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Preparatory Meeting

a. The 2013 Dialogue between ASG, ASEC, CSORepresentatives,

b. the 2nd ASEAN Community Dialogue with CPR,

c. the 2nd JHRD

Grand Hyatt, Jakarta, 31 October 2013



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 advocacy’s goal



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



ASEAN Community Dialogue, 2012



Informal Dialogue with ASEAN

Secretary General, 2012



eet ng w t n ster ore gn Affairs, 2012



It is about building

a democraticdialogue in ASEAN

Since the adoption of ASEAN Charter in 2008,

much was said about engaging civil society,

respecting human rights, promoting democracy and

about good governance in ASEAN’s high-level

statements and documents.



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 alia with 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



BACK-TO-BACK DIALOGUE MEETING

(1-3 Nov 2013) - Program• 31 October – CSO 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 2nd Jakarta Human Rights Dialogue



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 (AICHR’s 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



CSO DIALOGUE IN THE LAST 5 YEARSYears

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

General and Southeast Asia’s 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 Asia’s

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

1st ASEAN 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



Achievements• The inclusion on the civil society’s 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.

• Dialogue’s recommendation to create a full-fledge secretariat forAICHR in order to improve its work of AICHR has been included inthe Chairman’s Statement of the 20th ASEAN Summit in April 2012

• ‘Dialogue is now a new normal in ASEAN’ – according to SurinPitsuwan – there 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)



The 2013 Dialogue 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 Community building: the role of civil society

• Statement (talking points)



COMMUNITY DIALOGUE

between 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 ASEAN’s 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,



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 Indonesia’s agenda in 2011’s

chairmanship

The idea of COMMUNITY FORUM with

ASEAN stakeholders was discussed with

MFA Indonesia

8-10 December 2010, Lumire Hotel, Jakarta,

Indonesia’s CSO Prep Meeting for 2011’s

chairmanship

CSO recommended a Community Dialogue

to ASEAN



BACKGROUND

2011 MFA DG ASEAN picked up the idea to be the

benchmark of the ASEAN Anniversary. Wanted to

started with Indonesia’s Community Dialogue on

ASEAN

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



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

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



ASEAN Organization Chart



About CPR ASEAN

• CPR stands for Committee Permanent Representatives in ASEAN.

They are Country’s 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,



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



Update on CPR’s Works •

CPR ASEAN is assisted by two (2) Working Group, each of whichhandles administrative and budget as 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 ASEAN partners.

• 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.



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



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



CPR ASEANRepublic of Singapore

H.E.

Kingdom of Thailand

H.E. Suvat Chirapant

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

H.E. Mr. Vu Dang Dung



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 People’s Rights (ACHPR)and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).



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 ASEAN’s 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 these problems in its formative years in the

post-Charter period• How ASG and ASEC can

accountable to the people

• TOR AICHR Review 2014

2nd ASEAN 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)

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