人权“亚洲价值观”的复活?——评《东盟人权宣言》

A Revival of the Asian Values on Human Rights?A Comment on ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights

《东盟人权宣言》的通过标志着东盟在实现东盟政治一体化以及建立亚洲次区域人权机制方面迈出了重要一步;该宣言规定的很多人权规范都与国际人权标准存在着较大的差距,但与1993年《曼谷宣言》的基本观点存在很大的相似之处。《东盟人权宣言》体现的人权"亚洲价值观"招致了国际社会的批评,但考虑到东盟国家内部的复杂状况以及东盟长期的人权政策,东盟国家建立符合国际人权标准且强有力的区域性人权机制的道路仍然比较漫长。

The passage of the ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights marked an important step towards the political integration and the establishment of a sub-Asia human rights regime in ASEAN. While many provisions of human rights in the Declaration contravene the international human rights standards, it is quite congenial to the basic views of the Bangkok Declaration made by Asian Countries in 1993. The Asian Values manifested in the ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights have stirred up criticisms from international society. There is still a long way to go before ASEAN can establish a powerful regional human rights regime fully consistent with international standards, considering the extreme complexity within ASEAN countries and long term human rights policy ASEAN has insisted on.