Abstract
More than 10 years after the establishment of the two human rights bodies – the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) - the criticisms of its (in)effectiveness in protecting the rights of ASEAN peoples are increasing. There is a hope, though, that the proposed review of the Terms of Reference of the AICHR would pave the way towards an efficient and effective human rights regime in ASEAN/SEA region. This chapter aims to analyze why the infrastructure developed so far could not serve the purpose of the protection and promotion of human rights of ASEAN peoples. The chapter argues that even if the planned review of the said TORs is possible the human rights bodies in ASEAN will be still inhibited by politicization of human rights and strict adherence to its working principles.
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