The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened the Special Meeting 2/2024 of AICHR from 12 to 15 November 2024 in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. The Meeting was chaired by Ambassador Yong Chanthalangsy, Representative of Lao PDR to AICHR, also the Chair of AICHR in 2024, and attended by Representatives/Alternate Representatives of AICHR and the ASEAN Secretariat. Timor-Leste attended the Meeting as Observer. This Meeting was the last of the series of AICHR Meetings under the chairmanship of the Lao PDR in 2024. The Meeting was updated on recent developments on human rights in the region, including new laws and regulations at the national level related to human rights, and human rights initiatives by ASEAN Member States.
The Meeting discussed the implementation of AICHR’s Priority Programmes/Activities in 2024 and 2025 with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities, women and children’s rights, human rights and policing in ASEAN, business and human rights, among others. AICHR also discussed measures for strengthening the governance of AICHR programmes and activities, and updated preparation of the AICHR Five-Year Work Plan (FYWP) for the period of 2026-2030 in alignment with the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 and its strategic plans. On 14 November 2024, AICHR convened the interface with the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (RSO) to discuss possible areas of cooperation in 2025.
ໃນວັນທີ 15 ພະຈິກ 2024, ກອງປະຊຸມໄດ້ປິດລົງ ແລະ ມີການມອບ-ຮັບໜ້າທີ່ການເປັນປະທານ AICHR ຈາກ ສປປ ລາວ ເຊິ່ງເປັນປະທານໝຸນວຽນໃນປີ 2024 ໃຫ້ແກ່ ມາເລເຊຍ ເພື່ອສືບຕໍ່ເປັນປະທານຄະນະກຳມາທິການດັ່ງກ່າວໃນປີ 2025. ກອງປະຊຸມ ໄດ້ສະແດງຄວາມຊົມເຊີຍ ສປປ ລາວ ສໍາລັບການປະຕິບັດໜ້າທີ່ການເປັນປະທານ AICHR ຕະຫຼອດປີ 2024 ຢ່າງມີຜົນສຳເລັດ ພ້ອມທັງໄດ້ສະແດງຄວາມຕ້ອນຮັບ ມາເລເຊຍ ໃນຖານະເປັນປະທານ AICHR ໃນປີ 2025. ຄະນະກຳມາທິການລະຫວ່າງລັດຖະບານອາຊຽນ ວ່າດ້ວຍ ສິດທິມະນຸດ ຖືກສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນ ໃນປີ 2009 ພາຍໃຕ້ກົດບັດອາຊຽນ ແລະ ເປັນອົງກອນຫຼັກໃນການສົ່ງເສີມການຮ່ວມມືດ້ານສິດທິມະນຸດໃນອາຊຽນ.
