The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights : institutionalising human rights in Southeast Asia / Hsien-Li Tan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tan, Hsien-Li, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ASEAN. Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights.

ASEAN.

Human rights--Southeast Asia.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This assessment of progress in Southeast Asia on human rights begins in the wake of the 'Asian values' debate and culminates in the formal regional institutionalisation of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Chapters examine the arduous negotiation of AICHR, the evolving relationship between ASEAN states' and the international human rights system, and the historical and experiential reasons for hesitancy. The text concludes with a discussion of how the evolving right to development impacts upon AICHR and international human rights in general, and how their preference for economic, social and development rights could help ASEAN states shape the debate.

Contents:

Charting the human rights institutionalisation process in Southeast Asia

Enough of 'Asian values' : roots of the ASEAN states' reticence towards human rights

Self-determination and democracy : the human rights experiences of five ASEAN states

Instituting the Regional Rights Regime : the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the role of civil society

Human rights understanding between the ASEAN region and the United Nations : convergence, regional cohesion and national responsibility

The unexplored aspect of human rights : what ASEAN needs to understand about the right to development

Sustaining AICHR's substantive empowerment : implementation, integration, and international law.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-14012-4

1-107-22711-9

1-283-31671-4

9786613316714

1-139-13939-8

1-139-14097-3

1-139-14517-7

1-139-13784-0

0-511-79038-4

1-139-14185-6

OCLC:

763158117