatives at the National Level

Developing Regional Mechanisms: Process and Progress

Concerns and Challenges

ASEAN Inter-Connection

Select Bibliography

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 29, 2013).

ISBN:

90-04-23654-6

OCLC:

846644922

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004236547 DOI