Burmese PM: Electoral Law Coming Very Soon

Asean has moved to approve the Asean Human Rights Body by forming the Asean Human Rights Commission during the 15th Summit. However, analysts say that the new rights body will be powerless to promote and protect human rights in countries in the region such as Burma.

“Asean’s Human Rights Commission is a great idea but is essentially of little practical benefit to the Burmese suffering from systematic abuses of their human rights because it is a toothless body with no enforcement mechanisms and no ability to levy penalties,” said Jeff Kingston, the director of Asian Studies at Temple University’s Japan campus.