AICHR should conduct dialogues with relevant stakeholders as to post-conflict management, accountability and reconciliation in Myanmar, and any dialogue on the Five-Point Consensus needs to be conducted in a more inclusive and sustainable approach that will consider and realise the right to development of the affected people of Myanmar.
The ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue offers opportunities for Member States to be more transparent and frank in their discussions of human rights – as the key avenue for making stronger progress through normalizing talk of human rights and addressing issues.
While ESG is important, most of its measures are not couched in rights. Rights give rise to justiciable claims and empower victims and survivors to go to the courts. We need to take legal, policy, and administrative measures to incorporate human rights into our governance and laws. Human rights and environmental due diligence must be mandatory to protect vulnerable communities.
Edmund extended his appreciation to the team of experts and everyone who contributed to the drafting of the National Baseline Assessment on Business and Human Rights in Malaysia. The report presented important recommendations: to mainstream human rights, to make human rights and environmental due diligence mandatory, and to better protect marginalised communities.
Speaking on geopolitical and geoeconomic megatrends in ASEAN, Edmund Bon cautioned that, while the economic “decoupling” between the West and China may offer opportunities to ASEAN, human rights including labour rights, environmental rights, right to information, and right to self-determination need to be at the forefront of economic development in the region. Only then can we say we have achieved an ASEAN Centrality that can adequately safeguard our peoples.
Edmund Bon called on ASEAN’s foreign ministers and human rights experts to collectively rethink AICHR’s internal challenges and enhance AICHR’s institutional strength, by exploring new modalities that can effectively address regional human rights crises and make AICHR a force for change.
Malaysia has made strides in promoting and protecting human rights, including strengthening the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), continued engagement with UN human rights mechanisms, ratification of ILO’s Occupational Safety and Health Convention 1981, and improvements in addressing human trafficking.
A media statement on behalf of our client.
At the 39th AICHR meeting in Jakarta on 21 May 2024, Edmund Bon outlined three key developments in Malaysia on refugee rights, the death penalty, and business and human rights.
While the AHRD has provided a platform for dialogue on human rights and has facilitated certain engagement initiatives, its limitations underscore ASEAN’s ongoing challenges in prioritising human rights. These shortcomings raise significant questions about the AHRD’s relevance and its overall impact within the ASEAN region.
Legislating for mandatory due diligence on human rights, labour, environmental, and governance matters is the right thing to do.
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been slow. Growing income inequality, conflicts, and climate change pose significant challenges. One report says the SDGs can only be achieved in 2092. In this context, corporate accountability becomes crucial. The third pillar of the UNCPs — access to remedy — must be at the front and centre of our work on sustainability.
Kenyataan media bagi pihak anak guam kami.
A media statement on behalf of our client.
Findings from recent research confirmed that refugees in Malaysia have been harassed by the authorities and subjected to demands for bribes. The inhumane treatment of refugees is unacceptable. If we are to progress as a nation, we cannot continue to be a society that allows the most vulnerable among us to be bullied.
Human rights due diligence must be viewed as an essential component of responsible business practices.
We hope all lawyers will support the motion on business and human rights.
Slowly but surely, increased regulatory standards for due diligence, transparency in supply chains and ESG-BHR reporting will hit the operations of Malaysian companies doing business overseas.
“We wanted everyone to write, and we would encourage them to write for us. LoyarBurok was the legal platform to write for at that time. It steadily gained popularity, and young people thought it was hip, especially as the name was anti-establishment and tongue-in-cheek,” Edmund writes.
Can ESG achieve what it is framed to do, which is to sustain us on this planet in a just manner?
AICHR should conduct dialogues with relevant stakeholders as to post-conflict management, accountability and reconciliation in Myanmar, and any dialogue on the Five-Point Consensus needs to be conducted in a more inclusive and sustainable approach that will consider and realise the right to development of the affected people of Myanmar.
The ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue offers opportunities for Member States to be more transparent and frank in their discussions of human rights – as the key avenue for making stronger progress through normalizing talk of human rights and addressing issues.
While ESG is important, most of its measures are not couched in rights. Rights give rise to justiciable claims and empower victims and survivors to go to the courts. We need to take legal, policy, and administrative measures to incorporate human rights into our governance and laws. Human rights and environmental due diligence must be mandatory to protect vulnerable communities.
Edmund extended his appreciation to the team of experts and everyone who contributed to the drafting of the National Baseline Assessment on Business and Human Rights in Malaysia. The report presented important recommendations: to mainstream human rights, to make human rights and environmental due diligence mandatory, and to better protect marginalised communities.
Speaking on geopolitical and geoeconomic megatrends in ASEAN, Edmund Bon cautioned that, while the economic “decoupling” between the West and China may offer opportunities to ASEAN, human rights including labour rights, environmental rights, right to information, and right to self-determination need to be at the forefront of economic development in the region. Only then can we say we have achieved an ASEAN Centrality that can adequately safeguard our peoples.
Edmund Bon called on ASEAN’s foreign ministers and human rights experts to collectively rethink AICHR’s internal challenges and enhance AICHR’s institutional strength, by exploring new modalities that can effectively address regional human rights crises and make AICHR a force for change.
Malaysia has made strides in promoting and protecting human rights, including strengthening the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), continued engagement with UN human rights mechanisms, ratification of ILO’s Occupational Safety and Health Convention 1981, and improvements in addressing human trafficking.
At the 39th AICHR meeting in Jakarta on 21 May 2024, Edmund Bon outlined three key developments in Malaysia on refugee rights, the death penalty, and business and human rights.
While the AHRD has provided a platform for dialogue on human rights and has facilitated certain engagement initiatives, its limitations underscore ASEAN’s ongoing challenges in prioritising human rights. These shortcomings raise significant questions about the AHRD’s relevance and its overall impact within the ASEAN region.
Legislating for mandatory due diligence on human rights, labour, environmental, and governance matters is the right thing to do.
Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been slow. Growing income inequality, conflicts, and climate change pose significant challenges. One report says the SDGs can only be achieved in 2092. In this context, corporate accountability becomes crucial. The third pillar of the UNCPs — access to remedy — must be at the front and centre of our work on sustainability.
Kenyataan media bagi pihak anak guam kami.
A media statement on behalf of our client.
Findings from recent research confirmed that refugees in Malaysia have been harassed by the authorities and subjected to demands for bribes. The inhumane treatment of refugees is unacceptable. If we are to progress as a nation, we cannot continue to be a society that allows the most vulnerable among us to be bullied.
Human rights due diligence must be viewed as an essential component of responsible business practices.
We hope all lawyers will support the motion on business and human rights.
Slowly but surely, increased regulatory standards for due diligence, transparency in supply chains and ESG-BHR reporting will hit the operations of Malaysian companies doing business overseas.
“We wanted everyone to write, and we would encourage them to write for us. LoyarBurok was the legal platform to write for at that time. It steadily gained popularity, and young people thought it was hip, especially as the name was anti-establishment and tongue-in-cheek,” Edmund writes.
Can ESG achieve what it is framed to do, which is to sustain us on this planet in a just manner?
