HE Pa Ponnarada, CHRC member, participated in the 2nd AICHR consultation on the right to development to enhance the ASEAN community:
HE Pa Ponnarada, CHRC member, participated in the 2nd AICHR consultation on the right to development to enhance the ASEAN community:
HE Pa Ponnarada, CHRC member, participated in the 2nd AICHR consultation on the right to development to enhance the ASEAN community: the realisation of Article 35 of the 2012 ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) and the AICHR regional consultations to provide support in the development of AICHR’s five-year work plan 2026-2030.
Kuala Lumpur: HE Keo Remy, Senior Minister, President of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and Cambodia’s Representative to AICHR, appointed HE Pa Ponnarada, CHRC member and Cambodia’s Deputy Representative to AICHR, and Ms Pheap Sreytouch, CHRC member, to participate in the 2nd AICHR Consultation on the Right to Development to Enhance the ASEAN Community: the realisation of Article 35 of the 2012 AHRD and the AICHR regional consultations to provide support in the development of AICHR’s five-year work plan 2026-2030, which took place on 28-29 April 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 2nd Consultation on the Right to Development aims to (1) identify challenges and opportunities for realising the right to development, (2) further explain the content of the norms of the right to development as stated in the AHRD, and (3) obtain input into the preliminary draft of the ASEAN Declaration on Promoting Peace, Inclusive Growth, Sustainable Development and the Right to Development.
Meanwhile, AICHR’s regional consultations to provide support in developing AICHR’s five-year work plan 2026-2030 aim to identify key challenges and opportunities for promoting the AICHR role for its five-year work plan 2026-2030.
These two events were attended by participants from AICHR, representatives of ASEAN sectoral bodies, national human rights institutions, civil society organisations, the ASEAN Secretariat, and other relevant parties. 
