The Government of Singapore has re-appointed Dr Shashi Jayakumar as Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) for a second term from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024. Associate Professor Eugene Tan has also been reappointed as Singapore’s Alternate Representative to the AICHR for a second term.

The AICHR is an organ of ASEAN established in accordance with the ASEAN Charter as the overarching human rights institution in ASEAN with overall responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights. In line with its Terms of Reference, the AICHR developed an ASEAN Human Rights Declaration which was adopted by the ASEAN Leaders at the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh in November 2012.

Dr Jayakumar is currently the Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), and the Executive Coordinator for Future Issues and Technology at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. He was a member of the Singapore Administrative Service from 2002 to 2017, and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 2011 to 2014.

A/P Tan is an Associate Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU). He was educated at the National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright Fellow. A/P Tan served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore’s 12th Parliament from 2012 to 2014.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Singapore