I. INTRODUCTION With regards to international human rights law, academics have described Asia as ... more I. INTRODUCTION With regards to international human rights law, academics have described Asia as a "black hole," 1 or "the last frontier" 2 in regional human rights cooperation, and perhaps with good reason. Whereas Europe, Africa, and the Americas have had regional legal systems for human rights enforcement for years, Asia has yet to establish a concrete and legally binding regional mechanism to redress human rights violations. This may, however, be poised to change. Within the last decade, the Association of Southeast Asian 3 Nations ("ASEAN" or "Association") has increasingly made human rights a priority in their regional operations. The Association created a human rights
I. INTRODUCTION With regards to international human rights law, academics have described Asia as ... more I. INTRODUCTION With regards to international human rights law, academics have described Asia as a "black hole," 1 or "the last frontier" 2 in regional human rights cooperation, and perhaps with good reason. Whereas Europe, Africa, and the Americas have had regional legal systems for human rights enforcement for years, Asia has yet to establish a concrete and legally binding regional mechanism to redress human rights violations. This may, however, be poised to change. Within the last decade, the Association of Southeast Asian 3 Nations ("ASEAN" or "Association") has increasingly made human rights a priority in their regional operations. The Association created a human rights
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