JAKARTA, INDONESIA – AsiaDHRRA, represented by Ms. Mags Catindig and Mr. Chaerul Umam, participated in the “Follow-Up Workshop on Post Millennium Development Goals 2015 and Human Rights” on 15-16 October 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop was organized by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was attended by the AICHR representatives of the member-countries, national human rights institutions, and regional civil society organizations working on human rights.
The follow-up workshop aimed at coming up with an “outcome document” (summary of discussions) that will serve as ASEAN’s inputs to the drafting of the United Nations’ Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
During the said workshop, AsiaDHRRA put forward its observations and recommendations highlighting the need to mainstream in the discussions of the SDG the rights of family farmers, majority of which are in ASEAN Region. AsiaDHRRA’s statement has been accepted by the workshop and will form part of the summary of discussions that will be submitted to the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG-SDG).
After the workshop, AsiaDHRRA has been invited to join in the closed round table discussion between the AICHR and the ASEAN Sectoral Bodies/Organs/Entities. The RTD focused on the possible engagement and action plan of ASEAN at the global level on Post-2015 Development Agenda. AsiaDHRRA shared its plans of continuing its investment and works in the next five years towards helping family farmers in improving their production to contribute in the region’s food security; and, in capacitating them to influence ASEAN and their respective national policies impacting on their livelihood.
Further, being identified as one of the CSO implementing partners, AsiaDHRRA will dovetail some its activities at regional and national levels with the recently approved ASEAN Integrated Framework for Food Security (AIFS) 2015-2020 under Thrust No. 4.
AsiaDHRRA is a CSO affiliate of ASEAN.
Click here to download AsiaDHRRA statement to the AICHR workshop on Post-2015 Development Agenda.
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