From Community to Compliance?
The Evolution of Monitoring Obligations in ASEAN

Charts the efforts to move ASEAN from a periodic meeting of foreign ministers to becoming a serious international organisation.

Simon Chesterman (Author)

9781107490512, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 April 2015

198 pages, 3 b/w illus.
21.5 x 13.9 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg

In the past decade, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has transformed from a periodic meeting of ministers to setting ambitious goals of becoming a Community by 2015. ASEAN is now the most important regional organisation in the history of the continent of Asia. An important tension in this transformation is the question of whether the 'ASEAN way' - defined by consultation and consensus, rather than enforceable obligations - is consistent with the establishment of a community governed by law. This book examines the growing interest in following through on international commitments, in particular monitoring implementation and compliance. Key barriers remain, in particular the lack of resources and ongoing resistance to accepting binding obligations. It remains to be seen whether these trends herald a more measured approach to decision-making in ASEAN. Written for practitioners and researchers alike, this important book provides the first systematic survey of monitoring within ASEAN.

General editors' preface
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. ASEAN's approach to monitoring
2. The purposes of monitoring
3. Typologies of monitoring: a toolkit
4. Conclusion
Executive summary
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Public international law [LBB], International law [LB]