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• 17th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  7-9 November 2017

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• Policy Briefing on Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons

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• Policy Briefing on Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities

  26 Jul 2017

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• Annual Human Rights Training: "Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities"

  24-28 July 2017

  The Annual Human Rights Training is a newly established component under the framework of the Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights series. It was introduced to support the series' overall objective of...

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  14 June 2017

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• ASEF hosts European Parliament Delegation Visit & Human Rights Roundtable

  22 May 2017

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• Policy Briefings on Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities

  May-December 2017

  The Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights is an annual human rights dialogue that takes place at the ASEM level, bringing senior civil society experts and government representatives from ASEM Partners....

• 16th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  8 - 10 November 2016

  The 16th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights was held on 8th-10th November 2016 in Beijing, China, on the theme of “Persons with Disabilities and Human Rights”. The World Health Organisation...

• A Rights-Based Approach to Anti-Trafficking: Lessons from Asia and Europe

    Trafficking in persons is considered to be the fastest growing, global illegal enterprise in the 21st century, second to drug trafficking. The Palermo Protocol promotes international cooperation...

• 15th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  24-26 November 2015

    The 15th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights was held on 24-26 November 2015 in Montreux, Switzerland, on the theme “Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons”.   The Seminar gathered...

• 14th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  18-20 November 2014

  The 14th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights was held on 18-20 November 2014 in Hanoi, Viet Nam, on the topic 'Human Rights and Businesses'. With over 125 international representatives participating,...

• 13th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights: "Human Rights and the Environment"

  21 - 23 October 2013

  The 13th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights took place on 21-23 October 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the topic “Human Rights and the Environment”.  With over 135 International representatives...

• 12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  27 June 2012 - 29 June 2012

  The 12th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled “Human Rights and Information and Communication Technology”, was held in Seoul, Korea from 27-29 June 2012.

• 11th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  23 Nov 11 - 25 Nov 11

  The 11th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled “National and Regional Human Rights Mechanisms”, will be held in Prague, The Czech Republic from 23 - 25 November 2011.

• 10th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  07 Jul 2010 - 09 Jul 2010

  The 10th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled “Human Rights and Gender Equality”, was held in Manila, the Philippines, 7-9 July 2010, hosted by the by the Government of the Republic of the...

• Rapporteurs' Meeting 10th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  06 Mar 2010

  In preparation of the upcoming 10th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, to be held on 7-9 July 2010 in Manila, the Philippines, two identified main rapporteurs will be meeting in Singapore together...

• 9th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  18 Feb 2009 - 20 Feb 2009

  The 9th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, entitled “Human Rights in Criminal Justice Systems”, was held in Strasbourg, France, 18th-20th February, 2009.

• 8th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  26 Sep 2007 - 28 Sep 2007

  The 8th Informal Seminar on Human Rights, entitled “Freedom of Expression”, was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 26t-28th September, 2007. Countries in Asia and Europe are converging around the principle...

• 1st Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights and the Rule of Law

  01 Jan 2007

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• 7th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  23 Feb 2006 - 24 Feb 2006

  In a spirit of openness and tolerance, 100 officials and civil society representatives from 36 ASEM countries convened in Budapest, Hungary from 22nd-25th February, 2006 for the 7th Informal ASEM Seminar...

• 6th ASEM informal Seminar on Human Rights

  16 Sep 2004 - 17 Sep 2004

  This 6th seminar focused on migration issues between and within both regions. The objective of the seminar was to highlight the need to integrate the issue of protection of the human rights of migrants...

• 6th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

  31 Oct 2003

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• 5th ASEM Informal Seminar on Human Rights Series

  16 May 2003 - 17 May 2003

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• 2nd Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

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  The 2nd Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights in Beijing, China from 28th-29th June, 1999 had 66 participants and speakers from 24 member countries. Participants included officials, academics and NGO staff....