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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967

Member States

Country Accession Parlemo Protocol National counter-trafficking bodies
Sign Ratification
Brunei Darussalam 7 January 1984 30 Mar 2020 (a) National Working Committee on Trafficking in Persons
Cambodia 30 April 1999 11 Nov 2001 02 Jul 2007 National Committee for Counter-Trafficking (NCCT)
Indonesia 8 August 1967 12 Dec 2000 28 Sep 2009 1) 2) Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Criminal Act of Human Trafficking (Gugus Tugas TPPO)
Lao PDR 23 July 1997 26 Sep 2003 3) National Steering Committee on Human Trafficking (NSC)
Malaysia 8 August 1967 26 Feb 2009 (a) 4) Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (NSO MAPO)
Myanmar 23 July 1997 30 Mar 2004 5) Central Body for the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons (CBTIP)
Philippines 8 August 1967 14 Dec 2000 28 May 2002 Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking (IACAT)
Singapore 8 August 1967 28 Sep 2015 (a) 6) 7) Interagency Trafficking in Persons Task Force (TIP-TF)
Thailand 8 August 1967 18 Dec 2001 17 Oct 2013 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee (ATP Committee)
Timor-Leste 26 October 2025 9 Nov 2009 (a) Commission to Combat Trafficking in Persons (KLATU)
Vietnam 28 July 1995 08 Jun 2012 8) National Steering Committee on Crime Prevention and Suppression (NSC)

The ASEAN Secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

ASEAN + 3 include China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK)

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Declarations

Date Declare
May 2023 ASEAN DECLARATION ON THE PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS
May 2023 ASEAN DECLARATION ON THE PLACEMENT AND PROTECTION OF MIGRANT FISHERS
May 2023 ASEAN LEADERS’ DECLARATION ON COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CAUSED BY THE ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGY
1)
Declaration “…, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia declares that the provisions of Article 5 paragraph (2) Sub-paragraph c of the Protocol will have to be implemented in strict compliance with the principle of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a state;”
2)
Reservation “…, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia conveys her reservation not to be bound by the provision of Article 15 (2) and takes the position that dispute[s] relating to the interpretation and application on the Protocol which have not been settled through the channel provided for in Paragraph (1) of the said Article, may be referred to the International Court of Justice only with the concern of all Parties to the dispute;”
3)
Reservation: “In accordance with paragraph 3, Article 15 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, the Lao People's Democratic Republic does not consider itself bound by paragraph 2, Article 15 of the present Protocol. The Lao People's Democratic Republic declares that to refer a dispute relating to interpretation and application of the present Protocol to arbitration or [the] International Court of Justice, the agreement of all parties concerned in the dispute is necessary.”
4)
Reservation:
(a) Pursuant to Article 15, paragraph 3 of the Protocol, the Government of Malaysia declares that it does not consider itself bound by |Article 15, paragraph 2 of the Protocol ; and
(b) the Government of Malaysia reserves the right specifically to agree in a particular case to follow the arbitration procedure set forth in |Article 15, paragraph 2 of the Protocol or any other procedure for arbitration.
5)
Reservation: “The Government of the Union of Myanmar wishes to express reservation on Article 15 and does not consider itself bound by obligations to refer disputes relating to the interpretation or application of this Protocol to the International Court of Justice.”
6)
Declaration “The Government of the Republic of Singapore declares that nothing in the Protocol shall impose obligations on Singapore to admit or retain within its territory, persons in respect of whom Singapore would not otherwise have an obligation to admit or retain within its territory.”
7)
Reservation Pursuant to Article 15, paragraph 3 of the above-mentioned Protocol, the Government of the Republic of Singapore does not consider itself bound by Article 15, paragraph 2 of the said Protocol.”
8)
Reservation: “The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam does not consider itself bound by paragraph 2 of Article 15 of this Protocol.”