Institutionalizing Human Rights in South-East Asia: The birth of ASEAN's Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights - An Interview with Param Cumaraswamy

Christian Bothe
2019
Param Cumaraswamy is a Malaysian member of the Regional Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism. He is also the former UN Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. Together with his colleagues in the Regional Working Group, he worked on proposals and recommendations on the design of the projected human rights body, its principles, composition and powers. The Working Group describes itself as a coalition of national working groups from ASEAN states which are composed of
more » ... esentatives of government institutions, parliamentary human rights committees, academia and NGOs. 1
doi:10.14764/10.aseas-2.2-8 fatcat:hhgjotv3efc3hae2qmesm5t2nq