“ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus and Myanmar Human Rights Crisis: Amnesty International Calls for Stronger US Response”

Amnesty International Asia Advocacy Director Carolyn Nash has criticized the international community for its tepid, uncoordinated response to ongoing human rights violations in Myanmar following the February 2021 coup. Despite the Two-Year Anniversary of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus, an agreement aimed at ending human rights violations in Myanmar, violence in the country has not been resolved. Nash points out that the US government cannot use ‘ASEAN centrality’ as cover for the inadequacy of its own actions and that the United States and its allies must do more to support meaningful progress on this human rights crisis. Amnesty International’s open letter to the ASEAN Chair is available for reference through the link provided. For more information, contact [email protected].