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    More than 80 advocacy groups and people's organizations from across the Southeast Asian region submitted letter-petitions for information disclosure to the ASEAN's Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Citing important mandates from the ASEAN Charter, the groups requested the two bodies to share information related to their work on civil society accreditation and guidelines for engagement with civil society, the AICHR's guidelines of operation, the terms of reference for the drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, and the terms of reference for the thematic study on Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights. According tho the letter-petitions, access to information is a first and necessary step towards meaningful people's participation in ASEAN. The letter-petitions were initiated by the Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights (TF-AHR) and the Task Force on ASEAN FOI. TF-AHR seeks to promote genuine and meaningful dialogue and engagement between NGOs and the AICHR in promoting and protecting human rights. The TF on ASEAN FOI is an initiative to push for the recognition of the public’s right to know and access to information in ASEAN. These two Task Forces work under the SAPA Working Group on ASEAN, a collaboration among various NGOs, peoples' movements, coalitions and campaign organizations that seek to engage ASEAN issues and processes. It has played an active role in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference, and works on specific advocacies on human rights, migrants’ rights, economic development and social justice, and democratization, among others.

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    More than 80 advocacy groups and people's organizations from across the Southeast Asian region submitted letter-petitions for information disclosure to the ASEAN's Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Citing important mandates from the ASEAN Charter, the groups requested the two bodies to share information related to their work on civil society accreditation and guidelines for engagement with civil society, the AICHR's guidelines of operation, the terms of reference for the drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, and the terms of reference for the thematic study on Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights. According tho the letter-petitions, access to information is a first and necessary step towards meaningful people's participation in ASEAN. The letter-petitions were initiated by the Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights (TF-AHR) and the Task Force on ASEAN FOI. TF-AHR seeks to promote genuine and meaningful dialogue and engagement between NGOs and the AICHR in promoting and protecting human rights. The TF on ASEAN FOI is an initiative to push for the recognition of the public’s right to know and access to information in ASEAN. These two Task Forces work under the SAPA Working Group on ASEAN, a collaboration among various NGOs, peoples' movements, coalitions and campaign organizations that seek to engage ASEAN issues and processes. It has played an active role in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference, and works on specific advocacies on human rights, migrants’ rights, economic development and social justice, and democratization, among others.

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    SAPA Letter To CPR

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    More than 80 advocacy groups and people's organizations from across the Southeast Asian region submitted letter-petitions for information disclosure to the ASEAN's Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) and the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Citing important mandates from the ASEAN Charter, the groups requested the two bodies to share information related to their work on civil society accreditation and guidelines for engagement with civil society, the AICHR's guidelines of operation, the terms of reference for the drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, and the terms of reference for the thematic study on Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights. According tho the letter-petitions, access to information is a first and necessary step towards meaningful people's participation in ASEAN. The letter-petitions were initiated by the Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights (TF-AHR) and the Task Force on ASEAN FOI. TF-AHR seeks to promote genuine and meaningful dialogue and engagement between NGOs and the AICHR in promoting and protecting human rights. The TF on ASEAN FOI is an initiative to push for the recognition of the public’s right to know and access to information in ASEAN. These two Task Forces work under the SAPA Working Group on ASEAN, a collaboration among various NGOs, peoples' movements, coalitions and campaign organizations that seek to engage ASEAN issues and processes. It has played an active role in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference, and works on specific advocacies on human rights, migrants’ rights, economic development and social justice, and democratization, among others.

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    15 June 2011 H.E. Amb. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya Chair, ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives H.E.

    Dr Surin Pitsuwan Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Bagas Hapsoro Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs H.E. Dato' Misran Karmain Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Your Excellencies: Greetings from the Solidarity for Asian Peoples' Advocacies (SAPA) Working Group on ASEAN and the SAPA Task Force on ASEAN Freedom of Information (TF on ASEAN FOI). SAPA is an open platform of national and regional civil society organizations that come together for joint strategizing towards engaging inter-governmental organizations such as the ASEAN. The Working Group on ASEAN is a collaboration among various NGOs, peoples' movements, coalitions and campaign organizations that seek to engage ASEAN issues and processes. It has played an active role in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference, and works on specific advocacies on human rights, migrants rights, economic development and social justice, and democratization, among others. One of its Task Forces is the TF on ASEAN FOI, an initiative to push for the recognition of the publics right to know and access to information in ASEAN. SAPA takes its cue from the ASEAN Charter, which enshrines the aspiration of building a People-Oriented ASEAN. Article 1.13 of the Charter stipulates that one of the purposes of ASEAN is to promote a people-oriented ASEAN in which all sectors of society are encouraged to participate in, and benefit from, the process of ASEAN integration and community building. Article 12 (d) gives the ASEAN National Secretariats and Directorates General the task of contributing to ASEAN community building with various sectors and entities. It is in this spirit that SAPA is keen on continuing to meaningfully engage the ASEAN and to enhance the engagement process. SAPA and its Task Forces are looking at multi-level engagement processes with the ASEAN.

    Article 16 (2) of the ASEAN Charter mandates the Committee of Permanent Representatives to prescribe the rules of procedure and criteria for engagement with entities associated with ASEAN. We would like to request for an update on this mandate. While there are existing Guidelines on ASEAN Relations with Civil Society Organizations, dated 6th April 2006, published on the website of the ASEAN Secretariat, we would also like to request for a copy of the ASEAN's latest revised Guidelines for Civil Society Accreditation, ASEAN's Guidelines for Engagement with Civil Society Organizations, or any working draft thereof, for our information and future action. Having access to and being able to contribute to such important documents will help ensure inclusive and representative engagement and participation of diverse and multiple sectors of society in Southeast Asia. We look forward to your prompt and favorable response. Thank you very much. Respectfully yours,

    Consuelo Katrina A. Lopa and Yap Swee Seng For the SAPA Working Group on ASEAN:
    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Burma Partnership SAPA Task force on ASEAN and Burma Agribusiness Action Initiatives Focus on the Global South (Regional) Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUMASIA) South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA) Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN) International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) ODA Watch Think Centre SAPA Task Force on ASEAN and Migrant Workers Human Rights Education Institute of Burma Union Network International Asia Pacific Regional Organization (UNI Apro)

    Jenina Joy Chavez For the SAPA Task Force on ASEAN FOI:
    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) Institute for Freedom of Information (iFOI) Focus on the Global South Forum Asia South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA) Bantay Kita (Philippines) Foundation for Media Alternatives Peoples Empowerment Foundation Thailand Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)

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    16. Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM) Asia 17. Human Rights Working Group (Indonesia) 18. Southeast Asia Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 19. Task Force Detainees of the Philippines 20. SAPA Task Force on ASEAN and Human Rights

    Other Endorsers
    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Cambodia SILAKA Positive Change for Cambodia Cambodia Housing Rights Task Force NGO Committee on the Rights of the Child Cambodia Housing Rights Task Force Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) Indonesia Publish What You Pay Yayasan Semai Jiwa Amini (SEJIWA) Imparsial The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN-MALUKU) Moluccas The Children's Human Rights Foundation (YPHA) KePPaK PEREMPUAN Womens Institute, Bandung Demos KRuHA (People's Coalition for the Right to Water) Pergerakan Indonesia Solidaritas Perempuan (Women's Solidarity for Human Rights) Sahabat Perempuan dan Anak Indonesia (Sapa Indonesia) Jaringan Tambang (JATAM) Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Aliansi Nasional Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (ANBTI) Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Philippines Action for Economic Reforms Stop the War Coalition Libertas Womens Legal and Human Rights Bureau, Inc. Rural Urban Peoples Linkages Philippine Network on EU-ASEAN FTA

    Singapore 38. MARUAH (Working Group for ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism) 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. Thailand ASEAN Watch NGO Coordinating Committee on Development Thai Committee for Refugee Foundation Peoples Empowerment Foundation Thailand FTA Watch Thailand

    8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

    Lao PDR 24. Gender and Development Group (GDG) Malaysia 25. Southeast Asia Popular Communications Programme 26. Pusat Komas 27. Community Residents Association 28. Womens Aid Organisation 29. Womens Caucus Malaysia 30. Era Consumer Malaysia 31. Monitoring Sustainability of Globalization (MSN)

    Regional/International (based in ASEAN) 44. INHURED International 45. Center on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) 46. Disabled Peoples International - Asia Pacific (DPI-AP) 47. Dignity International 48. International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) Asia Pacific 49. Southeast Asia Womens Caucus on ASEAN 50. Asia Pacific Resource and Research Center for Women (ARROW) 51. Homenet Southeast Asia 52. Committee for Asian Women (CAW) 53. Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA) 54. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Others 55. Center for Human Rights and Development (Mongolia) 56. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) 57. East Timor NGO Forum (FONGTIL, Timor Leste)

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