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10 APLPJ 384 (2008-2009)
A Blueprint for a Southeast Asian Court of Human Rights

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   A Blueprint For a Southeast Asian Court Of Human
                            Rights

                        Hao Duy Phan*


I.  INTRODUCTION     ................................................................................. 385
II. FOUNDING TREATY: SUBSTANTIVE LAW VS. PROCEDURAL LAW ....... 391
III. CONTENTIOUS JURISDICTION: THE ISSUES OF ACCESSIBILITY AND
    A DM ISSIBILITY  ................................................................................. 398
    A. Subject-matter Jurisdiction (Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae):
        Legal Bases for the Court's Contentious Jurisdiction .............. 398
    B. Personal Jurisdiction (Jurisdiction Ratione Personae):
        Accessibility  to  the  Court .......................................................... 399
        1.  Individuals  ......................................................................... 400
        2 . States  ................................................................................. 402
        3. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) ....................... 403
        4 . A H R B   ................................................................................ 404
    C. Admissibility: Constitutional Justice Function v. Individual
        Justice  F unction ........................................................................ 405
IV. ADVISORY JURISDICTION: A PROSPECT OF THE COURT'S INFLUENCE
    ON NON-MEMBER  STATES ................................................................. 408
V.  COMPOSITION: JUDGES OF THE COURT ............................................. 410
    A. Requirements and Qualifications ............................................. 410
    B . N um ber  of  Judges ..................................................................... 413
    C . Term s  of  Off ice .......................................................................... 414
    D . Part-time  vs. Full-time  Status ................................................... 415
VI. STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURE: INCREASING THE COURT'S
    E FFECTIV ENESS   ................................................................................ 4 17
    A . Structure .................................................................................... 417
    B . P rocedure .................................................................................. 419
        1.  Rules of Procedures ........................................................... 419
        2.  Procedure Before the SEACHR ........................................ 420
VII. FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES: FUNDING AND OPERATING
    THE SEA C H R   ................................................................................... 423
    A . Funding the Court .................................................................... 423
    B. Administration, Language, and Location ................................. 424
VIII.ENFORCEMENT: EXECUTING THE COURT'S JUDGMENTS ................... 426
IX. THE SEACHR IN A BROADER CONTEXT: RELATIONSHIP WITH
    D IFFERENT A CTORS   .......................................................................... 429
X. CONCLUSION: TOWARD A SOUTHEAST ASIAN COURT OF HUMAN

      * S.J.D. Candidate, American University Washington College of Law. The views
expressed here are solely of the author and do not reflect those of the American
University Washington College of Law.

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