Yet sceptics wonder how credible the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, inaugurated Friday at the 15th ASEAN summit, will be. After all, the 42-year-old regional bloc’s members include military-ruled Burma and the communist-ruled Laos and Vietnam, all of which have notorious human rights record. Then there is Singapore, a one-party state that tolerates little criticism, and Brunei, an absolute monarchy.
-Globalissues.org
what an irony.
