Dec 3, 2020 | CCHR, Tools for MPs
November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent economic recession revealed the failure and fragility of our current economic system that prioritized business interests over the well-being of people and the environment, deepened inequalities and failed to protect the most vulnerable. This document highlights the commitment of MPs to promote a recovery from the health crisis that is sustainable, just, and human rights-centered economy in Southeast Asia.
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Dec 3, 2020 | DFF, Tools for MPs
September 2020
In a recent report, APHR documented threats and harassment against opposition MPs in Southeast Asia, notably the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia, with reprisals coming in the form of judicial harassment, arbitrary stripping them of their MP status, surveillance and harassment, and campaigns of disinformation. This document explains the report’s key findings, and what measures MPs can take to help protect the human rights of their parliamentary colleagues.
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Dec 3, 2020 | CCHR, Tools for MPs
August 2020
Southeast Asia is currently facing a critical climate change crisis which threatens the human rights of all of the region’s inhabitants. Parliamentarians play a crucial role in ensuring countries’ adequate response to the climate emergency. This document aims to explain key information and steps that lawmakers in Southeast Asia can take to ensure adequate climate change mitigation action.
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Nov 9, 2020 | FoRB, Tools for MPs
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) calls for a substantial revision of Indonesia’s Draft Penal Code in order to ensure the country complies with its obligations under international human rights law.
The current Draft Penal Code contains a number of highly problematic provisions that if adopted would violate the rights of women, religious minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people as well as the rights to freedom of expression and association. APHR is concerned that if adopted, the current draft could, instead of preventing crimes, worsen discrimination, fuel conflict, and legitimize policies of intolerance.
Read our legal analysis of the Draft Penal Code here:
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