This paper aims to cast light on the nature of ASEAN, and Indonesia’s role within ASEAN, by exploring two questions: (1) Who belongs in ASEAN? (2) How does ASEAN work? These questions uncover a host of other themes: ASEAN’s place in the global context; ASEAN’s relations with countries such...

The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) is a membership organisation of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) from across the Asia Pacific region. As at the end of 2008, there were 14 full members and three associate members. The underlying eligibility criterion...