PROCESS REFLECTION

The 2nd Southeast Asia Legal Advocacy Training

Yay! Were DONE!

BUT WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS ASIDE FROM BRAIN CRAMP, SLEEP DEPRIVATION & GENERAL CRAVING FOR THAI MASSAGE?

THE PLAN The GIO of The Training

IMPROVING :

Knowledge on ASEAN HR System Legal analytical skills to influence ASEAN HR Bodies

SHARE LEGAL ADVOCACY BEST PRACTICES & LESSONS

CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF ASEAN-WIDE PIL NETWORK THAT

Committed to improving the ASEAN HR System Can collaborate on legal advocacy initiatives

THE PLAN Training Approach

ANDROGOGY-BASED
Correspond

PARTICIPATORY LEARNING PROCESSES

to needs Involve participants as resource in design, execution, and evaluation of training
PRE TRAINING PROCESS TRAINING

POST TRAINING

THE PLAN Training Flow

MODULE 1 Introduction

MODULE 2 Human Rights Context and Legal Advocacy

MODULE 3 Legal Advocacy at Regional Level

MODULE 4 Developing Common Strategies

MODULE 5 Evaluation

WHAT HAPPENED? Module 1 INTRODUCTION

WE ARE: 20 Lawyers Involved in human rights legal advocacy for ECOSOC & CIV-POL rights some domestically, some with international engagement Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines SETTING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER

WHAT HAPPENED? Module 1 INTRODUCTION

CONTRIBUTION
Litigation Domestic

legal regime International engagement Constitutional, Land & Natural Resources, Women & Children, Human Trafficking

WHAT HAPPENED? Module 1 INTRODUCTION

EXPECTATIONS
Build

Network To know[ASEAN] human rights mechanisms and know how to work them Skills in advocating human rights Action Plan

WHAT HAPPENED? Module 2 Domestic HR Context & LA

HR Issues

Achievements

Domestic instruments and Mechanisms Dedicated CSOs Ratified Intl instruments

Challenges

Non-conducive political setting Institutionalized human rights violations Prosecution of agents of change Lack of Human Rights comprehension

Legal Lessons Power Advocacy Learned Relations Natural Systemic The state Resources reform functions Management Lawyers dominates Constitutional invovement in judicial and Influences of Rights non-judicial other functionsWomen & Child advocacy Right Negative CS Democratization Involvement of non lawyers influence Access to Justice

WHAT HAPPENED? Module 3 LA @ Regional Level

UN

HR Mechanis m

Regional

HR Mechanism

ASEAN

System

HR

WHAT HAPPENED? Module 4 Common Strategies

Developing

Maintaining Regional Networks

&

Building

Common Strategies for Stronger HR System