Publication

This report examines how regional human rights architectures within the African Union (AU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) affect regional security discourse and practice. It analyzes the manner and degree to which human rights norms have affected decision-making and the formulation of regional responses to human rights violations in four cases: Myanmar, southern Thailand, Côte d’Ivoire and Libya. It identifies how the AU and ASEAN member states have managed the emerging nexus between regional human rights and security norms in response to conflict situations involving wide-spread human rights abuses.