Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2019: Prospects turned into plights

dc.contributor.author Vyas, Ravi Prakash
dc.contributor.author Hayes, Mike
dc.contributor.author Savirani, Amalinda
dc.contributor.author Kanel, Pranjali
dc.date.accessioned 2020-07-29T08:55:18Z
dc.date.available 2020-07-29T08:55:18Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract The international community marking the anniversaries of international organisations and treaty bodies, along with the realisation of human rights bolstered by technology, opened windows for upholding human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific. However, despite these prospects, the use of technology as a pretext of national security and impeding freedom of expression, assembly and association, as well as increasing mob violence and lynching, suggest that the development of human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific continued its downward trend in the year 2019. With elections in some parts of the Asia Pacific, concerns about upholding human rights in the present and future were raised. States that have ratified human rights treaties, and are part of regional mechanisms that advocate upholding human rights, remain reluctant to fulfil their duties. Although the steps taken by regional mechanisms along the UN are positive in upholding and advocating human rights, the consequences of those steps remain unsatisfactory. Key words: human rights; democratisation, Asia Pacific; technology; freedom of expression; freedom of assembly; workers’ rights; elections; regional bodies
dc.description.sponsorship Right Livelihood Foundation
dc.identifier.citation R Prakash Vyas, M Hayes, A Savirani & P Kanel ‘Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2019: Prospects turned into plights’ (2020) 4 Global Campus Human Rights Journal 263-280 http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/604
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/604
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Global Campus of Human Rights en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Global Campus Human Rights Journal;4.1
dc.subject Asia-Pacific region
dc.subject human rights
dc.subject democratisation
dc.subject technology
dc.subject freedom of expression
dc.subject right of assembly
dc.subject employee rights
dc.subject elections
dc.subject regional human rights protection systems
dc.title Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2019: Prospects turned into plights en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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