[OPINION] ASEAN needs framework for environmental rights

'The ASEAN Environmental Rights Framework must contain strong measures for protecting the rights and well-being of environmental defenders and frontline communities.' Opinion

In light of World Environment Day on June 5, it is a timely opportunity to reflect on the relationship between the environment and human rights.

Despite this progress, environmental rights continue to be threatened in the Philippines. For example, the country remains one of the most dangerous in the world to environmental defenders. With crises like climate change and plastic pollution projected to worsen, millions of Filipinos could be hindered in exercising their rights.

Among the stakeholders that needs to be specifically focused on are the indigenous peoples within the region. Despite their role in protecting ecosystems and biodiversity and the well-documented threats they have faced in previous decades, no specific clause on IP rights was included in the current ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.

Enhancing inclusive public participation in environmental decision-making should be required for ASEAN and its member-states. We are all stakeholders to numerous environmental challenges facing us, which means all citizens have the right to be represented or actively engage in decision-making. Mechanisms must be established to ensure the entire process at any level of governance would be culturally-appropriate, locally-relevant, and gender-sensitive.

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