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

handle is hein.journals/aplpj10 and id is 389 raw text is: 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.