Human Rights Declarations in Asia-Pacific

Declarations

• Declaration of Human Rights in Japan (1922)
• Declaration of the Basic Duties of ASEAN Peoples and Governments (1983)
• Draft Pacific Charter of Human Rights (1989)
• The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990)
• Draft Philippine Declaration of Human and People's Rights (1990)
• Human Rights Declaration by the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization (AIPO) (1993)
• Final Declaration of the Regional Meeting for Asia of the World Conference on Human Rights (1993)
• Malaysian Charter on Human Rights (1994)
• Our Common Humanity - Asian Human Rights Charter (1998)
• The Human and Peoples' Rights Declaration of the Philippines (2001)
• Osaka City University Declaration of Human Rights 2001 (2001)
• Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities - Victoria State (2006) (2006)
• The Ambedkar Principles (2009)
• Chiba Declaration for a Child Friendly Asia Pacific, 2009 (2009)
• Gwangju Human Rights Charter (2012) (2012)
• Asean Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) (2012)
• Waseda University Promotion of Diversity Declaration (2017)
• The Yangon Declaration - ASEAN Youth Statement (2024)

Conference Declarations

• Final Document of the Conference-Workshop on Asia-Pacific Human Rights Education for Development (1995)
• Conclusions and Recommendations of the Experts Meeting on Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific (1995)
• Beijing Statement of Principles of the Independence of the Judiciary in the LAWASIA Region Beijing, 19 August 1995 (1995)
• Tasks for the UN Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004) -The Right to Human Rights Education (1996)
• The Osaka Declaration (1998)
• The Pune Declaration on "Education for Human Rights in Asia & the Pacific Adopted by the Asia & Pacific Regional Conference on Education for Human Rights (1999)
• Karachi Declaration (2000)
• Neemrana Declaration (2000)
• Declaration of the Asia-Pacific NGO Forum (2001)
• Bhopal Declaration (2002)
• Colombo Declaration (2002)
• ASEAN Declaration Against Trafficking in Persons Particularly Women and Children (2004)
• Kathmandu Dalit Declaration (2004)
• Ridoypur Declaration of Fourth SAARC Peoples' Forum (2005)
• Manila Declaration for a 21st Century Independent Judiciary (2005)
• Dalit Rights Kathmandu Charter 2007 (2007)
• Turning up the Volume - Mekong Youth Raise their Voices against Human Trafficking (2007)
• Outcome of Bangkok Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms (2009)
• Declaration on the Rights of School Refusing Children (2009)
• Youth Declaration at the 5th APCRSHR (2009)
• Youth Forum Declaration (2011)
• 2011 Solo City Declaration of Children's Participation for a Child Friendly Asia Pacific (2011)
• Bali Declaration on Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia (2011) (2011)
• 2013 Kathmandu Declaration on Child Friendly Local Governance (2013)