Asean panel makes report public for first time

KUALA LUMPUR: The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) broke new ground when its 2016 annual report was made public on Aug 1.

AICHR, which comprises representatives of Asean’s 10 member states, has been the target of criticism from human rights advocacy groups for not doing so since it was set up in 2009.