The Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism

Learn about the significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Get to know the efforts for establishing a regional human rights mechanism in Southeast Asia, through the work of a coalition of member states from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism is the only human rights organization listed in the ASEAN Charter.

Presented by the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program and the International Human Rights Law Clinic

SPEAKER: Mr. Ray Paolo Santiago is the Secretary-General of the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, a recognized entity in the ASEAN Charter. Mr. Santiago is also the Executive Director of the Ateneo Human Rights Center and Professor of Law at the Ateneo Law School in the Philippines. He was a recipient of the Freedom Flame Award of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2014) and the inaugural ASEAN Peoples Award (2015). http://ateneo.edu/aps/law/law/faculty/test-1

Opening Remarks: Elisabeth Ward-Herman, Professor and Executive Director, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law

Facilitator: Micaela Cayton Garrido, Professor, Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies, DePaul University