In its current form, the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights lacks the necessary forward-thinking provisions for effective environmental and social safeguards. This needs to change as the people ...

Human Rights Watch research in Indonesia, Malaysia, and elsewhere show Indigenous peoples are often dispossessed of land they have protected for generations. After convening this week, the working ...

The Marcos Jr. administration, through Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro, on Monday called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to translate its human rights commitments ...

Civil society and Indigenous rights groups are calling for greater public participation and transparency in the drafting process of what they say could be a pivotal agreement to protect environmental ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese should focus on human rights concerns and democratic backsliding at the upcoming summit with Southeast Asian leaders. Human rights conditions have worsened ...

UN experts on Thursday welcomed the adoption of a landmark declaration promoting development and peace by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The move came at the 47 th ASEAN Summit, ...