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The establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) as a regional human rights watchdog has gained popularity especially in an era when Southeast Asia has been facing human rights problems: the persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar; the disappearance of human rights advocates in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines; the suppression of the freedom of expression in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines; as well as the arbitrary resumption of death penalties in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. This book, Regionalizing Global Human Rights Norms in Southeast Asia, written by Dwi Ardhanariswari Sundrijo, is part of the growing, complex literature that acknowledges and reinforces what duly constitute as human rights norms at the grassroots level, as well as the powers of the AICHR in fulfilling its primary mandate in promoting and protecting human rights effectively in Southeast Asia. It also provides valuable insights into how human rights norms and mechanisms in the ASEAN region have evolved, considering the essential roles of the regional non-state actors who are often unheard in the ASEAN regionalism discourse.
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