 | The Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in East Asia (RLE Modern East and South East Asia) Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Asian Studies; Military & Strategic Studies; Asian Politics; Asian Studies (General); South East Asian Studies; Military Studies; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Chinese Politics; South East Asian Politics; Strategic Studies; Regional inter-governmental human rights organizations have been in operation for sometime in Europe, the Americas and Africa. These regional human rights mechanisms have proven to be useful and effective in comparison to the global human rights mechanisms available at the United Nations. The purpose of this study, first published in 2004, is to investigate the possibility of establishing a regional inter-governmental human rights mechanism in East Asia, with a focus on the contributions of nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs) to such a development. Hidetoshi Hashimoto |
