Strengthening Human Rights System Through Legal Advocacy, 2013

125 Pages·2013·2.74 MB·English

TRAINING MANUAL
Strengthening
ASEAN’s
Human Rights System
through Legal Advocacy
Southeast Asia Legal Advocacy Training
[OxfordEnglishDictionary]
DefinitionofAdvocacy
noun
1. Publicsupportfororrecommendationofaparticularcauseorpolicy
2. Theprofessionorworkofalegaladvocate
Definitionoflegal
adjective
1. Relatingtothelaw
Legal Advocacyistheactofarguinginfavorofsomethingoractivelysupportingacauseorproposal
byusinglegalargumentsandmeans.
DefinitionofRight
1. Amoralorlegalentitlementtohaveordosomething
Definitionofhumanright
noun(usuallyhumanrights)
1. Arightwhichisbelievedtobelongtoeveryperson

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Contents
Contents ..........................................................................................................................................................................................i
Glossary......................................................................................................................................................................................... iii
AboutUs ........................................................................................................................................................................................ v
JakartaLegalAidInstitute(LBHJakarta).................................................................................................................... v
ABARuleofLawInitiative(ABAROLI) ........................................................................................................................ v
Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................................................................vi
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Background ........................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Objectives .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1
TargetTrainingAudience ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2
TrainingContent ................................................................................................................................................................. 2
RoleofFacilitationTeamandResourcePersons ................................................................................................... 3
Agenda ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Module1:Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Activity1.1:IntroductiontotheTrainingCourse ................................................................................................ 8
Activity1.2:GettingtoKnowYou .............................................................................................................................. 9
Activity1.3:SettingGroundRules ...........................................................................................................................10
Activity1.4:VerifyingExpectationsandContributions ...................................................................................11
Activity1.5:TrainingApproachandMethodology ...........................................................................................12
ReferenceSheet1:SpiralTrainingMethodology .....................................................................................13
ReferenceSheet2:Debriefing/ReflectionoftheDay ............................................................................14
ReferenceSheet3:EnergizerandIcebreaker ............................................................................................. 16
Module2:HumanRightsContextandLegalAdvocacy .....................................................................................19
Activity2.1:IdentifyingHumanRightsIssuesinASEANCountries ............................................................20
Reference Sheet 4: Status of Ratification of Core Human Rights Treaties by ASEAN Member
States .............................................................................................................................................................................22
Reference Sheet 5: Institutions Related to the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,
GoodGovernanceandRuleofLaw...................................................................................................................23
Activity2.2:MappingofHumanRightsActors ..................................................................................................26
ReferenceSheet6:PowerRelationMapping ............................................................................................. 28
Activity2.3:LegalAdvocacy:LessonsLearnedfromanASEANCountry .................................................29
Activity2.4:SoutheastAsianLegalAdvocacy .....................................................................................................30
ReferenceSheet7:HumanRightsBulletinBoard .....................................................................................31
Module3:TheUNandRegionalHumanRightsSystems .................................................................................33
Activity3.1(1): TheUnitedNationsHumanRightsMechanisms ...............................................................34
Worksheet1:CaseStudies .................................................................................................................................36
ReferenceSheet8:Charter-BasedBodiesDiagram .................................................................................39
ReferenceSheet9:Treaty-BasedBodiesDiagram ...................................................................................40
ReferenceSheet10:TreatyBodiesComplaintProcedures ...................................................................41
ReferenceSheet11:IndividualComplaintForm .......................................................................................42
ReferenceSheet12:MajorHumanRightsTreaties ..................................................................................45
ReferenceSheet13:TheUnitedNationsMandate-Holders ................................................................48
Activity3.1(2): RegionalHumanRightsSystems ............................................................................................. 52
ReferenceSheet14:RegionalHumanRightsSystems ...........................................................................54
ReferenceSheet15:MediaArticles ................................................................................................................56
ReferenceSheet16:ASchematicComparisonOfRegionalHumanRightsSystems.................64
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Activity3.2:ASEAN’sHumanRightsSystem:PanelDiscussion ..................................................................70
ReferenceSheet17:ASEANOrganogram ...................................................................................................72
ReferenceSheet18:FactSheet:ASEAN’sHumanRightsSystem ...................................................... 73
ReferenceSheet19:AICHRTermsofReference(ToR) ...........................................................................75
ReferenceSheet20:ACWCTermsofReference(ToR) ...........................................................................80
Reference Sheet 21: ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of
MigrantWorkers .......................................................................................................................................................86
Activity3.3:CriticalOverviewoftheASEANHumanRightsDeclaration .................................................89
ReferenceSheet22:ASEANHumanRightsDeclaration ........................................................................90
ReferenceSheet23:PhnomPenhStatement............................................................................................. 96
ReferenceSheet24:CSOsSubmissionsontheASEANHumanRightsDeclaration ...................97
Activity3.4:ASEAN’sHumanRightsSystem:ArguingaCase ......................................................................99
Worksheet2:RolePlayScenario ................................................................................................................... 101
Worksheet3:CasesSubmittedtotheAICHR .......................................................................................... 103
Module4:DevelopingCommonStrategies........................................................................................................... 109
Activity4.1:DevelopingandMaintainingRegionalNetworksofLawyers:PanelDiscussion ....... 110
Activity 4.2: Building Common Advocacy Initiatives: Strengthening the ASEAN Human Rights
System ................................................................................................................................................................................ 111
Module5:EvaluationandClosing............................................................................................................................... 113
Activity5.1:EvaluationandReflection................................................................................................................. 114
Activity5.2:ClosingRemarksandGroupPhoto.............................................................................................. 115
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Glossary
ABAROLI AmericanBarAssociationRuleofLawInitiative
ACMW ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the
ProtectionandPromotionoftheRightsofMigrantWorkers
ACWC ASEANCommissiononthePromotionand Protection oftheRightsofWomen
andChildren
AICHR ASEANInter-governmentalHumanRightsCommission
AMM ASEANForeignMinistersMeeting
AMM-SWD ASEANMinisterialMeetingonSocialWelfareandDevelopment
ASEAN AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations
CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
TreatmentorPunishment
CEDAW ConventionontheEliminationofAllFormsofDiscriminationagainstWomen
CPED International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance
CRC ConventionontheRightsoftheChild
CRPD ConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities
CSO CivilSocietyOrganization
ECOSOC EconomicandSocialCouncil
ICCPROP OptionalProtocoltotheInternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights
ICCPR InternationalCovenantonCivilandPoliticalRights
ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination
ICESCROP Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
CulturalRights
ICESCR InternationalCovenantonEconomic,SocialandCulturalRights
ICRMW International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
WorkersandMembersofTheirFamilies
LBHJakarta JakartaLegalAidInstitute
OAS OrganizationofAmericanStates
OPCAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
InhumanorDegradingTreatmentorPunishment
OPCEDAW Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
DiscriminationagainstWomen
OPCRC OptionalProtocoltotheConventionontheRightsoftheChild
OPCRPD OptionalProtocoltotheConventionontheRightsofPersonswithDisabilities
TOR TermsofReference
UN UnitedNations
UPR UniversalPeriodicReview
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About Us
Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta)
TheJakartaLegalAidInstitute(LBHJakarta)wasestablishedon28October1970bytheDecisionLetter
No.001/Kep/10/1970 of 26 October 1970 by the DPP (Board of Chairperson) of the Indonesian Bar
Association(PERADIN).Theintentionwastoestablishanorganizationwhichprovideslegalaidservices
forthosewhoareunabletodefendtheirrights,especiallythepoorandmarginalized.
LBH Jakarta became a prominent organization in the pro-democracy movement that fought against
the New Order Regime under Soeharto. LBH Jakarta then developed the concept of Structural Legal
Aid, the goal of which is to reform the social and legal structures that cause human rights violations,
poverty and marginalization and not just settling legal cases. The concept believes that legal
regulationshavetobeenactedbasedonpeoples’needsandaspirations.
LBH Jakarta’s ultimate achievement was the establishment of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation
(YLBHI), which currently has 15 branch offices and 7 posts spreading from Aceh to Papua. YLBHI
believes that state governance must be based on the protection and guarantees of human rights and
fundamentalfreedoms.
ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)
The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is a non-profit program grounded in
the belief that rule of law promotion is the most effective long-term antidote to the most pressing
problems facing the world today, including poverty, conflict, corruption and disregard for human
rights.
The ABA established the Rule of Law Initiative in 2007 to consolidate its five overseas rule of law
programs, including the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA CEELI), which it created in
1990afterthefalloftheBerlinWall.Today,ABAROLIimplementslegalreformprogramsinroughly45
countriesinAfrica,Asia,EuropeandEurasia,LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,and theMiddleEastand
North Africa. The ABA ROLI has nearly 700 professional staff working in the United States and abroad,
including a cadre of short- and long-term expatriate volunteers who, since the program’s inception,
havecontributedmorethan$200millioninprobonolegaltechnicalassistance.
The ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s partners include judges, lawyers, bar associations, law schools, court
administrators, legislatures, ministries of justice, human rights organizations and civil society
organizationsaroundtheworld.
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Acknowledgements
This manual was developed by the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) and the American Bar
AssociationRuleof LawInitiative(ABAROLI)withthefinancialsupportoftheUnitedStatesAgencyfor
International Development (USAID) under the ‘Inisiatif Kemitraan Asia Tenggara – United States
(IKAT US) Partnership’. This Manual has been developed by a team (in alphabetical order): Betty
Yolanda, Febi Yonesta, Jane Aileen Tedjaseputra, Muhamad Isnur, Naomi Kinsella, Nurkholis Hidayat,
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and Nur Amalia. Katherine Southwick, Rule of Law Advisor, ABA ROLI Asia Division, reviewed and
provided valuable feedback for the revision of the Manual. LBH Jakarta and ABA ROLI are grateful to
Atikah Nuraini, Asia Justice Rights (AJAR), who facilitated the revision process of the Manual and her
contribution in editing the final draft of this Manual. LBH Jakarta and ABA ROLI extend sincere
gratitudetoAsfinawati,BudiWidjarjo,Dadang TriSasongko,M.ChoirulAnamand RenataArianingtyas
fortheirsubstantialcontributionindevelopingthefirstdraftofthisManual.
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Introduction
BACKGROUND
ThisManualisintended to beused byindividuals and organizationsinterested in learning moreabout
theASEANhumanrightssystemandhowto:
1. Usethissystemtosupporttheirlocal-leveladvocacy
2. Contributetothestrengtheningofthissystem
The Southeast Asia region faces numerous human rights challenges, including but not limited to;
summary executions, migration, enforced disappearance, forced eviction, repression of freedoms of
expression, association and assembly, and discrimination based on religion, race, ethnicity, and sexual
orientation.
Inadvocatingfortheirlegalandhumanrights,victimsandtheirlawyershaveutilizedjudicialandother
national-level dispute resolution mechanisms. However, access to justice can be impeded by the
absenceofimpartialandefficientlegalmechanisms.
Although still in its infancy, the ASEAN human rights system presents an opportunity for the
developmentofregionalhumanrightsinstrumentsandmechanismsthatlawyerswillbeableto useas
alternativetoolsinrepresentingtheirclients’interests.
AcrucialmissingcomponentincurrentadvocacyeffortsinvolvingtheASEANhumanrightssystemisa
strong cadre of lawyers using legal advocacy to help bolster the system. Given their legal expertise,
notablyin advocating human rights casesand drafting legaldocuments,lawyersareespeciallyneeded
todrivethedevelopmentofacredibleandeffectiveASEANhumanrightssystem.
The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative
(ABA ROLI) have created this Manual entitled,“StrengtheningASEAN’sHumanRightsSystemthrough
LegalAdvocacy”with the aim of encouraging more lawyers to collaborate with other civil society
leaders to influence the development of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
(AICHR),otherASEANbodiesandreinforcelawyers’workonhumanrightsissuesatthenationallevel.
OBJECTIVES
Thisthree-dayworkshopaimstoachievethefollowingobjectives:
1) To improve participants’ knowledge of the ASEAN human rights system and other regional
humanrightssystems.
2) To share best practices and lessons learned from legal advocacy efforts in ASEAN Member
States.
3) To contribute towards the creation of an ASEAN-wide network of public interest lawyers
committed to improving the ASEAN regional human rights system, and who can collaborate
onlegaladvocacyinitiatives.
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