NUSA DUA, Dec. 10 -- On December 8 - 10, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) organised the AICHR Consultation on Freedom of Opinion and Expression in Nusa Dua, Indonesia.
This consultation was a follow-up to High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on Managing Freedom of Expression in the Information Age that was organised on 11-12 April 2018 in Medan, Indonesia.
Article 23 of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) stipulates the right of individuals to form, hold and express their opinions without undue interference. This is crucial for the realisation of all other human rights.
Wahyuningrum underlined the importance of freedom of expression as an essential precondition for any democracy and called for the ASEAN Member St...