Strengthening Fair Trial  AND Ending Torture In ASEAN

We recommend that ASEAN member states:

1. Establish a Fair Trial Charter to standardise fair trial principles, ensuring legal representation and judicial transparency across all member states.

2. Ratify UNCAT without reservations and create a Regional Anti-Torture Mechanism for monitoring and accountability.

3. Form an ASEAN Independent Detention Monitoring Network to address systemic abuses and enhance oversight.

4. Advocate for a regional framework to protect human rights defenders, activists (including student activists) and whistleblowers across ASEAN.

5. Strengthen judicial independence, train law enforcement on human rights standards, and create an ASEAN Commission on Human Rights Accountability to address cross-border violations effectively.

Thematic Group Organisations

1. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)

2. Amnesty International

3. Lawyers for Liberty

4. The Commission for Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan), Indonesia

5. Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)

6. Cross Cultural Foundation (Thailand)

For further details regarding this thematic cluster, kindly direct your inquiries to:

Name: Azura Nasron (SUARAM)

Email: peoplesbhr@suaram.net