BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS
What is the problem?
As ASEAN continues to deepen its regional economic integration, more challenges are arising for the protection of human rights from corporate power: from lowering labour and environmental standards for business activities; to land confiscations; forced evictions; and attacks on human rights defenders by corporate interests.
Within Southeast Asia, few countries have taken measures to ensure that the activities of companies headquartered in their own country, but operating abroad, do not result in human rights violations.
Recent developments, however, show that fresh attention is being paid to this issue by civil society and governments alike. For instance, the integration of investment abroad was one of the key concerns in Thailand’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, the first of its kind in Asia.
What are we doing about it?
Relevant Publications
Post-COVID19 economic recovery must protect human rights and the environment, MPs say
Click here for a Thai version of this statement Click here for a Bahasa Indonesian version of this statement JAKARTA - On International Environment Day, regional MPs urge Southeast Asian governments to ensure that their post-COVID19 economic recovery plans protect...
ASEAN governments must step up efforts to protect all workers against coronavirus, MPs say
JAKARTA - 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...
ASEAN MPs urge governments to put human rights at centre of COVID-19 response
JAKARTA - 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. “Now is a particularly challenging time for...
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