By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>As the impact of the coronavirus crisis creates a new normal, it is crucial that parliaments resume their work as soon as possible to ensure meaningful oversight of governments, protect human rights, and contribute to major policy decisions, regional lawmakers from ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said today. </p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>On Workers’ Memorial Day, and World Day for Safety and Health at Work, MPs are calling for Southeast Asian governments and companies in the region to increase efforts to protect workers’ rights to healthy and safe conditions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. </p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>On International Earth Day, and as the coronavirus epidemic rages on in Southeast Asia, and the rest of the world, regional MPs are today warning of the need to combat climate change and environmental destruction in order to lower the risk of future health emergencies.</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>As Cambodia considers joining other Southeast Asian countries in declaring a state of emergency in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, regional MPs today warned governments against using the crisis to crack down on critics, assert their power and threaten democratic institutions.</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>As governments in Southeast Asia increase measures in response to the spread of coronavirus, regional lawmakers have today urged authorities to ensure that human rights are at the forefront of their responses. </p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>Regional lawmakers today urged Myanmar's military, the Tatmadaw, and the Arakan Army (AA) to protect civilians from ongoing fighting in Rakhine and Chin states, end all violations of human rights and humanitarian law, and ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in need. </p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>Regional lawmakers expressed extreme disappointment at today’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8375">dissolve</a> the Future Forward Party (FWP), calling on authorities in the country to end their harassment of pro-democracy and opposition groups.</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>Regional lawmakers have today called on authorities in Southeast Asia to stop using broadly worded anti-fake news laws to prosecute those accused of spreading disinformation about the coronavirus health emergency, and instead invest in public messaging campaigns to ensure their citizens are reliably informed about the issue.</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>As the deadline for the submission of countries’ climate change action plans to the Paris agreement (NDCs) draws to a close, regional lawmakers urge ASEAN member states to review their climate ambitions</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights |
<p>As the COP25 drew to a close, regional lawmakers today <a href="https://aseanmp.org/2019/12/13/failure-climate-ambition-cop25/">denounced</a> the failure of any ASEAN government to join the <a href="https://cop25.cl/#/cop-news/6uwx6gJHfSFV5TdOF6r9">alliance</a> of nations who intend to submit enhanced climate action plans for 2020 and urged their leaders to do so as a matter of urgency.</p>
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) |
<p>ASEAN lawmakers urged regional governments today to do more to protect migrant workers and refugees, arguing that all members of the ASEAN community are entitled to basic rights and deserve to have their dignity and humanity respected. </p>