the reality is that there is little to celebrate in terms of human rights in the region.
Let us also not forget that the Cambodian chairmanship declared 2022 as the Year of Asean Youth and one of the key goals is to work out better and stronger ways to"institutionalise" youth engagement in the Asean decision-making process. This is an admirable aim, but I do wonder if there is a real willingness to do so rather than just stating the usual tokenistic propositions.
And here let us return to the issue of human rights. We should not discount the fact that youth of the region do care about them, and that is why a real Year of the Youth should enable them to talk about hot issues, including human rights and democracy.
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