Civil Society Engagement with ASEAN organs: CPR, ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Secretary General 2013

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Preparatory Meetinga. The 2013 Dialogue between ASG, ASEC, CSORepresentatives,

b. the 2ndASEAN Community Dialogue with CPR,

c. the 2ndJHRD

Yuyun Wahyuningrum, Senior Advisor on ASEAN andHuman Rights, Human Rights Working Group (HRWG)

Grand Hyatt, Jakarta, 31 October 2013


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Expected Outputs

Participants are well informed about the character of eachdialogue meeting

Participants come up with statement/talking points to

different actors in each dialogue meeting

Participants will be bale to maximize the platform fortheir advocacys goal


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CSO Platforms in engaging ASEAN

Name frequent Engaging the body

ACSC/APF annually ASEAN SUMMIT Head of

States/Governments

ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF) annually

ASEAN Youth Forum annually

ASEAN Grass-root People Assembly annually

ASEAN Community Dialogue annually ASEAN Committee Permanent

Representatives (CPR)

CPR

Civil Society Forum to AMM on human

rights

annually ASEAN Ministers Meeting (AMM) Foreign Ministers

Informal Dialogue between CSO and

ASG

annually ASEAN Secretary General (ASG) Secretary General

Jakarta Human Rights Dialogue in

ASEAN

annually ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms AICHR, ACWC

GO-NGO Forum on Social Welfare &

Development

annually ASEAN Senior Official Meeting on

SWD

SOM officials


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ASEAN Community Dialogue, 2012


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Informal Dialogue with ASEAN

Secretary General, 2012


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eet ng w t n ster ore gnAffairs, 2012


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It is about building

a democraticdialogue in ASEANSince the adoption of ASEAN Charter in 2008,

much was said about engaging civil society,

respecting human rights, promoting democracy and

about good governance in ASEANs high-level

statements and documents.


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Justification The common problems faced by regional inter-governmental

bodies, including ASEAN: a) institutional deficiencies as a result of the inability of member

states to empower their organizations with real authority/mandate todeal inter aliawith political instability, poverty, and human rights

violations; and b) the alienation of citizens from making their voice heard in political

deliberations.

In fact, the ASEAN Charter sets out the norms of behavior formember states in relation to their citizens.

The Charter and the Roadmap for the ASEAN Community,

ASEAN is expected to perform in a more transparent,accountable, efficient, predictable, responsive and people-orientedway

Article 7.1 (TOR AICHR) mandates ASG to bring the attention ofAICHR on human rights issues in the region


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BACK-TO-BACK DIALOGUE MEETING

(1-3 Nov 2013) - Program 31 OctoberCSO Preparatory Meeting

1 November 2013

(10:00-12:00am) 2

nd

ASEAN Community Dialogue: Luncheonwith ASEAN CPR

(2-5pm) 2013 Dialogue between ASEAN Secretary General, the

ASEAN Secretariat, and the Representative of Civil Society

Organizations

Debriefing

Reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of Switzerland

2-3 November: the 2ndJakarta Human Rights Dialogue


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The 2013 Dialogue Between ASG, ASEC

and the Representative of CSOs

ASEAN Secretary General is mandated to "facilitate and monitor

progress in the implementation of ASEAN agreements and decisions,

and submit an annual report on the work of ASEAN to the ASEAN

Summit" (Charter, Article 11.2b).

ASG also has the additional task to bring to the attention of the

ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)

all relevant human right issues and to concurrently inform the ASEAN

Foreign Ministers (AICHRs TOR, Article 7.1)

With this mandate, the ASG is in an important position to: Bridge the relationship between civil society and member states

Bring the concerns of civil society on human rights issues to the

AICHR and to the Foreign Ministers


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CSO DIALOGUE IN THE LAST 5 YEARSYears

2009, Jakarta ASEAN Forum on Human Rights:Dialogue between the ASEAN Secretary

General and Southeast Asias CSO

ASG brought the attention ofAICHR on the importance of

engaging civil society in their

meetings in ASEC

2010 -

2011, Jakarta ASEAN Forum on Human Rights:Informal Dialogue between the ASEAN

Secretary General and Southeast Asias

CSO

ASG brought the attention ofAICHR on the importance of

engaging civil society in their

meetings in ASEC

2012, Jakarta ASEAN Forum on Human Rights:

Informal Dialogue between the ASEANSecretary General and the

Representative of CSO

This platform has generated the

1stASEAN Community

Dialogue with CPR and the 1st

Jakarta Human Rights Dialogue

2013, Jakarta ASEAN Forum on Human Rights:

The 2013 Dialogue between ASEAN

Secretary General, ASEAN Secretariat,

and the Representative of CSOs


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Achievements The inclusion on the civil societys call upon AICHR to ascertain that

AHRD will not fall below the standards set out in the UniversalDeclaration on Human Rights (UDHR) in the TOR Drafting Group ofthe AHRD.

Dialogues recommendation to create a full-fledge secretariat forAICHR in order to improve its work of AICHR has been included inthe Chairmans Statement of the 20thASEAN Summit in April 2012

Dialogue is now a new normal in ASEAN according to SurinPitsuwanthere has been a change of behavior in ASEAN towards

dialogue incl. with CSOs Dialogue between ASG and CSO has generated similar initiatives such

as ASEAN Community Dialogue (with CPR) and the Jakarta HumanRights Dialogue (with AICHR)


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The 2013Dialogue between ASG, ASEC and the

Representative of CSOs

Expanding participants: NGOs + Think Tank/ Academes +

Youth. Different sector of NGOs

Looking forward to make it institutionalized CSIS-HRWG-Swiss Embassy in Jakarta

Invitation only

Will be started at 14:00-16:30

Topic: Human Rights aspect in ASEAN Communitybuilding: the role of civil society

Statement (talking points)


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COMMUNITY DIALOGUEbetween ASEAN CPR & Civil Society Initiated by Permanent Representative of Indonesia,

HRWG, CSIS and Swiss Embassy in Jakarta

Purpose: to come up with a common understandingon the changing ASEAN and identify strategic role ofcivil society in building up the ASEANs people-centered Community.

First Time, Not easy to bring all CPRs together forthis meeting. Not open for media (at the moment).

Emphasize: make the dialogue smooth and successfulso we can establish good practice for replication inthe coming years

Possible topic for 2013: ASEAN Community post2015, the involvement of CSO,


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BACKGROUND

16 December 2009, at ASEAN Secretariat,during the first year anniversary of ASEANCharter

Surin Pitsuwan: ASEAN should have a

Dialogue Forum to exchange views between

ASEAN and its stakeholders on three

pillars. This statement was reflected in

ASEC Press Release, 2009

2010 No action/follow up from ASEC

24 November 2010 at Penang Bistro,

Jakarta, CSO Consultation with MFA

Indonesia for Indonesias agenda in 2011s

chairmanship

The idea of COMMUNITY FORUM with

ASEAN stakeholders was discussed with

MFA Indonesia

8-10 December 2010, Lumire Hotel, Jakarta,

Indonesias CSO Prep Meeting for 2011s

chairmanship

CSO recommended a Community Dialogue

to ASEAN


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BACKGROUND

2011 MFA DG ASEAN picked up the idea to be the

benchmark of the ASEAN Anniversary. Wanted to

started with Indonesias Community Dialogue on

ASEAN

7 January 2011 DG ASEAN planned to launch the idea in February.Minister Natalegawa mentioned it in his annualpress statement

12 January 2011, ASEC Press

Release

Minister Natalegawa repeated the statement on 12

Jan 2011 at the ASEAN Secretariat during the

Ceremony of Handing Over the Chair of CPR from

Vietnam to Indonesia

From 2011 to 2012 PR Indonesia took CPR Members to meet civil

society, media, universities, think tanks, parliament

members, local governments as a way of practicing

engagement


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Visits from 2011-2012CPR Met stakeholders inLombok, Indonesia, 2011

CPR Visited The Jakarta Post,2012 (Photo: courtesy of TJP)


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ASEAN Organization Chart


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About CPR ASEAN

CPR stands for Committee Permanent Representatives in ASEAN.

They are Countrys Ambassadors to ASEAN and based in Jakarta

The establishment of CPR is based on the ASEAN Charter Art. 12.

Mandates and Functions:

Support the work of Community Councils and ASEAN Sectoral Bodies at

ministerial level;

Coordinate with ASEAN National Secretariats and Agencies ASEAN

Sectoral Ministerial another;

Be a liaison to the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN

Secretariat in all areas relevant to the job;

Facilitate ASEAN cooperation with external partners,


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About CPR ASEAN

In support of the work of ASEAN Community Council, CPRhas the following duties and functions:

Increasing cooperation in each sector to support ASEANintegration and community building by monitoring / monitoringfollow-up report from the Sectoral Bodies under three CommunityCouncils;

Doing Coordination between the pillars Community and ASEANsectoral meetings to support policy coherence and coordination,and

Assist in the delivery of various reports and recommendations

With AICHR and ACWC, CPR has a role to providerecommendations on their work-plan and budget asconsideration of ASEAN Foreign Ministers approval


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Update on CPRs Works

CPR ASEAN is assisted by two (2) Working Group, each of whichhandles administrativeand budgetas well as developmentcooperation (development cooperation).

Since its inauguration, CPR ASEAN has produced a variety ofconditions, rules and procedures, terms of reference for theestablishment of new mechanisms after the entry into force of the

ASEAN Charter and coordinate the cooperation with ASEANpartners.

CPR ASEAN meets regularly every month, both internally or invitingthe Ambassador or representative dialogue partner countries orASEAN's external partners and international organizations.

CPR ASEAN delivers its report to ASEAN Coordinating Council.

To date, CPR ASEAN has initiated various activities in cooperationwith the States Ambassador to non-ASEAN based in Jakarta.

Up to now, there are 52 non-ASEAN countries have appointedambassador to ASEAN.


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CPR ASEAN

Brunei Darussalam

H.E. Emaleen Abdul Rahman Teo

Kingdom of Cambodia

H.E. Amb. Kan Pharidh

Republic of Indonesia

H.E. Amb. Ngurah Swajaya


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CPR ASEANLao PDR

H.E. Amb. Latsamy Keomany

Malaysia

H.E. Dato Hasnudin Hamzah

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

H.E. U Min Lwin

Republic of the Philippines

H.E. Elizabeth P. Buensuceso


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CPR ASEANRepublic of Singapore

H.E. Tan Hung Seng

Kingdom of Thailand

H.E. Suvat Chirapant

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

H.E. Mr. Vu Dang Dung


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JAKARTA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE

Topic: Prevention of Torture

Objective:

To map best practices to prevent torture that are practiced in ASEAN

Member States, and, To develop regional plan of action to implement the Article 14 by

exploring the experiences of other regional human rights mechanismssuch as in African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR)and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).


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2013 Dialogue with ASG,

ASEC

Human Rights aspect in ASEANCommunity building: the role ofcivil society How should the new ASEAN organs,

like the AICHR and ACWC relate toeach other and with the otherASEAN organs?

How should all of ASEANs organs

relate to its people and stakeholders? CSO involvement in ASEAN

community building

There are structural and existentialissues that all intergovernmentalorganizations experience. ASEANwill not be able to avoid theseproblems in its formative years in the

post-Charter period How ASG and ASEC can

accountable to the people

TOR AICHR Review 2014

2ndASEAN Community

Dialogue, 2013Suggested topic:

CSO Involvement: opportunities andchallenges

Assessment ASEAN Community 2015

ASEAN Community post 2015

ASEAN Charter review: The prescription of rules and procedures of

each ASEAN Community Council (Art 21)

The provision of good offices, conciliationor mediation as requested by parties to the

dispute (Art 23)

The settlement of disputes which concernthe interpretation or application of ASEAN

economic agreements (Art 24)

The establishment of dispute settlementmechanisms (Art 25)

The development of the capacity tomonitor compliance with the findings,recommendations or decisions resulting

from an ASEAN dispute settlementmechanism (Art 27)

Civil Society Engagement with ASEAN organs: CPR, ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Secretary General 2013

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