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Project Period: | Contact: | Department: | Programme: | Theme: |
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23 Feb 2006 - 24 Feb 2006 | Asia-Europe Foundation | Political and Economic Department | Informal ASEM Seminar On Human Rights |
Governance & Human Rights |
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Budapest (Hungary) |
In a spirit of openness and tolerance, 100 officials and civil society representatives from 36 ASEM countries convened in Budapest, Hungary from 22nd-25th February, 2006 for the 7th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights, “Human Rights and Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Minorities”. They exchanged views and perspectives on the state of play and best practices in the field of human rights of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities.
Hosted by the Central European University (CEU), whose social science curriculum places strong emphasis on human rights and democracy issues, the 7th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights is the latest in a series initiated on the occasion of the first meeting of ASEM Foreign Ministers in Singapore in February 1997 to promote mutual understanding and co-operation between Asia and Europe in the area of political dialogue, particularly on human rights issues.
Keynote speeches were delivered by Janette Cansing Serrano, Chairperson of the National Commission on Indigenous peoples (the Philippines); and Rainer Hofmann, former President of the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention on National Minorities of the Countries of Europe (Germany). The participants were divided into two working groups for in-depth discussions on civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights of minorities, respectively.
This meeting was significant as it resulted in four important main recommendations to the ASEM process, which were presented almost immediately after the meeting at the ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting in Vienna on 10th March, 2006.
Recommendation from 7th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights
Presented at the ASEM Senior Officials' Meeting