Asia Centre convened its 1st International Conference, “Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Southeast Asia”, from 15 to 17 September 2016 at its premises in Bangkok, Thailand. There were thirteen presenters and about fifty participants. The conference attendees came together to discuss the role of the UPR in Southeast Asia over the 2 cycles, the 1st cycle lasted from 2008-2011 and the 2nd cycle from 2012-2016. (See conference report for detail). Following the conference, 8 papers were made available to the convenors which are now published here as the conference proceedings.
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