General Editors' Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Note on Sources |
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Introduction |
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1 Assessing Human Rights Implementation in Southeast Asia |
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1.2 Compliance with Human Rights Standards |
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1.2.1 Rights of Women and Children |
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1.2.2 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
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1.2.3 Civil and Political Rights |
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1.3 Conclusion: The Human Rights Situation in ASEAN Member States |
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2 Understanding the Tensions and Ambiguities in Southeast Asian Attitudes Towards Human Rights |
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2.2 National Experiences of Human Rights |
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2.2.1 Self-determination and the Nation-building Process |
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2.2.2 Foreign Aid and Human Rights Conditionality |
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2.2.3 Constitutional Rights |
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2.3 The Asian Values Debate |
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2.4 The ASEAN Way and the Rise of Human Rights |
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2.4.1 Deconstructing the ASEAN Way |
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The Principle of Non-interference |
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Consensus Decision-Making |
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2.4.2 The Relationship between ASEAN's Objectives and Human Rights |
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2.5 Developments Surrounding the ASEAN Charter |
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2.5.1 The Commitment to Human Rights in the Context of Regional Integration |
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2.6 Conclusion: Status Quo or Real Commitment? |
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3 The Utility of Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region |
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The Evolution of AICHR's Activities and Mandate |
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3.2.2 The ACMW and the ACWC |
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3.2.3 Assessment of Regional Tools |
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3.3 National Institutions |
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3.3.1 Access to Justice, Courts and Protecting Constitutional Rights |
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3.3.2 Alternative Forms of Domestic Human Rights Protection: NHRIs and Civil Society |
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3.4 International Mechanisms |
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3.4.1 International Treaty Obligations of ASEAN Members |
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Ratification of Human Rights Treaties |
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National Implementation of International Obligations |
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3.4.2 ASEAN Members' Engagement with the Universal Periodic Review |
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3.5 Conclusion: The Need for a Holistic Approach to Human Rights Implementation in ASEAN |
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4 Operationalising Human Rights in ASEAN |
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4.2 Soft Law Versus Hard Law Approaches to Enunciating Human Rights |
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4.2.1 The Use of Soft Law in the International Legal Order and in ASEAN |
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4.2.2 The Relationship between Soft Law and the ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms |
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285 | (4) |
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4.3 Developing ASEAN's Human Rights Capabilities |
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294 | (6) |
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4.3.4 Individual Communications and Binding Decisions |
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Individual Communications |
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An ASEAN Human Rights Court |
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4.3.5 Membership Sanctions |
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4.4 Conclusion: Improving the Legitimacy and Efficacy of ASEAN's Human Rights Mechanisms |
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Conclusion: Taking Human Rights Seriously in ASEAN |
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Executive Summary |
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Appendix 1 |
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Appendix 2 |
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Appendix 3 |
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Appendix 4 |
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Index |
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