摘要: The study of human rights in Asia is still developing in that more specific studies should be encouraged as to gain better perspectives and insights of the human rights situations.Ethnic minorities'rights are currently understudie... 展开 The study of human rights in Asia is still developing in that more specific studies should be encouraged as to gain better perspectives and insights of the human rights situations.Ethnic minorities'rights are currently understudied except in the sociology area where it gradually associates with power structure and politics.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR),followed by the Asian Human rights Declaration(AHRD)in2012continue to uphold and spread human fights values widely.The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination(CERD)is even more transparent about its commitment in defending the individual fights and eliminating all forms of racism.In multicultural countries like Brunei,Malaysia and Singapore,their ethnic groups would be the focus of the UN,in which the CERD ratification is expected from them.Each country has implemented their own national policies on handling the ethnic relations,which is usually done by prioritising one ethnic group over the other,which would also be the dominant group.As of now,Singapore has ratified the CERD,marking a visible difference from the other two in terms of human fights.In addition to this new commitment by Singapore,this research considers other developments in the three countries in implementing human rights law based on the UDHR as the standard.It observes that while Malaysia is the only that has established a Human Rights Commission,clashes are found between national law and universal law along with Brunei and Singapore.Despite the adoption of AHRD by ASEAN member states,there is still some reluctance to commit to the UDHR and instead,remains to prioritise the national law.One common practice by the three countries is the policy of non-interference which remains strong.This research suggests that more involvement of the three countries in ASEAN regarding human rights would foster better development but the willingness of each government to commit to the UDHR is important as well. 收起