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1. Establishing a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia-Pacific Region

1. Establishing a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia-Pacific Region Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 2: 82-103, 2003. © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands S ELECTED H UMAN R IGHTS D OCUMENTS 1. Establishing a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia- Pacific Region Report of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network Bangkok, February 2004 Introduction The Asia-Pacific region currently exists as the only continent without a regional human rights mechanism to adjudicate over the protection of human rights by member states. All efforts taken to establish such a mechanism, most notably perhaps through the annual workshops arranged by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have been hampered by traditionalist concepts of state sovereignty emphasizing the schism between “western’ and “non-western” values. 1 Ordinarily, these regional co-operation workshops follow the pattern adopted by the 1998 Tehran ‘Framework for Regional Technical Cooperation in the Asian and Pacific Region’ by discussing national capacity building, human rights education, the role of national institutions, and economic, social and cultural rights. Whilst these are commendable issues, the framework, intentionally or otherwise, has driven a trench between the above issues and addressing the question of establishing a permanent regional mechanism for human rights. Beyond http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law Brill

1. Establishing a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia-Pacific Region

Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law , Volume 4 (2): 82 – Jan 1, 2003
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1388-1906
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Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law 2: 82-103, 2003. © 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands S ELECTED H UMAN R IGHTS D OCUMENTS 1. Establishing a Regional Human Rights Mechanism for the Asia- Pacific Region Report of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network Bangkok, February 2004 Introduction The Asia-Pacific region currently exists as the only continent without a regional human rights mechanism to adjudicate over the protection of human rights by member states. All efforts taken to establish such a mechanism, most notably perhaps through the annual workshops arranged by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, have been hampered by traditionalist concepts of state sovereignty emphasizing the schism between “western’ and “non-western” values. 1 Ordinarily, these regional co-operation workshops follow the pattern adopted by the 1998 Tehran ‘Framework for Regional Technical Cooperation in the Asian and Pacific Region’ by discussing national capacity building, human rights education, the role of national institutions, and economic, social and cultural rights. Whilst these are commendable issues, the framework, intentionally or otherwise, has driven a trench between the above issues and addressing the question of establishing a permanent regional mechanism for human rights. Beyond

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