The HRRC has been designed to support the work of ASEAN human rights institutions, by providing an independent forum for regional experts to engage in research and capacity-building, as well as training and teaching across the ASEAN region The Human Rights Resource Centre is a non-profit academic centre headquartered at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, with a partnership network throughout
Southeast Asia. The Centre was established in 2010 by several of the original members of the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism, as well as other prominent regional human rights advocates and academics, all of whom have been engaged in the protection and promotion of human rights for several decades. The Centre was established with the aim of fostering an institutional network that would produce high-quality, independent, research on human rights issues of most pressing concern to the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The goal of the Centre’s work is to help support the human rights agenda set by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, which was established by ASEAN in 2009. Bearing in mind ASEAN’s expanding global political and economic presence, the Centre also conducts a range of pedagogical initiatives with partners both within and outside of ASEAN, including workshops, conferences, training activities and developing advanced courses in human rights.
