due to an increased level of people’s awareness about
human rights and human security.
CONCLUSION
ASEAN’s attempt to promote a peoplecentric
community rather than a purely statecentric
one
is a courageous challenge under its current noninterference
and consensus principles. One of the most
establishment of the AICHR. Although AICHR’s initial
mandate was not only to promote but also to protect
human rights in the region, the protection component
is contradictory to the “ASEAN Way.” “Promotion of
human rights is a good investment for [the] protection
of human rights,” Mr. Rafendi Djamin says.