Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. FOUNDATIONS: LEGITIMACY OF A REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME IN THE ABSENCE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY; 1. Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Asia; 2. ASEAN's Turn to Democracy and Human Rights; 3. The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration; PART II. APPLICATIONS: ASSESSING THE REGIONAL DYNAMICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITMENT AND COMPLIANCE; 4. The Rights of Women at the Global, Regional, and Local Levels; 5. Trafficking in Persons; 6. ASEAN as a Purveyor of Human Rights in Myanmar; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments
Summary
In her examination of Southeast Asia, Catherine Renshaw asks how human rights can be implemented in and between ASEAN states that are politically diverse. She concludes that, in the absence of a global legalized human rights order, the most significant advancements in the promotion of human rights have emerged from regional institutions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 18, 2019)