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COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, following the first infections detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since then, the number of infected cases and death rates have increased exponentially. Governments have introduced emergency and temporary laws, placed their citizens and residents within their jurisdictions under lockdowns, implemented stay-at-home orders, enforced social distancing and closed their borders. The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to interrupting global and national economic activities and halting cross-border movements, has exposed the weakness…

The objectives of this webinar #2 are to: To share best practices on ensuring the inclusivity of COVID-19 responses, its challenges, lesson learnt and ways forward on issues related to the right to respect physical and mental integrity, right to education, right to work. Recommendation for AICHR: (a) on the implementation of ASEAN Enabling Master Plan 2025: Mainstreaming the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the ASEAN Community, particularly on the right to respect physical and mental integrity, right to…

Around the world academic freedom is increasingly coming under attack. The core value of academic freedom and what it means for society at large is also gaining more attention. For scholars and students, it means not only the freedom to research and teach but freedom of academic exchange. The Academic Freedom Index (2020) lists also institutional autonomy, campus integrity, and freedom of academic and cultural expression as key elements to the realization of academic freedom. In the index that covers…

The purposes of webinar #6 are to: To map the existing mechanisms and practices on implementing the rights to remedy for victims of sexual violence in AMS: gaps, challenges and ways forwards To provide recommendations for AICHR on the effective remedy for victims of sexual violence in AMS. Registration: bit.ly/AICHRID-TALK06 Source: bit.ly/AICHRID-TALK06

COVID-19 continues to expose and exacerbate cracks not just in public health governance, but in governing societies as a whole. Since the earliest outbreaks, we witnessed an exponential rise in inequalities and poor treatment of vulnerable individuals and groups. On top of economic emergencies, social and political crises remain a staple predicament in most parts of Southeast Asia. This is on top of the fact that responses to the pandemic still contain all the critical elements of securitization. This had…

Session 1: Regionalism, Human Rights, and AICHR Friday, 7th May 2021, 3 - 5 PM (GMT +7, Bangkok Time) Panelists: H.E. Yuyun Wahyuningrum (AICHR Indonesia), H.E. Jaime Victor B. Ledda (AICHR Philippines) &  Atty. Ray Paolo Santiago (Ateneo Human Rights Center / Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism) Moderated by Reylynne Dela Paz (Plan International Asia Pacific)   Session 2: AICHR & Human Rights Issues in Southeast Asia Saturday, 8th May 2021, 3 - 5 PM (GMT +7,…

SEAC is hosting a research seminar chaired by SEAC Associate Prof. Kent Deng on 13 May 2021. Dr Thanyaporn Chankrajang, Assistant Professor in Economics at Chulalongkorn University, will speak about Land, Ladies, and the Law: A Case Study on Women’s Land Rights and Welfare in Southeast Asia in the Nineteenth Century. Talk Abstract This seminar will discuss women’s de jure and de facto land rights and its implications for household welfare in nineteenth-century Bangkok. Women constituted a significant share of…

Inviting interested participants to join AEPF 13. UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies Program on Alternative Development will be hosting a session on May 18 12:30-2pm (CET) titled "Converging Alternatives from Asia and Europe towards Alternative Regionalism and People-to-People Solidarity." Link to registration:  https://aepf.info/aepf-13-programme/ Source: https://web.facebook.com/asiaeuropepeoplesforum/