He is a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. Much of the Asean region in fact will be faced with an ageing population in the coming decades. What is the state of child rights protection in the Asean region? There are three levels of action at stake: Asean's own response to child rights (such as compliance by Asean officials and bodies); Asean's support for the protection of child rights by each member country; and protection of child rights by each Asean country, irrespective of action from Asean as an organisation. There is a degree of institutionalisation of child rights in the region in the sense that there are both regional and national institutions dealing with child development and child protection.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2017 21:56 UTC