Article: VOA NEWS: BURMA RATIFIES ASEAN CHARTER WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GUARANTEES

Article: Asian Summit Snags on Human Rights; Activists Pull Out of Meeting After Ultimatum by Burma and Cambodia
The Washington Post;  March 1, 2009 ;     460 words ......threatened to walk out of a meeting on human rights if activists from their countries were...the establishment of an independent human rights body as part of a program to make the...people-centric. Protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms is a key ...

Article: ASIA-HUMAN RIGHTS: LEADERS URGED TO DISCUSS RIGHTS SITUATION
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ......skirt around the sensitive subject of human rights, but if campaigners have their way...last week, officials of the region's human rights commissions met foreign ministers of...propose the creation of a "regional human rights mechanism." "We're trying to renew...Indonesia's National ...

Article: Human rights and international business
USA Today;  November 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......particular case was the matter of human rights in Burma (renamed Myanmar...ASEAN despite its record of human rights abuses and authoritarian...intervened on the side of human rights activists. The Clinton Administration...democracy and began to observe human ...

Article: VOA NEWS: ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS CHARTER TO INCLUDE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 30, 2007 ;     446 words ......Manila to create a human rights body in the draft...Asian Nations, or ASEAN, closer to having...ministers of the 10 ASEAN members overcame fierce...for its poor human rights record, initially...creation of the human rights commission. Some other ASEAN ...

Article: HRW asks ASEAN members to persuade Myanmar to allow aid.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  May 10, 2008 ;     371 words ...HRW asks ASEAN members to persuade Myanmar to...An international human rights watchdog has urged India...China, Thailand and other ASEAN members to prod Myanmar's military...Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. China and Burma...survivors so badly need. Human ...

Article: The Declaration 60 years on: A triumph of humanity; (Statement at the UN Human Rights Council 7th Session, United Nations Human Rights Council March 2008, Geneva, Switzerland.).(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin;  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......international community to advance human rights. Already, we have strengthened the...our agencies to protect and promote human rights. The Philippines is one of the few...ratified all seven core international human-rights treaties. Last year, I signed the Convention...Universal ...

Article: 4 ASEAN nations want regional human rights body.(Main News)
Manila Bulletin;  February 1, 2008 ;     634 words ......Vera The national human rights institutions (NHRIs...body to deal with human rights violations in the...the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), said her...bloc's proposed human rights body. We'd rather have an independent human rights body for the ...

Article: All members should be included in ASEAN human rights body: experts
Xinhua News Agency;  June 13, 2008 ;     299 words ......should be included in ASEAN human rights body: experts SINGAPORE...Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said here on Friday...included in a future human rights body for the regional...part of the future human rights body. Most experts attending the ASEAN human ...

Article: Human rights subject remains in ASEAN agenda: official
Xinhua News Agency;  June 14, 2003 ;     274 words ...Human rights subject remains in ASEAN agenda: official PHNOM PENH, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The subject of human rights remains in the ASEAN agenda and ASEAN...during their coming meetings. Closing the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting Saturday, ASEAN...the senior ...

Article: ASEAN Charter pioneers human rights mechanism in grouping:Malaysian official
Xinhua News Agency;  November 20, 2007 ;     140 words ...ASEAN Charter pioneers human rights mechanism in grouping:Malaysian official KUALA...in Singapore on Tuesday will pave the way for a human rights mechanism to be in place in the 10-member regional...said here Tuesday. The charter, which stresses on human rights' principles, can bethe ...

Article: Human rights to be on agenda, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  July 25, 2000 ;     629 words ......ASEAN has decided to put the issue of human rights and the creation of a regional body...an appropriate regional mechanism on human rights. Seven years have elapsed, but Asean...group called Working Group for An Asean Human Rights Mechanism discussed ways to ...

Article: COOK BRINGS HIS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA TO ASEAN
The Nation (Thailand);  September 8, 1997 ;     700+ words ......policy, with its emphasis on human rights, faces its first test in...Korea and seven of the nine Asean members. ''Until the military junta...sales to Indonesia over human rights issues and the East Timor...light of our commitment to human rights". The criteria will be ...

Article: SALES OF COAL TO ASEAN MEMBERS INCREASES RAPIDLY.
Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  September 9, 1991 ;     89 words ...Indonesia's coal exports to ASEAN members have increased rapidly over the recent...exported a total of 1,026,000 tons to ASEAN members with the following break-down: 628...In 1991, Indonesia's coal exports to ASEAN members are expected to reach between 1.5 and...

Article: Asean members lack trust
New Straits Times;  June 19, 2008 ;     186 words ...New Straits Times 06-19-2008 Asean members lack trust Edition: Main/Lifestyle...a "continuing lack of trust" among Asean members. "They could have used mechanisms such...of Malaysia. Earlier, she said that Asean members needed a strong community to face the...