AICHR urges Asean to embed human rights in all future agreements
The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) has called on member states to embed robust human rights safeguards into all future cooperation and trade frameworks.
Its chair, Edmond Bon, said all development must consider the needs of smallholders, indigenous communities, and persons with disabilities.
Genuine development is inseparable from human rights, he said.
“We have to make sure that future agreements — whether on trade, data or the environment — don’t recreate extractive patterns that benefit the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable.”
Bon was speaking to FMT after delivering his opening speech at the 6th Asean-European Union (EU) policy dialogue on human rights in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 15.
He said Asean must ensure that its policies are not dictated by external powers to such an extent that it…
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