Cairo 2009
DEMOCRAT PARTY (THAILAND)
Promoting and Protecting Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Reiterating the human rights as one of the most important attributes of liberalism;
Recalling that Liberal International is renowned for its contributions towards liberalism, in which the promotion of political and civil rights are mandatory in order to achieve equality and freedom for the people, as well as for the progress towards democracy;
Noting that promotion of human rights is still limited in a number of Asian countries;
Acknowledging the establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights to address the human rights concerns and improve the human rights situation in Southeast Asia;
Emphasizing an important role that political parties, which share the common cause of liberalism, could play in the furtherance of protecting and promoting human rights through working with the governments and civil society;
Be it therefore resolved that Liberal International concentrate more efforts on human rights and call on all its members to become more involved in the promotion and protection of human rights as well as to encourage their respective governments to be more active and effective in protecting human rights and preventing any violation of them.
