At the invitation of the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism (Working Group), an Entity associated with ASEAN under the ASEAN Charter, U Nyunt Swe, Member of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) participated in the workshop on the Human Rights Implications of the ASEAN Community Blueprints, held at the ASEAN secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia from 12 to 13 November 2013.
The representatives from the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), National Human Rights Institutions of ASEAN Member States, ASEAN sectional ministerial bodies that are responsible for the implementation of the Community Blueprints and Civil Society Organizations, among others, attended the Workshop.
The main objectives of the Workshop are to discuss and assess the status of the implementation of the Community Blueprints, with a focus on the human rights aspect of the issues and action points, as well as to evaluate the coordination among the different implementation agencies.
19 November 2013