ASEAN RECOGNISES ENVIRONMENT AS A HUMAN RIGHT. WHAT LIES AHEAD?

ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Interface Meeting with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Representatives at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in July after discussing ASEAN peoples' right to a safe and clean environment. --fotoBERNAMA (2025) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

Edmund Bon, chair of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). --Credit: Nina Muslim/BERNAMA

Subang Member of Parliament Wong Chen. --fotoBERNAMA (2025) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

Charles Santiago, co-chair of ASEAN Parliamentarians on Human Rights (APHR). File pic. --fotoBERNAMA (2025) COPYRIGHT RESERVED