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ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) I. Overview II. ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) III. ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) IV. Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism V. Conclusion I. OVERVIEW The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a politico-economic organisation in South-East Asia which was set up in 1967. ‘Asean has ambitions to create a single market by 2015 among its 10 member nations, which have a combined population of nearly 600 million people, twice the population of the United States.’ 1 According to the provisions of the ASEAN Declaration, the aims of the organisation include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development in the region, the protection of regional peace and stability, adherence to the rule of law and the principles of the UN Charter, promoting active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest in the economic, social, cultural, technical, scientific and administrative fields, etc. The ASEAN Charter entered into force on 15 December 2008 giving the organisation a new legal framework and establishing a number of new organs to boost its community-building process. /publications/ASEAN-Charter.pdf II. ASEAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (AICHR) /22769.htm Pursuant to Article 14 of the ASEAN Charter, the member states set up the AICHR at the 15th ASEAN summit in October 2009. Its purposes, function and rules of procedure are set out in a single document entitled ‘Terms of Reference’ (ToR). Term 6.8. specifies that AICHR is the overarching human rights institution in ASEAN with overall responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights in ASEAN. Section 3 of ToR states th