Canada and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights : Canada et la commission intergouvernementale de l'ANASE sur les droits de la personne : une occasion de s'impliquer

The decision sistance to the Commission in areas such as capacity to finally accede to the TAC, along with last Novem- building and guidelines to implement recommenda- ber’s announcement of an ASEAN Network linking tions, Canada could both aid in the development of Canadian missions in the region and the decision to this critical addition to the human rights regime, as accredit the Ambassador to I [...] Ottawa a willingness to devote resources to the development has legitimate and important interests in the region but of the human rights regime there and to the evolution is struggling to catch up after years of assuming that of Asia’s human rights instrument. [...] The shift toward a shared ingness to sacrifice some of their sovereignty to the concept of human rights was part of this impetus for a principles and norms of the international human rights single community and represented a significant change regime. [...] The Commission’s mandate human rights records of its member nations mean that includes commitments to develop strategies for the the AICHR presents a groundbreaking case study in promotion and protection of human rights and fun- the evolution of regional human rights mechanisms. [...] The panel noted – for these kinds of mechanisms that will help make a dearth of clear and strategic policy and the need for the AICHR a successful tool to combat human rights new international networks, citing the lack of inter- abuses in the region is one way for Canada and the rest national missions, budgetary cutbacks, and an overall of international society to indirectly affect long-term diplo