Regional Human Rights Mechanisms

There are two regional mechanisms dedicated to addressing human rights in South East Asia. Kindly click the hyperlinks in bold below to access websites of the institutions:

• ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights on Human Rights (AICHR); and
• South East Asia National Human Rights Forum (SEANF).

Almost all ASEAN member states have a representative in AICHR but only six member states joining the SEANF.

SEANF Members

The national human rights institutions with the South East Asia National Human Rights Forum (SEANF) membership are:

• The Human Rights Commission of Indonesia (KOMNAS-HAM);
• The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM);
• The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT);
• The Commission on Human Rights of Philippines (CHRP);
• The Myanmar Human Rights Commission (MNHRC);
• Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justica (PDHJ).

Basic Information

I believe that I should focus more on the national level since the awareness about this particular topic is still limited in my country. How can people have access at the regional level in order to address their issues with human rights? So, we would just compile the links for our reference first.

Check the information from AICHR Malaysia, click here.

Information on the Human Rights and Humanities Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), click here.

News and Specific Issues

• Human rights issues in ASEAN 2016, click here please;
• Reporting ASEAN, which includes human rights situation in South East Asia;
• ASEAN Secretariat News, click here;
• ASEAN Civil Society Conference or ASEAN People's Forum (APF)