2012

ASEAN adopted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Declaration details ASEAN Member-States commitment to human rights and affirm that human rights belong to “every person,” specifically emphasizing that they belong to “women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, and vulnerable and marginalized groups. It also affirms all the civil and political rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.