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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | AICHR’s 41st meeting will be held from 12 to 16 May 2025, chaired by Edmund Bon, AICHR’s 2025 Chair and Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR. The meeting will discuss the proposed ASEAN declarations on the right to development and peace, and on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Astro Awani | AICHR akan mengadakan Mesyuarat ke-41 dari 12 hingga 16 Mei ini yang dipengerusikan oleh Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR merangkap Pengerusi AICHR bagi tahun 2025, Edmund Bon. Kepimpinan Malaysia mencerminkan komitmen berterusan dalam memajukan promosi dan perlindungan hak asasi manusia melalui dialog serantau serta penerokaan bidang kerjasama baharu.

Bernama | AICHR will convene its 41st Meeting in Jakarta from 12 to 16 May, chaired by Edmund Bon, Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR and AICHR’s Chair for 2025. Malaysia’s leadership of this meeting underscores its commitment to advancing human rights promotion and protection through regional dialogue and the exploration of new avenues for collaboration.

Business Today | The 41st AICHR meeting will gather representatives from all 10 ASEAN member states, with Timor-Leste participating as an observer. It will focus on regional human rights priorities, including draft declarations on the rights to development and peace, and to a safe and sustainable environment.

AICHR | AICHR convened a regional consultation to develop its next Five-Year Work Plan. This marked the first time that AICHR has held an open consultation on its work plan, to consult, discuss and receive feedback and inputs from stakeholders.

AICHR | The 2nd AICHR Consultation on the Human Right to Development highlighted the importance of the right to development in all its facets and how the right relates to inclusive, equitable and sustainable development, poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and ASEAN peace.

Scoop | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon said AICHR’s Five-Year Work Plan (2026-2030) must be forward-looking and adaptable to global shifts such as the rise of artificial intelligence, climate change, and emerging security threats. The work plan will be pivotal in shaping the future direction of human rights in the region.

Bernama | AICHR’s Five-Year Work Plan (2026-2030) is aimed at strengthening the protection and promotion of human rights across Southeast Asia, amid evolving regional and global challenges. It will serve as a strategic framework guiding AICHR’s activities over the next five years, in line with the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and various Strategic Plans of Action under the ASEAN framework.

Scoop | Pengerusi AICHR Edmund Bon berkata Pelan Kerja Lima Tahun (2026- 2030) yang sedang dirangka perlu proaktif dan kekal relevan dengan perubahan semasa termasuk dalam menghadapi perkembangan kecerdasan buatan (AI), perubahan iklim dan ancaman keselamatan.

Free Malaysia Today | When calling for a solution to the crisis involving Myanmar nationals, Edmund Bon, Malaysia’s representative to AICHR, said taking in refugees would strain a host country’s resources, as funding is a challenge. Bon said he has conveyed the challenges that come with hosting refugees to AICHR’s Myanmar representative.

Bernama | Buat pertama kali sejak Suruhanjaya Antara Kerajaan ASEAN Mengenai Hak Asasi Manusia (AICHR) ditubuhkan, Malaysia membuka pembangunan Pelan Kerja Lima Tahun seterusnya (2026 hingga 2030) untuk konsultasi bersama masyarakat madani dan pihak berkepentingan.

Berita RTM | Pengerusi AICHR Edmund Bon berkata agenda hak kepada pembangunan menjadi antara fokus utama yang diketengahkan menerusi perbincangan strategik AICHR yang bermula hari ini selama dua hari. Menurut beliau, cabaran keselamatan bukan tradisional kini semakin ketara, termasuk isu pelarian, buruh paksa dan konflik.

Bernama | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon stated that Malaysia is spearheading efforts for ASEAN to adopt a landmark declaration on peace, development and sustainability to guide ASEAN’s future actions. The declaration aims to strengthen human rights and build an inclusive and resilient ASEAN community.

Scoop | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon called on ASEAN to act swiftly in addressing rising non-traditional security challenges such as refugee crises, forced labour, and conflict, warning that failure to do so could undermine the bloc’s relevance. He said the emergence of non-traditional security challenges has become increasingly evident across the region.

Astro Awani | Dua perbincangan AICHR berkaitan hak asasi manusia yang berlangsung pada 28 dan 29 April 2025 merupakan “sebahagian daripada inisiatif Malaysia dalam kepimpinan ASEAN tahun ini dan menekankan komitmen AICHR untuk membentuk agenda hak asasi manusia yang berpaksikan rakyat, berorientasikan rakyat dan berpandangan ke hadapan”.

Bernama | Malaysia will host two AICHR regional consultations on human rights to strengthen ASEAN’s commitment to a people-centred and inclusive agenda. The consultations form part of Malaysia’s broader initiatives in ASEAN this year, which underscore the regional body’s efforts to advance inclusive, sustainable, and gender-responsive programmes.

Kementerian Luar Negeri Malaysia | Edmund Bon, Pengerusi AICHR dan Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR, akan menganjurkan dua perbincangan penting berkaitan hak asasi manusia di peringkat serantau. Perbincangan utama akan bertumpu kepada rundingan lanjut terhadap cadangan Malaysia mengenai satu Deklarasi ASEAN mengenai Promosi Hak Kepada Pembangunan dan Keamanan.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | Malaysia will host two pivotal regional consultations on human rights, which underscore AICHR’s commitment to shaping a people-centred, people-oriented and forward-looking human rights agenda. Central to the consultations will be further deliberations on Malaysia’s proposal for an ASEAN declaration on promoting the right to development.

Free Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon, Chair of AICHR in 2025 and Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, called for a “humanitarian pause” so proper aid and relief can be provided to those in need. He said that all parties — not only one side — must stop the violence, irrespective of who is in the right or wrong.