HUMAN RIGHTS
Core Asean principles 'block gains'
- Published: 7 Mar 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
Two of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) fundamental principles are blocking human rights work, says Thailand's former representative to Asean's human rights commission.
Sriprapa Phetmeesri, a former member of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), said the consensus principle and the principle of non-interference have slowed down the commission's ability to improve the human rights situation in Asean countries.
Ms Sriprapa recently completed her three-year term at the commission.
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