Asia Pacific Forum Annual Report 2017-2018

In June 2018, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a powerful rebuke against this growing “contempt for human rights”, arguing that it threatens the very structures that have been designed to ensure our common safety and prosperity.
The UDHR – drafted in the wake of two devastating world wars, overwhelming genocide and a crippling economic depression – sought to affirm our common humanity and set a pathway to peace and development for all people, founded on the principles of equality and non-discrimination.