Publication

This brief examines the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and whether it will be adequate and effective in responding to major human rights problems in the region. While the author argues that its establishment marks an important step in ASEAN's history toward more people-focused action (not state-centric rhetoric), he notes that AICHR's establishment does not yet demonstrate follow-through or the ability to collectively enforce its values.