Interview with Revista Mundorama - The struggle for upholding human rights through the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR): Some Barriers and Prospects

Ten years ago, ASEAN established the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), a Commission similar to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in America. If ASEAN is much appreciated as one of the most successful regional organizations after the European Union, it is not the case with the enforcement of human rights. AICHR still lags behind the IACHR in terms of, for example, protecting human rights. Both organizations have acknowledged universal human rights principles and norms, but the IACHR has American Court to address various human rights violations, while the AICHR does not have the same institution because its member countries are still worried about other members’ interference in their domestic matters. Discussing the issue of human rights violations in other member countries is still often considered a taboo, so human rights issues are not addressed properly. 

Cite this article as: Editoria Mundorama, "The struggle for upholding human rights through the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR): Some Barriers and Prospects, by Abubakar Eby Hara," in Revista Mundorama, 12/08/2019, https://mundorama.net/?p=25812.