1. Introduction: The Universal Periodic Review of Southeast Asia: A Regional Mapping -- 2. Addressing Human Rights Protection Gaps: Can the Universal Periodic Review Process Live up to its Promise? -- 3. Universal Periodic Review on South East Asia Norm Building in Transition: A Hermeneutic Approach -- 4. The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Southeast Asia: The Arduous March Forward -- 5. LGBTIQ Rights in Southeast Asia: Implementing Recommendations from the Universal Periodic Review -- 6. Singapore's Universal Periodic Review: Civil Society Trends and Themes -- 7. The Universal Periodic Review of Timor-Leste: Achieving Justice for Past Human Rights Abuses Under Indonesian Rule -- 8. Freedom of Religion and Belief in Indonesia: Raising Awareness through Universal Periodic Review -- 9. Non-Confrontational Human Rights Advocacy: Experiences from the UPR Process in Myanmar -- 10. Can NHRIs Bridge the Implementation Gap? Assessing SUHAKAM's Effectiveness in Malaysia's Universal Periodic Review -- 11. The UPR and Its Impact on the Protection Role of AICHR in Southeast Asia -- 12. Conclusion: Southeast Asia's Third UPR Cycle: Moving from Process to Implementation.
Summary:
This book provides a stakeholder analysis of human rights protection in Southeast Asia. The book reviews the region's civil society engagement with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council during the first (2008-2011) and second (2012-2016) cycle. Through evidence-based research, the book identifes gaps in human rights reporting and advocacy during the UPR, notably on civil and political issues such as the right to life, freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, territorial autonomy and separation. The book highlights the need for more civil society engagement on civil and political issues during the third cycle of the UPR in 2017-2020. Failing which, the UPR process risks being reduced to a platform where civil society only engage on issues that States are willing to cooperate on.
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