ASEAN challenged on rights rhetoric

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Updated March 3, 2009 12:06:37

The ASEAN leaders summit wrapped up in Thailand over the weekend.

And while ASEAN has always stood by the principle of non interference in eachother's internal affairs, it will have a human rights body in place by October. It's a first move, ASEAN leaders for the first time had a 30 minute meeting with civil society representatives at the ASEAN summit. But is ASEAN ready to translate rhetoric into action?

Presenter: Kanaha Sabapathy
Speakers: Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister, Thailand; Debbie Stothard, Alternative ASEAN Network; Professor Dean Forbes deputy vice chancellor International at Flinders University; Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak, political scientist, Chulalongkorn University

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