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The Prospects for Integrating Migrant Labour Rights and Protection
by Jenina Joy Chavez, 2007
This is an abstract of a paper published by Global Social Policy. Full text is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468018107082239.
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made strides in regional integration and cooperation, aided by unique modes of governance privileging consensus and non-interference.However, the social dimension is in the early stages of development and is currently detached from economic integration initiatives. The movement of low- and unskilled workers, many of whom areundocumented, has received especially little attention in ASEAN. Their growing numbers underscore the importance of treating migration as integral rather than separate from labour and general social protection issues. The establishment of regional agreements on social protection and integration, with particular focus on migration and labour standards, should signal the recognition of the economic nature of migration, and help strengthen the relevance and profile of ASEAN among the citizens of member countries. While existing mechanisms can be used to push for this — from Track II discussions to regional coalition building — the political challenge lies in making the issue an active concern in official ASEAN agenda.
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The ASEAN Charter - not daring, lacking in Vision |
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by Jenina Joy Chavez
This article was first published in the Jakarta Post, 19 November 2007.
When Leaders of
Member Governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) meet for their Thirteenth Summit in Singapore on Tuesday
(November 20th), the world’s attention would be focused on what they
will do on the matter of Myanmar/Burma. It will be recalled that in the
last week of September, protests led by monks were met with violence by
the military junta. The protests, triggered by soaring fuel prices,
were the largest peaceful demonstrations since the military took over
in 1988. The Burma question has become a yearly embarrassment and
pressure point for ASEAN, and everyone is curious whether the
collective global indignation after the September violence would prompt
ASEAN Leaders to do something different this year.
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Global Europe and ASEAN: Impacts of EU’s Competitiveness Strategy on Southeast Asia |
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by Joseph Purugganan, August 2007
The European Union has for a number of
years been trying to consolidate and fine tune strategies aimed at
strengthening its competitiveness and its capacity to address the new
challenges of the rapidly changing global market. Promotion of trade
and investment is clearly a priority for Europe. In 2000, it came up
with the Lisbon Strategy, the blueprint for making EU "the most
dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable
of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs, greater
social cohesion and respect for the environment by 2010." (1)
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