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CIVIL SOCIETY’S INPUTS

ASEAN VISION 2025AND ITS ATTENDANT DOCUMENTS

27 May 2015

Human Rights Working Group (HRWG)Weaving Women’s Voices in ASEAN (WEAVE)


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Online Inputs from Brunei DarussalamBrunei Council on Social Welfare (BCSW)

Brunei Darussalam AIDS Council

National Consultation in Cambodia, 14 May 2015

SILAKA

Cambodian Volunteers Services (CVS)Cambodian Civil Society Working Group for ASEAN (CCWA)Working Group on Peace (WGP)

Women Peace Maker (WPM)

Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia)CamASEAN

Indradevi Organization

NGO Coalition to Address Sexual Exploitation of Children in Cambodia (COSECAM)Cambodia Children and Young People Movement for Child Rights (CCYMCR)

NGO Coalition on the Right of the Child (NGOCRC)

Khmer Women’s Cooperation for Development (KWCD)Youth for Peace (YFP)

Peace Institute Cambodia (PIC)Khmer Kampuchea Krom for Human Right Development Association (KKKHRDA)

Community Legal Education Center (CLEC)Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC)

Positive Action for Change (PAC)Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC)Life is Learning Club (LLC)

Day Ku Aphiwat (DKA)

Rain Water Cambodia (RWC)Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF)

Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association (CIYA)

National Consultation in Indonesia, 15 May 2015

Kalyanamitra Foundation

Human Rights Working Group (HRWG)The Habibie Center

Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)

Parahiyangan University (International Relations)

Indonesia for HumanityLegal Resource Center for Gender Justice and Human Rights (LRC KJHAM)Pergerakan Indonesia

Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan/ Women’s Health Foundation (YKP) Aceh Civil Society Task Force

Migrant Care

International NGO for Indonesian Development (INFID) ASEAN Study Center (ASC), Gajah Mada University


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Himpunan Wanita Penyandang Disabilitas Indonesia (HWDI)/ Indonesia Associationof Women with Disabilities Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) / The Indonesian PlannedParenthood Association (IPPA) SEJIWA

Kelompok Peduli Penghapusan Tindak Kekerasan Terhadap Perempuan dan Anak (KeppakPerempuan)

SAPA Indonesia ANSIPOL Arus Pelangi

Transparency International Indonesia

Mitra Perempuan

PPDI-AGENDA

National Consultation in Lao PDR, 21 May 2015 Attended by 10 civil society organisations in Lao

National Consultation in Malaysia, 20 May 2015Committee of ASIAN Women (CAW)

Women’s Aid Organization (WAO)

Network to Assist Victims of Trafficking in AsiaMigration Working GroupHumaniti Malaysia

Angkatan Bahaman AJK Pos Lanai

Sinar ProjectJKOAP

Kampung Sg. Mai

Farmer Sg. SirehCARAM Asia

ASEAN SOGIE Caucus Malaysia Amnesty International MalaysiaBar Council Migrants, Refugees and Immigration Affairs Committee

North South Initiative (NSI)

Institute Rakyat

National Consultation in Myanmar/ Burma, 19 May 2015 AJAR / Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT/ Member of WLB)

Education Initiative (EI)

Equality MyanmarFriendly Child FoundationGender Development Institute (GDI)

Lahu Development Network

MILINational Youth Congress

ND Burma & Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO/Member of WLB)NGO- GG (NGO Gender group)


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Phan Tee Eain (Creative Home)

Shanah FoundationSmile Foundation

The Seagull

Women League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organization comprised of 13 women’sorganizations)

Burmese Women’s Union (BWU/Member of WLB)Kayan Women’s Organization (KYWO/Member of WLB)

Lahu Women’s Organization (LWO)Pa-O Women’s Union (PWU/ Member of WLB)Rakhaing Women’s Union (RWU)

Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN/ Member of WLB)Women’s Rights and Welfare Association of Burma (WRWAB/ Member of WLB)

National Consultation in the Philippines, 14-15 May 2015 Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM)

ASEAN SOGIE Caucus - Philippines

Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) Philippines Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC)

Babae PlusBatis Center for WomenCEDAW Youth Network

Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE)

Confederation of Older Persons Association of the Philippine (COPAP)Environmental Legal Assistance Center, Inc. (ELAC)Focus on the Global South Philippines

Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)Galang Philippines

GANDA FilipinasGender Watch Against Violence and Exploitation (GWAVE)

Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) ManilaMiriam College International Studies (MCIS)

Nationwide Organization of Visually-Impaired Empowered Ladies (NOVEL)

Network for Transformative Social Protection PhilippinesNisa Ul Haqq fi Bangsamoro

Pambansang Koalisyon ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan (PKKK)

Partido ng ManggagawaPhilippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC)

Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ)Philippine NGO Coalition on the CRC

Philwomen on ASEAN (Philwomen)IGHLRC/ Philwomen SOGIE

Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK)

Rainbow Rights PhilippinesSocial Watch PhilippinesTalikala Davao

Task Force Food Sovereignty (TFFS)Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation

Woman Health Philippines


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Women and Gender Institute (WAGI)

Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB)

Online Inputs from SingaporeThink Centre

National Consultation in Thailand, 19 May 2015Foundation for Women (FFW) Amnesty International Thailand

Focus on Global SouthPro-rights Foundations

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ASEAN Watch, NGO-COD, ThailandFoundation for Labour and Employment PromotionPeople’s Empowerment Foundation

FTA Watch

Climate Watch ThailandSocial Agenda Working Group

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, ThailandTogetherness for Equality and Actions (TEA)Law Reform Commission of Thailand

Thai Committee of Refugees Foundation

LGBT SURIN

National Consultation in Vietnam, 18 May 2015

Center for Creative Initiative in Health and Population (CCIHP)Center for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED)

The Center for Water Resources Conservation and DevelopmentClimate Change Resilience Centre (CCRC)

Center for Public Health and Development (CEPHAD)Center for Development Resources (CENFORD)

Institute for Population, Family and Children (IPFC)

Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE)Gender and Community Development Network (Gencomnet)

Vietnam Institute of Dietary Supplements (VIDS)

Center for Education Promotion and Empowerment of (CEPEW)Toward Tranparency

Vietnam Women's Union


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Regional Consultation CSO Inputs on ASEAN Vision 2025 in Jakarta, 24-27 May 2015

Smile Education and Development FoundationUniversity of Montreal, Canada

ASETUC

Bahai International CommunityCambodian Civil Society Working Group for ASEAN (CCWA)

PPDI-AGENDAGender Watch Against Violence and Exploitation (GWAVE)/Phil Women

Climate Watch ThailandKalyanamitra ASEAN SOGIE Caucus

Bar Council Migrants, Refugees and Immigration Affairs CommitteeSILAKA

SAPA Indonesia

Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB) ASEAN Youth ForumFoundation for Women

Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE)

Action for the FutureThink Centre, Singapore

Arus PelangiShanah, MyanmarSEJIWA

The Seagull, Myanmar

APR2P, University of QueenslandTransparansi Internasional Indonesia (TII) ASEAN Parlimentarian for Human Rights (APHR)

IWRAW-AP

Pax Romana ICMICA Kontras

Migrant CareInstitute for Essential Service Reform (IESR)

The Habibie CenterHuman Rights Working Group (HRWG)

Weaving Women’s Voices in ASEAN

Online inputs from Regional Networks/Organizations ASEAN Services Employees Trade Union Council (ASETUC)

Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)The Asia Pacific Centre for Responsibility to Protect

Regional Institution for ASEAN Youth Forum ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights

ASEAN SOGIE Caucus

Online Inputs from International Organizations

Transparency InternationalInternational Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)


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2.5 A region that promotes and protects the rights and safety of human rights

defenders and ensures freedom of expression, and freedom of association andassembly;

2.6 A region that promotes dialogue and resolves disputes by peaceful means,including refraining from the use of threat or force and adopting peaceful dispute

settlement mechanisms; promoting preventive diplomacy activities;institutionalizing peoples’ participation in peace-building and peace-making

processes and people-centred conflict resolution initiatives; implementing UnitedNations Women, Peace and Security (WPS) resolutions; and upholding theresponsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing

and crimes against humanity;

2.7 A region that remains free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass

destruction, as well as contributes to global efforts on disarmament and non-proliferation;

2.8 A community that peacefully resolves territorial disputes on land, sea and

commons and promotes cooperation for peace and stability in the region andbeyond through ASEAN-led mechanisms and adopts internationally-accepted

conventions and principles;

2.9 A community that strengthens our unity, cohesiveness in ASEAN centrality and

remains the primary driving force in shaping the evolving regional architecture that

is built upon ASEAN-led mechanisms;

2.10 A community, in the interest of developing friendly and mutually beneficial

relations, enhances cooperation with Dialogue Partners, strengthens engagement

with other external partners, including the United Nations and South-SouthDialogue, reaches out to potential partners, and responds collectively and

constructively to global developments;

2.11 A community that is genuinely people-centred that promotes and fosters politicalawareness and understanding including democratic and human rights principles, to

ensure informed and meaningful participation of peoples such as the civil society

organisations; including the participation and representation of marginalised groupsin all the decision-making processes at all levels;

2.12 A community with enhanced institutional capacity through improved ASEAN workprocesses and coordination, increased effectiveness and efficiency and gender

responsiveness and inclusiveness of all ASEAN organs and a strengthened ASEAN Secretariat;

2.13 A community that provides and nurtures safe spaces and fosters a culture of peace

among the youth to meaningfully engage in peace-building efforts such as interfaith

dialogues and cross-cultural exchanges at the community, national and regionallevels specifically in conflict areas; and

2.14 A community with increased ASEAN institutional presence in each ASEANMember State.


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1. By 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) shall be life-promoting, humane, just,

equitable, redistributive, environmentally sustainable, transparent, accountable, gender-

responsive, rights-based, pro-poor, pro-people, and prosperous that puts peoples’ interestat the center; and upholds food sovereignty and sustainable development and enables alife of dignity for its people where the marginalised and the poor including the local

economies and small producers enjoy the benefits of cohesive; innovative and dynamicregional integration and cooperation across sectors, economic growth with redistributive

and equitable access to resources, affordable, safe and healthy food, and free or

affordable social services and social protection

2. We, therefore, undertake to achieve:

2.1 A people-centered, just, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable regional economiccommunity ensuring sustainable development, eliminating inequality, and

increasing sovereignty (access, ownership and control) over all natural andproductive resources of the marginalised and poor communities;

2.2 A regional economic community that provides decent work with recognition of all

types of work, and the elimination of all forms of exploitation and discrimination;

2.3 A rights-based economic community with strong recognition of the primacy of

human rights that upholds international human rights principles and standards in

trade policy-making and negotiations including labour-related policies withaccess to justice mechanisms on the impact of economic agreements; and

2.4 A regional economic community that upholds good governance, accountability

and transparency, with democratic, participatory and inclusive processes at alllevels of decision-making and policy-making through an institutionalized

mechanism for meaningful peoples’ participation and access to information.

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1. By 2025, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community shall be equal, inclusive, transparent,

accountable, sustainable, resilient, dynamic, just, rights-based, socially-responsible and

gender-responsive. It shall meaningfully engage and benefit the people, especially themarginalised and the under-represented, respect diversity in line with the international

human rights and labour standards.

2. ASEAN, therefore, undertakes to:

2.1 A community where all peoples have full and equal enjoyment of available, affordableand accessible quality services and adequate social protection, and opportunity for all,as well as fully respect, promote and protect human rights, fundamental freedoms and

access to justice including the rights of women, children, youth, workers – irrespective

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orientation and gender identity and expression, people living with HIV, ethnic

nationalities, indigenous peoples, refugees, stateless persons, trafficked persons,elderly and senior persons and other vulnerable groups;

2.2 A community that balances social development and sustainable environment in linewith UN SDGs that meets the current and future needs of the people enshrining rights-

based approach. There must be a balanced social development and sustainableenvironment that meet the current and future needs of the people, empowers our

peoples and institutions to become fully responsive, adaptive and prepared to addresschallenges of natural and human-induced disasters, impacts of climate change, andother economic and social crises, to eliminate poverty, vulnerabilities, and exposure to

risks;

2.3 A community that strengthens and upholds local, national and regional youth

institutions and policies to ensure development and meaningful participation of allyouth in all levels of policy design, planning, implementation and monitoring andevaluation;

2.4 A community that empowers and protects the rights of elderly and senior persons andguarantees their meaningful participation in all levels of policy design, planning,

implementation, monitoring and evaluation;

2.5 A community that recognizes and respects multi-cultural diversity, community

exchanges and academic cooperation.

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Genuinely people-centred: A strong recognition of the primacy of people over markets and

profits. This is reflected through democratic, participatory and people-centred processes at thenational and regional levels.

Universality: All human beings are entitled to all rights enshrined in the Universal Declarationof Human Rights (UDHR). By virtue of their birth, human beings automatically have these

rights. No person or group must be deprived in exercising and enjoying their rights. States

have the obligation to promote universal, not relative or selective, respect for, and observanceof, human rights. Hence, efforts must be pursued for everyone, everywhere.

Inclusive: ASEAN shall promote equitable access to opportunity for ASEAN people, as well

as promote and protect human rights of the marginalised groups of people to attain a life ofdignity and equality.

Human Rights Cooperation: The three pillars are always interconnected and interrelatedand adhere to human rights principles. Human rights are mainstream across the three pillars

of the ASEAN Community. This element establishes a stronger human rights cooperation

across the three pillars and its sectoral bodies.

Gender-responsive and inclusive: It should be responsive to gender-specific needs andrights and the gender- specific impact of all policies and programs by applying temporary

special measures for marginalised women and minority groups.


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Gender Equality: asserting the equality of men and women and their right to enjoy equalconditions realizing their full human potentials to contribute to and benefit from the results of

development, and with the AMS recognizing that all human beings are free and equal in

dignity and rights. Economic development should also aim towards realizing gender equityand equality. Economic development should also respond to the particular status and

conditions and thereby special needs and specific rights of children, of the elderly and ofpeople with disabilities. Economic development should also be responsive to area-based

(region, urban - rural, etc.) as well as culture and ethnicity-based conditions and needs.Economic development shall contribute to uplifting quality of life and should not violate humandignity and compromise integrity.

Youth-driven: Youth meaningful participation maximises the inherent and potential capacities

and needs of young people in terms of access to and enjoyment of civil and political rights

(this is to ensure that marginalised youth are included and to ensure youths’ freedom ofthoughts) education, decent work, health, and freedom of mobility. An institutionalisedmechanism within the ASEAN allows meaningful engagement of young people in all levels of

policy making on youth matters.

Biased with the Marginalised groups: There are basic, disadvantaged, or vulnerablepersons or groups who are mostly living in poverty and have little or no access to land andother resources, basic social and economic services such as health care, education, water

and sanitation, employment and livelihood opportunities, housing, social security, physical

infrastructure, and the justice system. The three pillars must enusre that programs and

policies will address the needs of the marginalised groups of people.

Open: A community that is transparent and accountable to general public by ensuring accessto information as a vital component to enhance public awareness on ASEAN’s works and byinvolving diverse and multiple sector of society participation in program development and

policy-making processes.

Democratic, Participatory and Accountable: Participation should be empowering by

ensuring full transparency and equitable access to information at all levels and stages;developing peoples’ capability to process and analyze information; providing venues for

meaningful participation and representation; and democratizing of decision-making powers

including making the government and other institutions that play major roles in the economic

life of the country, and the community, accountable.

Peaceful: A community that promotes peace in the region, protect the marginalised and

minority groups, respect diversity and pluralism in the community where people live peacefullyand free from violence in in both public and private spheres.

Resilient: The capacity of the people, especially the most vulnerable and the marginalisedcan adapt and respond to social and economic vulnerabilities, disasters, climate change aswell as emerging threats and challenges.

Dynamic: this element aimed at strengthening the ability to continuously innovate and be aproactive member of the global community. The objective is to provide the enablingenvironment, i.e. policies and institutions that engender people and firms to be more open and

adaptive; creative and innovative, and entrepreneurial.


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Engages and Benefits: ASEAN shall engage with the people for the purpose of benefiting all

people in the region in particular those who are marginalised and vulnerable group byestablishing accountable and inclusive mechanism. Institutionalised social dialogue on

ASEAN policies and strategies to attain a meaningful engagement between the people and

ASEAN.

Environmentally Sustainable: Economic development should be based on the carryingcapacity of the natural environment to provide for the present as well as the future generation.

The earth has limits in its capacity to provide, and especially in its capacity to renew itself.Economic development must address the need to replenish and restore nature, to nurture andmaintain the balance of the ecosystem. It should utilize processes and technologies that

respect and nurture the environment and functions in harmony with it.

Nation and State Driven: The economy should be propelled primarily by internal resources

and capability, limited though these may be, and build on these resources and capability.Economic development should not rely on external factors (such as the infusion of foreigninvestments, aid, loans etc.) over which the country or people have no full control, and which

can be withdrawn, withheld, or reduced any time. External sources can be explored provided

that the terms are mutually beneficial. State-driven means that state policies and actions mustbe driven by the needs of the people and guided by roadmaps for the immediate realization of

these rights for key functions such as financing, administration and regulation. This includes aconstitutional framework that underpins the realization of these rights, with institutionalizedmechanisms that insulate state policies and programs promoting and protecting these rights

from patronage and protect them from future administrations that may scheme to dismantle

them.

Financially viable and sustainable: Economic development should generate enough means

and resources to recover those expended in the previous period, and to provide a surplus that

can be set aside for future use and for emergencies. It should encourage the mobilization ofsavings, on the part of the State, of corporations, of community organizations, of households

and of individuals, in order to broaden the resource base. It sees credit as a means ofwidening the base, but not the only means. It should view virtually total and virtually

permanent reliance on credit to finance production and other spending as unsustainable. Atthe same time it sees the access to affordable credit as a necessary entitlement especially for

those with the least incomes and resources to enable them to live decently. Usurious credit

should be eradicated as this is not only unsustainable but also dehumanizing.

Sustainable in human terms: Economic development should not rely on human sacrifices or

costs that are not sustainable in the long term and run counter to the goals of development. Itcannot be achieved at the expense of human, political and social rights. Human rights are

integral to development.

Clean, liveable and green: Undertake just transition towards low carbon economy bypromoting diversified, renewable energy that are community based and off grid and by shifting

away and divesting from dirty energy such as coal and fossil fuel; with the development of

industries that promote clean, green, and livable environments, and eradicates extractive anddestructive industries that exacerbate climate change impacts.


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A. Strategic Goals

1. By 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community shall be an inclusive, rules-based,and resilient community, in which our peoples live in a safe, free, harmonious

environment, and have respect for diversity, promotion of tolerance and understanding

of faiths, religions and cultures. The APSC shall promote political development inadherence to the principles of democracy, rule of law and good governance, andfulfillment of the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms

based on international human rights standards. ASEAN shall remain responsive and

relevant in addressing challenges to regional peace and security and play a centralrole in shaping a people-centered community and in strengthening ASEAN’s centrality

in the regional architecture, and an ASEAN common platform on global issues.

B. Elements

1. A rules-based, people-centred and people-driven community that fully adheres to

ASEAN principles, shared values and norms in compliance with the principles ofinternational laws governing the peaceful conduct of relations among states and itspeoples and among peoples;

1.1. Ensure the full implementation of ASEAN Charter

1.1.1. Strengthen the mandate of the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN

bodies to implement the people-centred principles in the ASEANCharter.

1.1.2. Strengthen the capacity of the ASEAN Coordinating Council andthe ASEAN Community Councils to effectively implement thepeople-centred principles of the ASEAN Charter.

1.2. Enhance people-centred, people-driven ASEAN

1.2.1. Strengthen interaction between ASEAN and its stakeholders inmoving forward the political and security initiatives within the ASEAN Community.

1.2.2. Conduct research studies and scholarly publications on ASEAN

political and security developments with think tanks anduniversities in ASEAN Member States.

1.2.3. Hold a multi-stakeholder consultation of the AIPA, ARF, ASEAN

Maritime Forum, AICHR, ACWC, AIPR and appropriate organs

related to the development of political and security initiatives in ASEAN.


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2. An inclusive, transparent, and responsive community that ensures our people fully

enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as thrive in a just, inclusive,democratic, and harmonious environment in accordance with the principles of

democracy, gender equality, good governance and the rule of law;

2.1. Promote and protect human rights, fundamental freedoms, gender equality,

and social justice in the region;

2.1.1. AICHR, ACWC and other human rights bodies mainstreamhuman rights across all pillars of the ASEAN Community.

2.1.2. AICHR, ACWC and other human rights bodies implement fullytheir work plan, and undertake mid-term appraisals to evaluate

their progress and their effectiveness.

2.1.3. Establish monitoring tools, transparent review mechanisms andmandatory reporting mechanisms of AICHR, ACWC and other

human rights bodies to the public on Member States’

implementation of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration andDEVAWVAC in accordance with international human rights

standards.

2.1.4. Strengthen AICHR and ACWC mandate by creating a

mechanism to receive complaints, conduct on-site or country

visits and respond to human rights situations in the region.

2.1.5. Institutionalise the process of consultation with all human rights

stakeholders in ASEAN at the national and regional levels as

well as with the members of parliament in ASEAN countries.

2.1.6. Establish a human rights court in ASEAN.

2.1.7. Conduct regular Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue on Human Rightsin the region to discuss the impact of regional integration to

human rights, human dignity and fundamental freedoms in

ASEAN for the purpose of improving regional cooperation andstrategies to tackle current challenges.

2.1.8. Review the Terms of Reference of AICHR, ACWC, and otherhuman rights bodies every five years, while engaging civil

society in the process and providing the report of the review tothe public at both national and regional levels.

2.1.9. Conduct regular human rights and peace study awareness-

raising activities at all levels of education.

2.1.10. Intensify research programmes on human rights in ASEAN, andexchange views and information as well as country’s human

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2.1.11. Provide redress, remedies and other support services for those

whose rights have been violated and have been deprived ofenjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

2.1.12. Develop the precautionary measures to prevent human rightsviolations and conflicts in accordance with commitments to

United Nations Women, Peace and Security resolutions andthe responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war

crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

2.1.13. AMS fully ratify relevant international human rights instruments,

including international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute.

2.1.14. AMS support, assist, cooperate and mutually strengthen the

role of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion andProtection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC)through substantive, administrative and procedural alignment.

2.1.15. AMS develop policy guidance to expedite the ASEANCommittee on the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and

Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers to develop a legallybinding instrument to protect and promote the rights of migrantworkers and their families.

2.1.16. AMS develop and assist an independent, inclusive andtransparent regional youth mechanism/ executive body that willallow meaningful engagement of youth on the design,

implementation and monitoring of policies.

2.1.17. AMS develop National Human Rights Institutions that comply

with the Paris Principles.

2.2. The Promotion of Democracy

2.2.1. Form an ASEAN Election Monitoring body, which allows for

different stakeholders to provide publicly available reports on theimplementation of elections in ASEAN countries.

2.2.2. Convene regular seminars, training programs and other capacitybuilding activities for governments, think tanks, as well as civil

society and international organisations to share best practice ondemocratic practices, gender mainstreaming, meaningful and

inclusive people’s participation and the use of technology indemocracy.

2.2.3. Organize an ASEAN Democracy Forum with the existingdemocratic institutions bringing together on an annual basis civilsociety, governments and parliamentarians to share experiences

and expertise on democracy.


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2.2.4. Form a network of election monitoring commissions/boards in

the ASEAN region to increase AMS capacity to conductpeaceful, credible, transparent, inclusive, fair and free elections.

2.2.5. Reform all constitutions and laws to ensure people’s full civil andpolitical participation in democratic and other processes,

including those in accordance with the Bangkok Declaration onFree and Fair Elections; and institute laws that promote greater

transparency and people’s participation in governance, includingthe right to form political parties, ensuring representation ofsectoral and marginalised groups.

2.2.6. Establish a charter for children and the youth that promotes the

role of young people in building and sustaining democratic

values at national and regional levels.

2.2.7. Equip AIPR to act as a clearinghouse on democracy in ASEAN

and to coordinate initiatives related to the promotion of

democracy in ASEAN, such as publishing annual researchstudies and holding a dialogue forum on democracy in the

region.

2.2.8. AMS build memorialisation initiatives in relation to the promotion

of democracy, respect for human rights, peace, rule of law, and

good governance.

2.2.9. Establish a platform for dialogue on the right for marginalised

and minority groups in ASEAN to exercise self-determination as

a fundamental human right within ASEAN and nationaldemocratic processes.

2.3. Promote a culture of good governance in ASEAN and mainstream the

principles thereof into the policies and practice embedded in the ASEANCommunity.

2.3.1. Institutionalise dialogue and partnership among governmentsand relevant stakeholders to foster and enable ideas, concepts

and methods with a view to enhance transparency,

accountability, participatory regionalism and effectivegovernance.

2.3.2. Establish measures to move toward e-government in delivering

public services in ASEAN and enhancing people engagementand government accountability.

2.3.3. Adopt business and human rights guidelines among privatesectors and other relevant stakeholders in building ASEANCommunity.

2.3.4. Develop a pool of experts in ASEAN as resource persons to

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appreciation of diversity in ASEAN, including ideals, political

systems, cultures and history of ASEAN Member States.

2.3.5. Enhance women’s representation and participation in

governance, including peace and security institutions andmechanisms.

2.3.6. ASEAN Member States institutionalise meetings with the

ASEAN Inter-parliamentarian Assembly to ensure that ASEANpolicies align with human rights and humanitarian law andprinciples.

2.3.7. ASEAN Inter-parliamentarian Assembly discuss and develop

cooperation amongst sending and receiving countries in efforts

to address the labor and migration issues in the region.

2.3.8. AMS conduct regional dialogue that will promote greater

transparency and understanding of defense policies and security

perceptions between regional bodies and dialogue partners.

2.4. Instil a culture of anti-corruption within the region and mainstream therelated principles thereof as the non-negotiable requirement into policiesand practices, and move towards building an ASEAN Integrity Community.

2.4.1. Coordinate efforts of ASEAN Member States to delivercommitments in implementing the UN Convention againstCorruption (UNCAC).

2.4.2. Promote the universalization and the implementation of UNCACin ASEAN.

2.4.3. Fully implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on

Cooperation for Preventing and Combating Corruption signed on15 December 2004 and establish priorities and work plan in the

promotion of integrity and reduction of corruption risks and

regionally share them.

2.4.4. Establish ASEAN Commission on Anti-Corruptions (ACAC) to

promote cooperation among ASEAN Member states to combatcorruption, consist of national mechanisms in combating

corruption.

2.4.5. Build an ASEAN Ministerial level leadership in combatingcorruption.

2.4.6. Establish a network of national commission to combatcorruptions in ASEAN Member States and encourage thecreation at the national level to promote the cooperation to

prevent and combat corruption, bearing in mind the above MOU,and other relevant ASEAN instruments such as the Treaty on

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2.4.7. Take all necessary measure to cooperate with financial

intelligence units of ASEAN Member States in the area ofcollection, analysis, and dissemination of information regarding

money laundering.

2.4.8. Establish processes for the meaningful participation of civil

society and business sectors in the prevention of and fightagainst corruption with a view to effectively implementing

UNCAC.

2.5. Strengthening Rule of Law, Judiciary Systems and Legal Infrastructure

2.5.1. Undertake comparative studies for lawmakers on the

promulgation of laws and regulations that will strengthen rule of

law and good governance, as well as enhance and increaseaccess to justice by marginalised groups.

2.5.2. Further develop and implement university curriculum on the rule

of law, human rights and access to justice in ASEAN MemberStates, including the situation of the marginalised groups in

accessing justice.

2.5.3. Institutionalise the network and cooperation among judiciaries of

ASEAN Member States to uphold judicial independence,

international human rights standards and gender-sensitivepractices.

2.5.4. Develop and provide comprehensive and holistic legal aid

support for victims of human rights violations, especially thosethat are trans-boundary in nature.

2.5.5. Conduct regional research and studies that look into the

challenges and problems of investigation and prosecution ofcases of gender injustice and marginalised groups of people and

come up with concrete recommendations.

2.5.6. Support needs-based capacity building, legal literacy programs

on the rule of law and access to justice for communities,

especially among the marginalised and vulnerable.

3. A community that embraces tolerance and upholds international human rights and

humanitarian norms, and fully respects different cultures, sexual orientation andgender identity and expression, languages, choices and faith/religions of our peoples;

upholds values in the spirit of respecting diversity and addresses the threat of violent

extremism in all its forms and manifestations in accordance with international humanrights and humanitarian laws;

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3.1.1. Increase the active participation of relevant representatives ininter-faith dialogues from different religions and beliefs in

ASEAN in order to have better understanding of the ASEAN

region.

3.1.2. Develop national and regional initiatives on peace bycooperating and collaborating with other relevant regional and

international organizations and networks, workshops, seminarhighlighting respect for diversity, promotion of tolerance, genderequality understanding faiths, religions, cultures and its

practices.

3.1.3. Establish a mechanism that would allow members of the

community (including teachers, religious leaders, public figures)to participate in programs relevant to the promotion of tolerance,acceptance and pluralism.

3.1.4. Fully implement the recommendation from Manila Statement on ASEM Interfaith Dialogue on Migration to enhance regional and

international cooperation in addressing challenges associatedwith areas of migration.

3.1.5. Repeal laws that criminalize and discriminate against

marginalised sectors, including based on Sexual Orientation andGender Identity and Expression or religion.

3.1.6. Enact laws that criminalize hate crimes and incitement to

violence based on religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexualorientation and gender identity, nationality, and social

background.

3.2. Develop pluralism-oriented approach and activities.

3.2.1. Pursue further studies on legal pluralism, customary law andpractices and its relevance to women’s rights; and develop

progressive interpretations of customary laws.

4. A community that adopts a people-centred and comprehensive approach to security

which enhances our capacity to effectively and meaningfully address the roots ofconflict and non-traditional security threats such as the impact of armed conflict on

civilians, poverty, disasters, climate change, forced migration and environmentaldegradation, as well as those threats arising out of our growing integration and

interdependence in a timely manner;

4.1. Strengthen the cooperation in addressing and combatting transnationalcrimes, in a rights-based and gender-sensitive approach.

4.2. Enhance cooperation on the prevention of human trafficking and people

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provision of services thereto in a rights-based and gender-sensitive

approach.

4.3. Intensify the human rights-based cooperation to address the trade of illicit

drugs toward a “Drug-free ASEAN” 2025.

4.4. Enhance human rights-based cooperation against terrorism in accordancewith the UN Convention on Counter Terrorism and other relevant

documents.

4.5. Strengthen the human rights-based cooperation in combating cybercrime,

especially against children in ASEAN.

4.6. Reinforce the cooperation in the elimination of the illicit trade and smuggling

of small arms and light weapons in ASEAN.

4.7. AMS strengthen ASEAN Cooperation on Disaster Management and

Emergency Responses, including vulnerabilities arising from natural

disaster and conflict, and situations leading to internally displaced persons,stateless persons and refugees;

4.8. AMS enhance dialogue and cooperation on cross-border natural resourcemanagement.

4.9. Establish a Rapid-Response Rescue Unit in ASEAN to address urgentissues or crisis situations in ASEAN and beyond, especially to evacuate ASEAN people in conflict areas.

4.10. Strengthen cooperation and adaptation to address climate change andenvironmental degradation.

4.11. Strengthen measures for cooperation to prevent mass atrocities in ASEAN

region.

5. A region that promotes and protects the rights and safety of human rights defendersand ensures freedom of opinion and expression, and freedom of association and

assembly;

5.1. AICHR develop regional measures to promote and protect the rights and

safety of human rights defenders and ensures freedom of expression in allspaces.

5.2. ASEAN Member States repeal laws that restrict freedom of opinion and

expression, the right to privacy, including in the internet, and freedom of

religion or belief, freedom of press and assembly, and laws pertaining todetention without trial; and reform laws restricting free and open access toinformation.

5.3. AMS release political prisoners detained under such laws, and provide

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5.4. AICHR to engage with trade unions regarding the freedom of association.

6. A region that promotes dialogue and resolves disputes by peaceful means, including

refraining from the use of threat or force and adopting peaceful dispute settlementmechanisms; and promotes preventive diplomacy activities; institutionalizes peoples’

participation in peace-building and peace-making processes and people-centredconflict resolution initiatives; implements United Nations Women, Peace and Security(WPS) resolutions; and upholds the responsibility to protect populations from

genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity;

6.1. Strengthen transparency and civilian oversight of defence and security

policies, spending and financing.

6.2. Promote confidence-building measures and preventive diplomacy.

6.3. Develop ASEAN knowledge and capacity on peace-building, conflictmanagement and conflict resolution.

6.4. Promote ASEAN cooperation for participation in peace keeping and post-conflict peace building efforts.

6.5. Actively include women and girls in decision-making processes related tothe prevention, management and resolution of conflicts.

6.6. Develop an ASEAN Plan of Action for Women, Peace, and Security,

including by making resources and technical expertise available andadopting measures to monitor and evaluate progress against the plan.

6.7. Make resources and technical expertise available for ASEAN Humanitarian

Assistance in disaster and crisis situations.

6.8. Increase resources allocation for capacity building program in post-conflict

areas.

6.9. Increase ASEAN Cooperation in reconciliation and further strengthen

peace-oriented values.

6.10. AMS develop initiatives to prevent mass atrocities in ASEAN region,including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic

cleansing.

6.11. AMS and ASEAN human rights mechanisms develop national and regional

training, dialogue and education on the prevention of genocide, war crimes,ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

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7. A region that remains free of harmful and destructive energy projects and nuclear

weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, as well as contributes to globalefforts on disarmament and non-proliferation;

7.1. Strengthen collaboration towards a nuclear-free ASEAN.

7.2. Strengthen cooperation on disarmament, non-proliferation of nucleartechnology.

7.3. Engage with stakeholders in the efforts to ensure that the region will remain

free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

8. A community that peacefully resolves territorial disputes on land, sea and commonsand promotes cooperation for peace and stability in the region and beyond through

ASEAN-led mechanisms and adopts internationally-accepted conventions and

principles;

8.1. Intensify cooperation for peace and stability on land, sea and commonsthrough ASEAN-led mechanisms.

8.2. Increase ratification of UNCLOS maritime conventions and principles.

8.3. Strengthen efforts to exclude large-scale hydropower projects.

8.4. ASEAN to enhance maritime cooperation, including in disputed areas.

8.5. ASEAN to enhance preventive diplomacy, confidence-building measures,

and the application of the dispute settlement mechanism to resolvemaritime territorial disputes, and benefit from the freedom of navigation and

regional security.

9. A community that strengthens our unity, cohesiveness in ASEAN centrality and

remains the primary driving force in shaping the evolving regional architecture that isbuilt upon ASEAN-led mechanisms;

9.1. Strengthen ASEAN centrality in existing institutions such as East AsiaSummit, ARF, as well as ASEAN Plus.

9.2. Enhance measures to strengthen cohesiveness and ASEAN centrality

among AMS and stakeholders in region by adopting progressive positionsparticularly on issues relating to climate change, refugees, stateless

persons, migration and issues of the marginalised groups of peoples.

10. A community, in the interest of developing friendly and mutually beneficial relations,enhances cooperation with Dialogue Partners, strengthens engagement with other

external partners, including the United Nations and South-South Dialogue, reaches outto potential partners, and responds collectively and constructively to global

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10.1. Intensify the interaction with Dialogue Partners to respond collectively andconstructively to global governance, human rights, peace and security.

10.2. Strengthen ASEAN-United Nations dialogue and cooperation, includingimproving the visibility and participation of AICHR and ACWC in

international human rights treaty bodies.

10.3. Enhance South-South dialogue and interregional cooperation, withassistance from the United Nations or external partners where appropriate.

11. A community that is genuinely people-centred that promotes and fosters politicalawareness and understanding including democratic and human rights principles, to

ensure informed and meaningful participation of peoples such as the civil society

organisations; including the participation and representation of marginalised groups inall the decision-making processes at all levels;

11.1. Develop mechanism to ensure the meaningful participation of peoples such

as the civil society and grassroots movements, including the participationand representation of women and other marginalised groups to participate

in decision-making process in APSC.

11.2. Create a formal or institutionalized and regular reporting or feedback

mechanism to ensure accountability of ASEAN to its peoples. The

mechanism must ensure meaningful participation of peoples such as civilsociety organizations.

12. A community with enhanced institutional capacity through improved ASEAN work

processes and coordination, increased effectiveness and efficiency and genderresponsiveness and inclusiveness of all ASEAN organs and a strengthened ASEAN

Secretariat;

12.1. Improve coordination, effectiveness, efficiency for gender responsive policyand practices of ASEAN organs and Secretariat.

12.2. Provide ways for civil society organisations working on women’s andchildren’s human rights and gender equality to directly and meaningfully

engage with the ASEAN secretariat.

12.3. Enhance women’s leadership in ASEAN Secretariat.

12.4. Establish targets, goals and indicators to promote gender equality in

ASEAN Secretariat, programs and mechanisms.

13. A community that provides and nurtures safe spaces and fosters a culture of peace

among the youth to meaningfully engage in human rights and peace-building effortssuch as interfaith dialogues and cross-cultural exchanges at the community, nationaland regional levels specifically in conflict areas;

13.1. Develop measures for the inclusion of culture of peace, which include, inter-

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and understanding faiths, religions, cultures in the curriculum of academic

institutions in ASEAN Member States.13.2. Initiate and sustain youth-focused peace education in curriculums and

alternative peace building programs.

14. A community with increased ASEAN institutional presence in each ASEAN Member

State.

14.1. AMS public information office to develop curriculum and awareness raisingactivities on ASEAN, including engaging civil society and grassrootsmovements.

14.2. Develop plan of action to increase ASEAN visibility in the region and

beyond.

14.3. AMS and ASEAN Secretariat facilitate free flow of information for mutualsupport and assistance among ASEAN Member States.

C. Review, Implementation and Resources

1. The APSC shall establish a mechanism to monitor the progress of the APSCattendant document by coming up with agreed measures and indicators both by the

AMS and the civil society every two years, which ASEAN Secretariat publishes and

widely disseminates.

2. In line with its commitment with the SDGs, APSC shall develop gender equality

indicators to measure progress towards achieving gender equality and empowerment

of women and girls in ASEAN in line with the aspirations stated in the APSC.

3. Financial resources for the implementation of APSC shall be mobilized by ASEANMember States as well as from Dialogue Partners, donor countries, international

organizations, private sectors and non-governmental organisations.

4. Communication activities for facilitating the implementation of the APSC shall be

undertaken at both national and regional level with the participation of stakeholderswith the aim of promoting greater public awareness of the APSC and ensure the

meaningful participation of the people in the process.

5. The review of APSC and its evaluation shall be conducted biennially by the APSC

Council, in coordination with ASEAN Secretariat and involving the relevant organsand stakeholders, including civil society organizations working in political-security

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A. Strategic Goals

By 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) shall be life-promoting, humane, just, equitable, redistributive, environmentally sustainable, transparent, accountable,

gender-responsive, rights-based, pro-poor, pro-people, and prosperous that putspeoples’ interest at the center; and upholds food sovereignty and sustainable

development and enables a life of dignity for its people where the marginalised and

the poor including the local economies and small producers enjoy the benefits ofcohesive; innovative and dynamic regional integration and cooperation acrosssectors, economic growth with redistributive and equitable access to resources,

affordable, safe and healthy food, and free or affordable social services and socialprotection.

B. Elements

1. A people-centered, just, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable regional economic

community ensuring sustainable development, eliminating inequality, andincreasing sovereignty (access, ownership and control) over all natural andproductive resources of the marginalised and poor communities;

1.1 The ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), ASEAN

Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM), and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting onMinerals (AMMin) in cooperation with ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the

Environment (AMME) will develop measures to improve the governance ofnatural resources including biodiversity, energy and mineral resources byadopting measures for the protection and sustainability of the environment,

removal of market mechanisms that commodify nature, and elimination of

carbon offsets, and harnessing communities’ capacities to manage their own

natural resources.

1.2 ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) will adopt diversified, new and

renewable sources of energy including community based, decentralizedsystem, and off grid and by shifting away and divesting from dirty and

conventional energy; where extractive and destructive industries arediscouraged.

1.3 ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) in cooperation

with ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication(AMRDPE) will institutionalize right-based land acquisition and distribution to

farmers and indigenous communities and increase investment in rural

infrastructure, technology, research, education for small producers,indigenous communities, cooperatives, among others.

1.4 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM), together with ASEAN FreeTrade Area (AFTA) Council and ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council willinstitute measures to increase sustainable, environmentally-sensitive, fair

trade and local trade built on ecologically benign technologies which are

beneficial to local economies and small producers and increase economic

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1.5 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM), together with ASEAN Free

Trade Area (AFTA) Council will remove provisions of intellectual property

rights in national or regional trade agreements that restrict access to seeds,free and affordable medicines and healthcare.

1.6 ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology (AMMST) will

support research that adopts digital and environmentally-friendly technologydevelopment.

1.7 The ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), incooperation with ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME)

and The ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), in

cooperation with ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and PovertyEradication (AMRDPE) will ensure free, prior and informed consent of allcommunities with special attention to indigenous communities in securing

lands, territories, biodiversity and other resources.

1.8 The ASEAN Finance Ministers Meeting (AFMM) in collaboration with ASEAN

Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF), ASEAN MinisterialMeeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM) and ASEAN Ministerial Meetingon the Environment (AMME), ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM),

ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD)

will strengthen regional cooperation, including long-term finance to strengthenresilience against a variety of threats, such as, inter alia, climate change,natural disasters, food crisis, and global economic volatility as well as the

capacity for mitigating loss and damage.

1.9 The ASEAN Ministers Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) will

support sustainable and organic agriculture that is built on chemical-free andgenetically-modified organisms (GMO)-free food production.

1.10 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) will promote policies in

adherence with the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

2. A regional economic community that provides decent work with recognition of all

types of work, and the elimination of all forms of exploitation and discrimination;

The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in cooperation with the ASEANLabour Ministers Meeting (ALMM), ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM), and

ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare andDevelopment (AMMSWD) will:

2.1 Abolish exploitative labor flexibility schemes that prevent regularization ofworkers and deprive them of tenure, social security and other benefits.

2.2 Adopt domestic laws and policies in adherence to international human rightstreaties and ILO norms and standards. These include:


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2.2.1 Ensuring all workers have the rights to job security, decent work, andliving wage, equal pay for work of equal value, safe and secure working

environments, gender equality, collective bargaining agreement, freedom

of association and freedom of assembly;

2.2.2 Amend or repeal discriminatory policies on labor;

2.2.3 Develop policies and laws that recognize domestic work as work andprovide decent work thereof in line with ILO Convention no.189;

2.2.4 Relieve women of the burden of unpaid care and domestic work throughthe provision of social care services and infrastructures, social protection

policies, and the promotion of shared responsibility within the family and

the community; and

2.2.5 Eliminate child labour, forced labour, human trafficking, and government

labour export programmes that exploit migrant labour, increase

propensity towards international marriage brokerage for commercialpurposes that result in human trafficking.

2.3 Develop local decent jobs and economic opportunities for marginalised peoples.

2.4 Provide equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation for

persons with disabilities.

3. A rights-based economic community with strong recognition of the primacy of human

rights that upholds international human rights principles and standards in trade policy-making and negotiations including labor-related policies with access to justice

mechanisms on the impact of economic agreements;

The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in cooperation with the ASEANLabour Ministers Meeting (ALMM), ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM), and

ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD) together

with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), ASEANCommission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children

(ACWC) and ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on the

Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) will:

3.1 Intensify efforts to promote due diligence in addressing human rights and gender-differentiated impacts as well as negative impacts of economic agreements;

3.2 Establish policies that require ASEAN Member States to ratify and fully implement

state obligations, including extraterritorial obligation under all international human

rights treaties, including the Optional Protocols; withdraw all reservations, if anyand enact enabling legislation;

3.3 Institute and implement policies and mechanisms for human rights protection of allworkers regardless of status including irregular/ undocumented workers, low-

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sex, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity and

expression, religion, disability, and race;

3.4 Strengthen the terms of reference of human rights bodies to include the capacity

to conduct onsite country visits and investigations, issue bindingrecommendations to member states, provide for periodic peer reviews on human

rights conditions, set up working groups on emerging thematic issues, receive andaddress complaints, and institutionalise an inclusive framework of engagement

with all relevant stakeholders, particularly civil society, national human rightsinstitutions (NHRIs), and victims/affected communities; and

3.5 Develop a framework on rights-based, gender-responsive, and safe migration inthe free movement of labor.

4. A regional economic community that upholds good governance, accountability andtransparency, with democratic, participatory and inclusive processes at all levels of

decision-making and policy-making through an institutionalized mechanism for

meaningful peoples’ participation and access to information;

4.1 ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) together with ASEAN FinanceMinisters Meeting (AFMM) in cooperation with the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) will:

4.1.1 Develop a sound fiscal framework;

4.1.2 Adopt a common ASEAN standard of multilateral, automatic exchange of

tax information with the option of non-reciprocal information exchange for

countries with low capacity;

4.1.3 Establish an inclusive and well-resourced ASEAN monitoring mechanismon tax matters that can initiate and lead to reform of inter-national tax

rules;

4.1.4 Promote financial transparency and progressive taxation policies by just

and fair share of tax payment by ensuring that investors/corporations payfair share of taxes (equitable) and remove regressive taxation policies.

4.2 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) will promote good

governance, transparency and gender-responsive regulations in all economicprograms and projects.

4.3 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in cooperation with ASEAN

Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) will establish an effective dispute resolution

mechanism which should benefit small producers and workers in the global valuechain;

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4.5 Ministers Meeting (ALMM) and ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime

(AMMTC) will establish national and cross-border complaint or grievance and redressmechanism for all workers;

4.6 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) will institutionalize CSO participationand engagement at all levels including in the negotiation and adoption of trade

agreements at the regional and country level. This includes involving input from civilsociety and social movements, including small producers such as small farmers, small

fishers; women, youth, people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity andexpressions, persons with disabilities, rural communities, and workers in the design,implementation and monitoring of aid modalities, development programmes and

strategies.

4.7 ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) together with the ASEAN Free Trade Area

(AFTA) Council in cooperation with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission onHuman Rights (AICHR), ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of theRights of Women and Children (ACWC) and ASEAN Committee on the

Implementation of the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of

Migrant Workers (ACMW) will establish a mechanism that ensures all policies, plans,and programs of the ASEAN economic community including trade policies and

negotiations are transparent and consistent with human rights standards;

4.8 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in cooperation with the AICHR,

ACWC, and ACMW and other relevant bodies will establish accountability mechanisms

that are binding on both state and private actors that recognize and protect the rightsof all peoples of ASEAN. These include:

4.8.1 Ensuring that all poverty reduction measures harmonise with ecological and

environmental sustainability;

4.8.2 Signing up to initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership that adhereto the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;

4.8.3 Repealing land expropriation policies that result in devastating impact to rural

communities such as farmers and indigenous peoples and their ecology;

4.8.4 Introducing laws that respect and protect individuals ’private ownership and

communities’ collective ownership of lands.

4.8.5 Implementing regional programs through appropriate agreements and policy

instruments that prioritize domestic food production and ensure availability,accessibility, and ownership of safe and nutritious food to all people especially

children at all times, and strengthen regional food sovereignty by increasingeconomic viability of small-scale farmers.

4.8.6 Ensuring that rights of all types of workers are respected and protected, with anenabling environment for all workers to enjoy their rights and fundamentalfreedoms.


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4.8.7 Protecting the rights of consumers through better information of goods and

services traded in the region and strengthen the existing complainthandling mechanism

4.9 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) will develop a transparent,participatory, and inclusive process involving civil society, NHRIs, and relevant

stakeholders in the selection and appointment of representatives to the sectoralbodies under the AEC.

4.10 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) together with the ASEAN FreeTrade Area (AFTA) Council in cooperation with the ASEAN Labour Ministers

Meeting (ALMM), ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development(AMMSWD) and other relevant bodies will promote partnerships and multi-

stakeholder dialogues in addressing adverse impacts of trade liberalization on local

economies, communities, with special attention to marginalised groups.

4.11 The ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) in cooperation with the

ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) will institute measures that prevent

bribery and extortion of public institutions and officials by private sector and otherparties e.g. whistle-blowing system, complaint-handling mechanism, etc.

C. Review, Implementation and Resources

1. Establish a mechanism of people’s grievance as an independent body to receive

complaints from individuals and groups.

2. The AEC shall establish a mechanism to monitor the progress of the AEC attendant

document by coming up with agreed measures and indicators both by the AMS and

the civil society every two years. The indicators must be published and widelydisseminated by the ASEAN Secretariat.

3. In line with its commitment with the SDGs, AEC shall develop gender equality

indicators to measure progress towards achieving gender equality and empowermentof women and girls in ASEAN in line with the aspirations stated in the AEC.

4. Financial resources for the implementation of AEC shall be mobilized by ASEANMember States as well as from Dialogue Partners, donor countries, international

organizations, private sectors and non-governmental organisations.

5. Communication activities that help facilitate the implementation of the AEC shall be

undertaken at both national and regional level with the participation of stakeholderswith the aim at promoting greater public awareness of the AEC and ensure the

meaningful participation of the people in the process.

6. The review of AEC and its evaluation shall be conducted biennially by the AEC

Council, in coordination with ASEAN Secretariat and involving the relevant organs andstakeholders, including civil society organizations working in economic communitycooperation initiatives in the region.


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A. Strategic Goals

By 2025, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community shall be equal, inclusive, transparent,accountable, sustainable, resilient, dynamic, just, rights-based, socially responsible and

gender-responsive. It shall meaningfully engage and benefit the people, especially themarginalised and the under-represented, respect diversity in line with the international human

rights and labour standards.

B. Elements

1. A community where all peoples have full and equal enjoyment of available, affordableand accessible quality services and adequate social protection, and opportunity for all,

as well as fully respect, promote and protect human rights, fundamental freedoms and

access to justice for including the rights of women, children, youth, workers –irrespective of their immigration status – persons with disabilities, people of diversesexual orientation and gender identity and expression, people living with HIV, ethnic

nationalities, indigenous peoples, refugees, stateless persons, trafficked persons,elder and senior persons and other vulnerable groups;

1.1 Improve the availability of and access to affordable Quality Services and

adequate Social Protection for all, especially the marginalised, under-

represented and vulnerable.

1.1.1 Provide accurate and comprehensive information and education throughformal and informal means;

1.1.2 Provide sustainable financing mechanism for social protection,

particularly universal health coverage, early childhood care and

development, disaster and climate related fund and assistance, andsocial pension; and

1.1.3 Provide a universal, affordable, accessible, inclusive, gender-responsive,age appropriate, needs based and quality health care (including sexual

and reproductive health and rights), education, decent resilient andaffordable housing, safe water, adequate and nutritious food and clean,new, and renewable energy. These should be perceived as public goods

and part of the social commons.

1.2 Enhance the respect for and promotion and protection of human rights.

1.2.1 Mainstream human rights in all programmes and policies of all ASEANbodies;

1.2.2 Strengthen existing ASEAN human rights mechanism by making themmore independent and by establishing effective complaint mechanisms;

1.2.3 Strengthen existing national human rights institutions (NHRIs) and

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1.2.4 Promote and implement a rights-based and life-cycle approach in ASEANpolicies and programmes in the ASCC pillar;

1.2.5 Strengthen regional inter-sectoral mechanisms towards a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach in promoting quality of care, well-being, gender

equality, human rights, justice, and fundamental freedoms of all,especially the vulnerable groups, in response to the negative impact of

globalization - and emerging social and economic risks/threats throughrelevant and responsive policies and programmes;

1.2.6 Provide regional platforms of dialogue and support initiatives to eliminatetraditional harmful practices, and discriminatory laws, and policies that

impinge the fulfilment of rights;

1.2.7 Immediately implement the extension of coverage, accessibilityavailability, comprehensiveness, quality, equality, affordability,

appropriateness, and sustainability of social services and adequate social

protection by allocation of sufficient resources;

1.2.8 Implement effective and relevant ASEAN Declarations and instrumentsrelated to human rights to ASCC;

1.2.9 Strengthening the work and mandate of the ASEAN Commission on the

promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC);

1.2.10 Implement regional initiatives and instruments to eliminate all forms of

discrimination, exploitation, and abuse against marginalised, under-

represented and vulnerable people;

1.3 Enhance the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women.

1.3.1 Ensure regional and national laws and policies within the framework ofnon-discrimination, substantive equality and the obligation of ASEAN

Member-states to promote, protect and fully realise all human rights,

particularly for the more vulnerable, marginalised, disadvantaged women,and girls;

1.3.2 Establish accountability, monitoring and reporting mechanisms across thedifferent pillars and sectoral bodies on women’s rights standards

compliance as provided in the CEDAW, CRPD, ICMW, and CRCamongst other human treaties and conventions;

1.3.3 Put in place access to justice mechanisms that shall conduct investigation

and provide appropriate and effective remedies which include

compensations and reparations, comprehensive support services suchas, inter alia, free legal aid, psychosocial support, medical assistance,shelter, including deaf interpreters and other services for persons with

disabilities, etc. and appropriation of adequate budget; and adoption ofreforms to avoid the repetition of violations;


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1.3.4 Institutionalise measures, including formulating and implementing policiesto adequately address the growing number of cases of violence

committed against women with disabilities, women of diverse sexual

orientation and gender identity and expression, women migrants, amongothers;

1.3.5 Formulate policies and mechanisms for academic institutions, especially

in the primary and secondary education, to develop curricula integratinginputs and discussions on Violence Against Women and Girls andgender-based violence and positive masculinity2;

1.3.6 Develop and implement sufficient mechanism for restorative social justice

focusing on the healing and reintegration of women and girls experiencing

violence, abuse, discrimination and exploitation;

1.3.7 Promote women as agents of change and leaders with full human rights

and not merely victims or marginalised groups in need of protection.3

1.3.8 Adopt gender-responsive approach in planning, implementation,

monitoring, and evaluation in all policies, programs, projects and otherinitiatives by the state that affect the lives of women and othermarginalised sectors;

1.3.9 Ensure gender-sensitivity in the judiciary and legal system, withmechanism to monitor gender-sensitivity in the attitude of the lawenforcement and other state actors involved in the administration of

justice;

1.3.10 Develop programs and provide accessible and free services on SRHR

and other programs that will reduce maternal mortality.

1.4 Uphold the rights of people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity andexpression (SOGIE) in ASEAN.

1.4.1 Immediately repeal laws and policies that criminalize people with diversesexual orientation, gender identity and expression (SOGIE) or non-

conforming conduct and, whether deliberately or inadvertently, result in

the pathologisation of SOGIE;

1.4.2 Include SOGIE in existing Anti-Discrimination laws or its equivalent.

1.5 Strengthen the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of all Children

2 Positive or Sustainable Masculinities are healthy male norms, beliefs and behaviors which promote peace and environmental

healing at individual, community and global levels. (The term sustainable masculinity was coined by Pip Cornall)3 Women refer to a spectrum of people who identify as women based on their diverse lived experiences and expression of

sexuality and gender. Women include those whose self-identification may or may not match with the sex/gender assigned at

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1.5.1 Ensure that all children are able to enjoy accessible, free quality

education regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, culture, SOGIE,economic status, and social status;

1.5.2 Ensure meaningful participation of children in planning, implementation,monitoring and evaluation of child-related ASEAN programmes and

policies;

1.5.3 Implement effective and relevant policies based on the UN CRCfundamental principles of participation, development, survival andprotection.

1.5.4 End detention of children in immigration detention centres and formulates

policies on alternative to detention mechanisms for children.

1.5.5 Eradicate child prostitution, child trafficking and child marriage, byensuring access to education, and providing alternative livelihood that

creates welfare in marginalised and poor families.

1.5.6 Eliminate Cyber Bullying, Cyber Crime, and Cyber Pornography by

educating information technology literacy to the community; sharing ofinformation and lessons learnt among ASEAN countries in dealing withcases and regulate GTLD (Generic Top Level Domain) such as .com,

.org, .ed, etc.) to ensure safe internet for children.

1.6 Greater Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Workers and their families,irrespective of their immigration status:

1.6.1 Promote and ensure the ratification and implementation of ILO CoreLabour Standards, ILO Convention 189 on decent work for domestic

workers, creation of decent work in all sectors and other progressivelabour practices in all ASEAN Member States;

1.6.2 Implement the recommendations of the 7th ASEAN Forum on Migrant

Labour (AFML) on referral and complaint mechanisms by working with

stakeholders (government, employer groups and trade unions), includingcivil society and migrant workers;

1.6.3 Implement the six clusters of recommendations from the 3rd-6th AFML byworking with stakeholders (government, employer groups and trade

unions), including civil society and migrant workers;

1.6.4 Effectively implement a legally binding ASEAN Instrument on theProtection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their

Families;

1.6.5 Institutionalise social dialogue between related ASEAN Bodies with therelated social partners, including civil society and migrant workers.

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1.7.1 Organize regional activities and interventions in ASEAN in compliancewith the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for persons with

disabilities in Asia and the Pacific;

1.7.2 Promote regional cooperation initiatives to support ASEAN Member

States in implementing Bali Declaration on the Enhancement of the Roleand Participation of Persons with Disabilities in ASEAN Community;

2. A community that balances social development and sustainable environment in linewith UN SDGs that meets the current and future needs of the people enshrining rights-

based approach. There must be balanced social development and sustainableenvironment that meet the current and future needs of the people, empowers our

peoples and institutions to become fully responsive, adaptive and prepared to address

challenges of natural and human-induced disasters, impacts of climate change, andother economic and social crises, to eliminate poverty, vulnerabilities, and exposure torisks;

2.1 Develop principles of good governance through accountable and inclusivemechanisms that meaningfully benefit the environment and all peoples;

2.1.1 Ensure that the preservation and conservation of the environment, andmitigation of and adaptation to climate change are integrated and

mainstreamed into the development policies and investment plans;

2.1.2 Establish a transparent, accountable and meaningful participatorymechanism to ensure that the voices and concerns of the peoples of

ASEAN are heard in the design, implementation, enforcement and

monitoring of laws, policies and programmes aimed at enabling people tohelp protect the environment.

2.2 Eliminating Barriers against the Marginalised and Vulnerable Groups

2.2.1 Develop and implement frameworks, guidelines, and mechanisms for

elimination of all forms of discrimination, violence, exploitation, or

exclusion;

2.2.2 Implement regional and national mechanisms to promote access to

information to all.

2.2.3 Ensure protection of marginalised and vulnerable groups in both stateand non-state justice systems.

2.3 Equitable access for all

2.3.1 Institutionalize regional platforms to promote equitable opportunities,meaningful participation, and effective engagement of women, youth,children, elderly and senior persons, persons with disabilities, people living

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groups in the development and implementation of ASEAN policies and

programmes;

2.3.2 Develop regional strategies and enhance institutional capacity for gender

mainstreaming in ASEAN policies, programmes and budgets across pillarswhere applicable;

2.3.3 Provide mechanisms and enhance institutional capacity to promote greater

access to basic social services for all, such as health services andeducation including early childhood education and vocationaleducation/training, as well as to promote skills recognition;

2.3.4 Intensify strategies, work programmes and initiatives of sectoral bodies

under the ASCC pillar to narrow development gaps and eliminate poverty;

2.3.5 Support ASEAN Member States’ initiatives in strengthening nationaldatabases and analyses, including on poverty and equity, establish a

reliable regional database for key sectors to support ASEAN’s policies and

programmes;

2.3.6 Implement human capacity development especially of the poor throughaccess to education, employment opportunities, entrepreneurship, andaccess to finance and cooperatives toward economic self-reliance and

sustainable livelihood;

2.3.7 Adopt multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholders, and community-basedapproaches towards multi-dimensional poverty eradication;

2.3.8 Build an enabling environment for the unemployed, poor and othermarginalised youth to have equitable access to resources and

opportunities;

2.3.9 Ensure inclusive, participatory and representative decision making at alllevels with special attention to the needs of those in disadvantaged

situations including minority ethnic and religious groups, children, women,

youth, persons with disabilities, health-related key affected population,people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and

elder and senior persons and marginalised groups;

2.3.10 Implement appropriate measures at the national level to ensure that the

poor and the vulnerable have equitable access to economic opportunities,as well as access to basic services, appropriate and practical technologies

and financial services.

2.4 Conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems biodiversity and

natural resources:

2.4.1 Enhance policy and capacity development and best management

practices to conserve and sustainably manage biodiversity, in particularmarine and terrestrial ecosystems including forest, plants, micro-organism,

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2.4.2 Adopt good management practices and strengthen policies to addresstrans-boundary environmental pollution and movement of hazardous waste

and its disposal;

2.4.3 Integrate environmental management tools and measures into

development planning and policy-making;

2.4.4 Strengthen global and regional partnership and support theimplementation of relevant international agreements and frameworks;

2.4.5 Promote sustainable use of ecosystems and natural resources throughpublic awareness campaigns;

2.4.6 Promote capacity building in continuous efforts to have sustainablemanage

cso inputs to the asean post-2015 vision

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