The voices of and inputs from communities and civil society in national strategic development planning have not been heard.

Regional organisations can play a wide range of roles in the human rights governance of the region, because different motivations for adopting rights and commitments result in different regional institutional designs.

...an outpouring of passionate anger and disappointment, and a hardening resolve not to be cowed.

The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic shows the role of trade unions is even more important in defending workers’ rights during the health and social crisis.

ASEAN has raised the bar for pushing dialogue in Myanmar: it will be a test for ASEAN's credibility to implement the consensus for real change in Myanmar.

Swarms of international aid and humanitarian assistance do not change long term problems, but deepen Timor-Leste’s vulnerability to shocks like coronavirus and climate-related extreme weather events.

Aside from critiquing state inefficiency, I think community pantries are telling us something more ideological.

How do young people contribute to addressing injustices and advancing agendas of peace? 

Protecting rural indigenous people’s control over food resources is linked to the wellbeing of migrant workers in the cities.

New Mandala and the Southeast Asia Institute at The Australian National University are pleased to present this seminar by Professor Adrian Vickers, who is a Visitor in the School of Culture History and Language.

Just as the Renaissance from the 14th to the 17th centuries overcame the dark Middle Ages by reappraising classical insights, critical history is now imperative.

Just as it was particularly difficult for the progressives to withstand repression and killings, reviving the Left after 1965 was equally formidable.

A new book looks at the significance of U Dhammaloka, an Irishman who “went native” and became a Buddhist monk in British Burma

What do nascent solidarities mean for the future of ethno-religious minorities in a post-coup Myanmar?

The Substation as we know it may be history, but its significance should not be written as an obituary.

The capacity of R2P is limited, and the decision-making process is fraught with political gamesmanship.

Losing key Parliamentary functions exacerbates a lack of “checks and balances”

The Church should recall its long tradition of fighting for the oppressed and caring for the poor and marginalized, and act in the same spirit towards the current regime

Resistance in Ubon Ratchathani has historically endured repression and recently pandemic

The subjects of the drawings are "always conscious of being different and an outsider, a target of racial vilification, a slave."

Legitimate criticism of the government’s decision to obtain the state of emergency declaration is now a criminal offence under Malaysian law.

As the COVID-19 pandemic intersects with Duterte’s murderous plague, Filipinos are faced with clear lessons that can be brought to bear in the next election.

Elements of the weaponry and violence deployed are not only related to systems and structures but also to the reproduction of logics and techniques of control.

ASEAN has precedent and success in interceding in struggles for diplomatic recognition at the United Nations during the Third Indochina War (1978-1991).