Catherine Renshaw is Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Head of the Thomas More Law School at Australian Catholic University.

"[A] well-structured book that provides a comprehensive account of the emergence of a regional human rights infrastructure in ASEAN...As a legal scholar with expertise in Southeast Asia's legal systems, Renshaw presents a highly readable text which blends analysis of international rights documents and domestic case law, with theories drawn from politics, social science and international relations...An impressive piece of scholarship and an important book for those seeking to understand contemporary ASEAN and its politics at a macro level." (Australian Journal of Asian Law) "Human Rights and Participatory Politics in Southeast Asia is a significant and much-needed contribution to the theoretical and comparative literature on regional human rights mechanisms. Catherine Renshaw argues convincingly that regional human rights work and national debates inform and influence each other." (Mark Sidel, University of Wisconsin-Madison) "An excellent and well-researched examination of the complex developments surrounding the rise of human rights in Southeast Asia. Catherine Renshaw offers a masterful analysis of the roles played by regional institutions in promoting and protecting human rights." (Teresa Tan Hsien-Li, National University of Singapore)

• List of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I. FOUNDATIONS: LEGITIMACY OF A REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME IN THE ABSENCE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACYChapter 1. Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast AsiaChapter 2. ASEAN's Turn to Democracy and Human RightsChapter 3. The ASEAN Human Rights DeclarationPART II. APPLICATIONS: ASSESSING THE REGIONAL DYNAMICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITMENT AND COMPLIANCEChapter 4. The Rights of Women at the Global, Regional, and Local LevelsChapter 5. Trafficking in PersonsChapter 6. ASEAN as a Purveyor of Human Rights in MyanmarConclusionNotesIndexAcknowledgments

Catherine Renshaw is Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Head of the Thomas More Law School at Australian Catholic University.

"[A] well-structured book that provides a comprehensive account of the emergence of a regional human rights infrastructure in ASEAN...As a legal scholar with expertise in Southeast Asia's legal systems, Renshaw presents a highly readable text which blends analysis of international rights documents and domestic case law, with theories drawn from politics, social science and international relations...An impressive piece of scholarship and an important book for those seeking to understand contemporary ASEAN and its politics at a macro level." (Australian Journal of Asian Law) "Human Rights and Participatory Politics in Southeast Asia is a significant and much-needed contribution to the theoretical and comparative literature on regional human rights mechanisms. Catherine Renshaw argues convincingly that regional human rights work and national debates inform and influence each other." (Mark Sidel, University of Wisconsin-Madison) "An excellent and well-researched examination of the complex developments surrounding the rise of human rights in Southeast Asia. Catherine Renshaw offers a masterful analysis of the roles played by regional institutions in promoting and protecting human rights." (Teresa Tan Hsien-Li, National University of Singapore)

• List of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART I. FOUNDATIONS: LEGITIMACY OF A REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME IN THE ABSENCE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACYChapter 1. Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast AsiaChapter 2. ASEAN's Turn to Democracy and Human RightsChapter 3. The ASEAN Human Rights DeclarationPART II. APPLICATIONS: ASSESSING THE REGIONAL DYNAMICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITMENT AND COMPLIANCEChapter 4. The Rights of Women at the Global, Regional, and Local LevelsChapter 5. Trafficking in PersonsChapter 6. ASEAN as a Purveyor of Human Rights in MyanmarConclusionNotesIndexAcknowledgments