Civil society calls for decisive ASEAN action to hold the illegal Myanmar military junta accountable

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Civil society groups are calling on the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to hold the Myanmar junta to account for its illegal usurping of power and the negative behaviour against its people according to a statement issued at the end of a forum held in Manila.

Here is their 4 August statement:

The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHRP), together with Myanmar and Philippine

civil society and women organizations, convened the Forum “Strengthening Regional Accountability

through the Lens of the Women, Peace, Security, and Humanitarian Situation in Myanmar” to

examine how ASEAN can strengthen its response to Myanmar’s deepening human rights and

humanitarian crises through the effective implementation of its Women, Peace and Security (WPS)

commitments and the Five-Point Consensus (5PC).

The Forum was held on 3 August in Manila.