Ensuring impartiality of AICHR commissioners
Asean governments should use the scheduled revision of the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to establish a transparent selection process that involves a wide variety of stakeholders and adopt guidelines for conduct for the commissioners and representatives that require demonstrated respect for and expertise in human rights, said a groups of human rights organisations, including the International Commission of Jurists, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the Asian Federation for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia).