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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:16:55Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:16:55Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-09-28T06:52:11Z
dc.identifier.issn00927678
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00927670903259806
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/34059
dc.description.abstractThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations's (ASEAN) new charter provides for the creation of a human rights body. Given ASEAN's prior reluctance to make progress on the issue of human rights, many questions have been raised over such a body's likely power and relevance. In this article, the author examines ASEAN's "consensus" on human rights, its previous experience with regional declarations, and the events that have motivated the organization's new direction on human rights. He argues that ASEAN has succumbed to internal and external pressures in forging a new direction-through regional democratization, the growth of civil society in ASEAN countries, and the international pressure that has been placed on the organization because of Burma (Myanmar). Strong tensions that exist among the various pressures for change cannot be resolved so long as members are divided over their respect for democracy and human rights, and substantial variation in this commitment means that regional progress on human rights will continue to remain haphazard. Moreover, the region's preoccupation with maintaining state sovereignty will continue to guide the adoption of global norms, such as human rights. A human rights body created under the mandate of the charter would find its content and power grounded in and limited by the traditional ASEAN way.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHeldref Publications
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom157
dc.relation.ispartofpageto175
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAsian Affairs: An American Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume36
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGovernment and Politics of Asia and the Pacific
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160606
dc.titleChartering a New Direction? Burma and the Evolution of Human Rights in ASEAN
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMcCarthy, Stephen N.


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