Constitutionalizing National Protection of Universal Human Rights in the Formation of Regional ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

• Project/Area Number: 15K03078
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Kuong Teilee 名古屋大学, 法政国際教育協力研究センター, 准教授 (80377788)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 憲法 / アセアン地域統合 / 国際人権条約 / Constitution / Human rights law / ASEAN / アセアン人権宣言 / 立憲主義 / 地域統合 / 人権 / 民主主義 / 地域人権規範 / アセアン政府間人権委員会 / アセアン憲章 / ASEAN人権宣言 / ASEAN政府間人権委員会 / ASEAN憲章

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims at clarifying the relevance of international human rights treaties in the process of establishing constitutionalism in the Asean region. The approach towards understanding this issue is by means of revlewing the relationship between constitutional human rights provisions and related human rights treaties and the Asean Human Rights Declaration.
Target countries are mainly those that have adopted or revised the constitution in order to start a regime based on liberal democracy or to liberalize the economy in recent years. Singapore is also included in the study due to its key roles in the formation of the Asean Community.
Constitutions since 1990 in the region have incorporated international human rights languages and the questions of implementation have been much criticized. Apart from the domestic political factors, the unsettled questions of international standards or universal values and their implications in regional context are also causing much uncertainty.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Legislative and Institutional Reviews: The Constitutional Council of Cambodia - An Overview (2017)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Journal Title: Cambodian Yearbook of Comparative Legal Studies Volume: 7-8 Pages: 131-141
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Defining and Redefining the Constitutional Peoplehood in the Post-Independence Vietnam (2017)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Journal Title: 名古屋大学法政論集 Volume: 272 Pages: 49-82
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of Legal Norms on Marriage and Divorce in Cambodia - The Civil Code Between Foreign Inputs and Local Growth (2) (2016)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Journal Title: Nagoya University Asian Law Bulletin Volume: 2 Pages: 108-124
  • NAID: 120005855940
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Economic Rights and the National Economic System (2016)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Journal Title: Cambodian Constitutional Law Volume: - Pages: 489-510
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] "Rights" and "Duty/Obligations" in the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (2017)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Organizer: カンボジア比較法学会
  • Place of Presentation: 王立法律経済大学、カンボジア
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Political Communication with Urban Constituencies in the Context of Constitutional Democracy in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Organizer: Methodology and Techniques in Political Communication with Urban Constituencies and the Law on Local Elections
  • Place of Presentation: 国立経営大学、カンボジア
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Nagoya University's Engagement in Legal Assistance Activities (2016)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Organizer: Forum of the Alliance of Universities along "the Belt and Road"
  • Place of Presentation: 敦煌、中国
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Constitutionalism in the Age of Regionalism in Southeast Asia; The Emerging Trends and Critical Issues (2015)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Comparative Constitutionalism, Law and Social Justice in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of the Rule of Law for ASEAN (2015)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee
  • Organizer: Asian University Network Forum on Advances in Research
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-03
  • Invited
• [Book] Asean 諸国の法学教育調査報告書 (2018)
  • Author(s): Kuong Teilee, 牧野絵美
  • Publisher: 法務省総合研究所
• [Funded Workshop] カンボジア比較法学会 (2018)
• [Funded Workshop] Cambodian Society of Comparative Law (2017)
  • Place of Presentation: 王立法律経済大学