Astro Awani | Mesyuarat ke-40 AICHR menjadi platform penting bagi Malaysia sebagai Pengerusi ASEAN 2025 untuk memimpin agenda hak asasi manusia dan pembangunan mampan di rantau Asia Tenggara. Acara ini merupakan mesyuarat pertama di bawah kepimpinan Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR dan Pengerusi AICHR bagi tahun 2025, Edmund Bon Tai Soon.
Free Malaysia Today | At AICHR’s first meeting for 2025 from Feb 11 to 14, to be chaired by Malaysia’s AICHR Representative Edmund Bon, he will advocate reforms to strengthen transparency, accountability, and regional collaboration, aiming to expand AICHR’s role beyond its current advisory function.
ASEAN Malaysia 2025 | Mesyuarat AICHR ke-40 merupakan yang pertama di bawah kepimpinan Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR dan Pengerusi AICHR 2025. Antara agenda mesyuarat adalah deklarasi-deklarasi ASEAN yang dicadangkan mengenai hak alam sekitar, pertumbuhan inklusif, pembangunan mampan dan hak kepada pembangunan.
ASEAN Malaysia 2025 | Matters on the agenda of the retreat and 40th meeting of the AICHR from 11 to 14 February 2025 include the proposed ASEAN declarations on environmental rights, inclusive growth, sustainable development and right to development. This marks the first AICHR meeting under the stewardship of Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR and Chair of AICHR 2025 Edmund Bon.
Scoop | As ASEAN and AICHR Chair for 2025, Malaysia stated its commitment to strengthening AICHR’s institutional framework by shifting towards a more protection-centric approach, enhancing transparency and accountability, and deepening collaboration with ASEAN sectoral bodies and dialogue partners. Malaysia also seeks to foster stronger engagement with civil society organisations.
The Edge Malaysia | At the inaugural Malaysian Human Rights and Environmental Rights Dialogue held in Wisma Putra on Thursday, Malaysia’s representative to the AICHR Edmund Bon addressed the rampant violation of human rights in Southeast Asia, and said Malaysia cannot support the continuation of the atrocities being committed around the world.
Bernama | The AICHR aims to address climate change through the proposed ASEAN Declaration on the Right to Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment. “We will begin examining, documenting, and finding an ASEAN common position on regional human-induced disasters and conflicts through the lens of human rights, accountability, reconciliation, and peace,” chair of the AICHR Edmund Bon said.
Bernama | AICHR menyasarkan untuk menangani hak pembangunan ekonomi, sosial, budaya dan politik serta kaitannya dengan perniagaan dan hak asasi manusia, kesaksamaan gender, perubahan iklim, dan pembangunan mampan. Pengerusi AICHR Edmund Bon berkata kepimpinan Malaysia di ASEAN memberikan peluang besar untuk meningkatkan standard hak asasi manusia di seluruh rantau ini.
Free Malaysia Today | Participants at the Malaysian Human Rights and Environmental Rights Dialogue at the foreign ministry, chaired by Edmund Bon, said Malaysia needs to prove its commitment to human and environmental rights at home before espousing it at ASEAN. Concerns included wrongful deportation, land and indigenous rights, and lack of consultation regarding the seed bill.
The Edge Malaysia | The inaugural Human Rights and Environmental Rights Dialogue convened by Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR in 2025, Edmund Bon, served as a key platform for Malaysia to engage stakeholders and reaffirm its commitment to advancing human and environmental rights across the region.
Malaysiakini | Malaysia’s chair of the AICHR, Edmund Bon, delivered a forceful critique of what he described as a growing “dilution” or willful blindness of international human rights law. “Within our ASEAN backyard and within the remit of what we can do while chairing ASEAN, we cannot support impunity,” he said.
Malaysiakini | Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Antara Kerajaan ASEAN mengenai Hak Asasi Manusia (AICHR) dari Malaysia, Edmund Bon, menyeru pendirian tegas terhadap pelanggaran hak asasi manusia, walaupun ini bermakna melanggar konvensyen dalam ASEAN. Sejak 2009, AICHR belum secara langsung menangani konflik bersenjata. Pendirian tegas Bon menawarkan platform untuk langkah ke hadapan.
Edmund Bon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, outlines the human rights priorities for ASEAN 2025 during his term as AICHR Chair. He welcomes the unparalleled opportunity to address pressing human rights challenges facing ASEAN, and emphasises that Malaysia cannot countenance the dilution of international human rights law and standards, nor be wilfully blind to impunity.
The Washington Post | Southeast Asian countries are increasingly seeking to bypass formal extradition agreements and their protections. The country of origin would say they have a right to cancel the passport, according to Edmund Bon, the lawyer who acted on behalf of a Bangladeshi opposition activist arrested in Malaysia. By the time people try to appeal, they would already be on the plane.
Mandatory due diligence is going to be imposed by the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which will affect businesses in ASEAN. How will Malaysia and ASEAN take charge and address human and environmental rights violations within the region?
Delegation of the European Union to Malaysia | Human Rights Day celebrations on 10 December 2024 was marked with the launch of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Handbook, which provides guidance on turning inclusion and equity into actionable practices. Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR, Edmund Bon, shared his thoughts on how DEI could transform workplaces in Malaysia in 2025.
Free Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon said the current crackdown on race, religion and royalty discussions not only threatens free speech but does not effectively address extremism. Bon also warned that such prohibitions might embolden groups demanding stricter censorship. As such, only expressions that incite hate or advocate violence should be prohibited.
Hak untuk pembangunan ekonomi, sosial, budaya, dan politik menuntut agar hak asasi manusia menjadi teras utama dalam mencapai keterangkuman dan kelestarian. Rakyat ASEAN berhak menerima tidak kurang daripada itu.
The right to economic, social, cultural and political development demands that human rights be at the front and centre of inclusivity and sustainability. The ASEAN people deserve no less.
AICHR | This timely initiative by AICHR Philippines examined the effects of the global climate emergency on indigenous groups and traditional communities, emphasising how their unique perspectives can contribute to facing this challenge head-on. The plans for the ongoing draft ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, and Sustainable Environment were also considered.
Astro Awani | Mesyuarat ke-40 AICHR menjadi platform penting bagi Malaysia sebagai Pengerusi ASEAN 2025 untuk memimpin agenda hak asasi manusia dan pembangunan mampan di rantau Asia Tenggara. Acara ini merupakan mesyuarat pertama di bawah kepimpinan Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR dan Pengerusi AICHR bagi tahun 2025, Edmund Bon Tai Soon.
Free Malaysia Today | At AICHR’s first meeting for 2025 from Feb 11 to 14, to be chaired by Malaysia’s AICHR Representative Edmund Bon, he will advocate reforms to strengthen transparency, accountability, and regional collaboration, aiming to expand AICHR’s role beyond its current advisory function.
ASEAN Malaysia 2025 | Mesyuarat AICHR ke-40 merupakan yang pertama di bawah kepimpinan Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR dan Pengerusi AICHR 2025. Antara agenda mesyuarat adalah deklarasi-deklarasi ASEAN yang dicadangkan mengenai hak alam sekitar, pertumbuhan inklusif, pembangunan mampan dan hak kepada pembangunan.
ASEAN Malaysia 2025 | Matters on the agenda of the retreat and 40th meeting of the AICHR from 11 to 14 February 2025 include the proposed ASEAN declarations on environmental rights, inclusive growth, sustainable development and right to development. This marks the first AICHR meeting under the stewardship of Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR and Chair of AICHR 2025 Edmund Bon.
Scoop | As ASEAN and AICHR Chair for 2025, Malaysia stated its commitment to strengthening AICHR’s institutional framework by shifting towards a more protection-centric approach, enhancing transparency and accountability, and deepening collaboration with ASEAN sectoral bodies and dialogue partners. Malaysia also seeks to foster stronger engagement with civil society organisations.
The Edge Malaysia | At the inaugural Malaysian Human Rights and Environmental Rights Dialogue held in Wisma Putra on Thursday, Malaysia’s representative to the AICHR Edmund Bon addressed the rampant violation of human rights in Southeast Asia, and said Malaysia cannot support the continuation of the atrocities being committed around the world.
Bernama | The AICHR aims to address climate change through the proposed ASEAN Declaration on the Right to Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment. “We will begin examining, documenting, and finding an ASEAN common position on regional human-induced disasters and conflicts through the lens of human rights, accountability, reconciliation, and peace,” chair of the AICHR Edmund Bon said.
Bernama | AICHR menyasarkan untuk menangani hak pembangunan ekonomi, sosial, budaya dan politik serta kaitannya dengan perniagaan dan hak asasi manusia, kesaksamaan gender, perubahan iklim, dan pembangunan mampan. Pengerusi AICHR Edmund Bon berkata kepimpinan Malaysia di ASEAN memberikan peluang besar untuk meningkatkan standard hak asasi manusia di seluruh rantau ini.
Free Malaysia Today | Participants at the Malaysian Human Rights and Environmental Rights Dialogue at the foreign ministry, chaired by Edmund Bon, said Malaysia needs to prove its commitment to human and environmental rights at home before espousing it at ASEAN. Concerns included wrongful deportation, land and indigenous rights, and lack of consultation regarding the seed bill.
The Edge Malaysia | The inaugural Human Rights and Environmental Rights Dialogue convened by Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR in 2025, Edmund Bon, served as a key platform for Malaysia to engage stakeholders and reaffirm its commitment to advancing human and environmental rights across the region.
Malaysiakini | Malaysia’s chair of the AICHR, Edmund Bon, delivered a forceful critique of what he described as a growing “dilution” or willful blindness of international human rights law. “Within our ASEAN backyard and within the remit of what we can do while chairing ASEAN, we cannot support impunity,” he said.
Malaysiakini | Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Antara Kerajaan ASEAN mengenai Hak Asasi Manusia (AICHR) dari Malaysia, Edmund Bon, menyeru pendirian tegas terhadap pelanggaran hak asasi manusia, walaupun ini bermakna melanggar konvensyen dalam ASEAN. Sejak 2009, AICHR belum secara langsung menangani konflik bersenjata. Pendirian tegas Bon menawarkan platform untuk langkah ke hadapan.
Edmund Bon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, outlines the human rights priorities for ASEAN 2025 during his term as AICHR Chair. He welcomes the unparalleled opportunity to address pressing human rights challenges facing ASEAN, and emphasises that Malaysia cannot countenance the dilution of international human rights law and standards, nor be wilfully blind to impunity.
The Washington Post | Southeast Asian countries are increasingly seeking to bypass formal extradition agreements and their protections. The country of origin would say they have a right to cancel the passport, according to Edmund Bon, the lawyer who acted on behalf of a Bangladeshi opposition activist arrested in Malaysia. By the time people try to appeal, they would already be on the plane.
Mandatory due diligence is going to be imposed by the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which will affect businesses in ASEAN. How will Malaysia and ASEAN take charge and address human and environmental rights violations within the region?
Delegation of the European Union to Malaysia | Human Rights Day celebrations on 10 December 2024 was marked with the launch of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Handbook, which provides guidance on turning inclusion and equity into actionable practices. Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR, Edmund Bon, shared his thoughts on how DEI could transform workplaces in Malaysia in 2025.
Free Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon said the current crackdown on race, religion and royalty discussions not only threatens free speech but does not effectively address extremism. Bon also warned that such prohibitions might embolden groups demanding stricter censorship. As such, only expressions that incite hate or advocate violence should be prohibited.
Hak untuk pembangunan ekonomi, sosial, budaya, dan politik menuntut agar hak asasi manusia menjadi teras utama dalam mencapai keterangkuman dan kelestarian. Rakyat ASEAN berhak menerima tidak kurang daripada itu.
The right to economic, social, cultural and political development demands that human rights be at the front and centre of inclusivity and sustainability. The ASEAN people deserve no less.
AICHR | This timely initiative by AICHR Philippines examined the effects of the global climate emergency on indigenous groups and traditional communities, emphasising how their unique perspectives can contribute to facing this challenge head-on. The plans for the ongoing draft ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, and Sustainable Environment were also considered.
