Law, Legitimacy and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

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  • Catherine Michelle Renshaw Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Abstract

This article examines the legitimacy of the ASEAN Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). It considers: (1) the nature of legitimacy and the role of legitimacy as an element of compliance with international law; (2) the idea that regional arrangements for promoting and protecting human rights possess a particular form of legitimacy; (3) the legitimacy of ‘soft law’ such as the forthcoming ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights; (4) problems with legitimacy where international institutions are established in regions with a majority of non-democratic states. The article concludes that the answer to the question of whether the AICHR is a ‘legitimate institution’ is a complicated and highly qualified one.


Keywords: international human rights law; Asia Pacific region; legitimacy; international relations

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Renshaw, C. M. (2015). Law, Legitimacy and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights. Thammasat Review, 15(1), 51–70. Retrieved from https://sc01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tureview/article/view/40792

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2012)

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