Editing Human rights (section)

=== Asia ===
{{main|Human rights in Asia|Human rights in East Asia|Human rights in Central Asia|Human Rights in the Middle East}}

There are no Asia-wide organisations or conventions to promote or protect human rights that have been adopted by governments until 2012. However, lawyers have been producing their own such as the [[RCHRA#Declaration of the Basic Duties of ASEAN Peoples and Governments|Declaration of the Basic Duties of ASEAN Peoples and Governments]], the first of its kind in 1983. Unique to the declaration is its invocation of governmental liabilities rather than basic human rights provisions found in the UDHR.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Welch|first=Claude|title=Asian Perspectives On Human Rights|year=2021|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-429-71032-2}}</ref> Countries vary widely in their approach to human rights and their record of human rights protection.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Repucci|first1=Sarah|last2=Slipowitz|first2=Amy|year=2021|title=Democracy Under Siege|url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/FIW2021_World_02252021_FINAL-web-upload.pdf|journal=[[Freedom in the World]]|quote=Beijing's export of antidemocratic tactics, financial coercion, and physical intimidation have led to an erosion of democratic institutions and human rights protections in numerous countries...Political rights and civil liberties in the country have deteriorated since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014, with increased pressure on human rights organizations, rising intimidation of academics and journalists, and a spate of bigoted attacks, including lynchings, aimed at Muslims.|access-date=27 March 2021|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210180546/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/FIW2021_World_02252021_FINAL-web-upload.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Democracy Reports {{!}} V-Dem|url=https://www.v-dem.net/en/publications/democracy-reports/|access-date=7 July 2021|website=v-dem.net|archive-date=30 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630040915/https://www.v-dem.net/en/publications/democracy-reports/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN)<ref name="Overview">{{cite web|url=http://www.aseansec.org/64.htm|title=Overview – Association of Southeast Asian Nations |access-date=3 January 2008|archive-date=11 November 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021111125204/http://www.aseansec.org/64.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref> is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia, which was formed in 1967 by [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], Singapore and [[Thailand]].<ref>[[s:Bangkok Declaration|Bangkok Declaration]]. Wikisource. Retrieved 14 March 2007</ref> The organisation now also includes [[Brunei Darussalam]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Cambodia]].<ref name="Overview" /> In October 2009, the [[ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights]] was inaugurated,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)|url=https://asean.org/asean-political-security-community/asean-intergovernmental-commission-on-human-rights-aichr/|url-status=live|access-date=21 April 2021|website=ASEAN|language=en-US|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042242/https://asean.org/asean-political-security-community/asean-intergovernmental-commission-on-human-rights-aichr/}}</ref> and subsequently, the [[ASEAN Human Rights Declaration]] was adopted unanimously by ASEAN members on 18 November 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|year=2013|title=ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) and the Phnom Penh Statement on the Adoption of the AHRD and Its Translations|url=https://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/resources/ASEAN%20Publication/2013%20(7.%20Jul)%20-%20ASEAN%20Human%20Rights%20Declaration%20(AHRD)%20and%20Its%20Translation.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=21 April 2021|website=ASEAN|archive-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910081341/http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/resources/ASEAN%20Publication/2013%20(7.%20Jul)%20-%20ASEAN%20Human%20Rights%20Declaration%20(AHRD)%20and%20Its%20Translation.pdf}}</ref>

The [[Arab Charter on Human Rights]] (ACHR) was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States on 22 May 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=English Version of the Statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights |url=https://acihl.org/texts.htm?article_id=44 |website=acihl.org |publisher=ACIHL |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119054458/https://acihl.org/texts.htm?article_id=44 |url-status=live }}</ref>