Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights - Prevention, Mitigation, Remedies and Redress

This book systematically documents the practice of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) on the protection of human rights. It provides a template of universal standards, spanning prevention, response and mitigation, and redress and remedies, from which to gauge the performance of the AICHR.

List of contents

1. Introduction: The Concept of 'International Protection' of Human Rights; 2. History of the Commission, its Protective Function and Critiques; 3. AICHR's Protection Mandate vis-à-vis its Relationship to its National Representatives, Civil Society, and National Human Rights Institutions; 4. AICHR and the Prevention of violations of Human Rights; 5. AICHR and measures of Response and Mitigation for Violations of Human Rights; 6. AICHR and remedies for Violations of Human Rights; 7. Conclusion

About the author

Robin Ramcharan is Lecturer in International Relations, Mahidol University International College, Thailand. He is co-founder of Asia Centre, a research institute in Bangkok. He also lectures on Asian regional governance and security to policy makers at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

Summary

This book systematically documents the practice of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) on the protection of human rights. It provides a template of universal standards, spanning prevention, response and mitigation, and redress and remedies, from which to gauge the performance of the AICHR.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Ramcharan, Ramcharan Robin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032600451
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260045-1
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Human Rights and International Law
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Comparative, International Relations, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Indian sub-continent, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)