Philippines: Development of an Asean Human Rights Mechanism Underway

MANILA — Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines, and Commission on Human Rights Chair Purificacion Quisumbing signed a memorandum of agreement on 4 May 2007 to launch a new EC-funded human rights project. The project, which will be implemented by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights together with its sister institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand is intended to help pave the way for the development of an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism.
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