| Summary/Abstract |
The study of regionalism has witnessed some advances since the end of the Cold War. The paper attempts to further this study by undertaking a comparative analysis of the EU and ASEAN on the subject of human rights. It attempts to trace and compare the evolution of the human rights (HR) dimension in the intra-regional cooperation within these two supra-national organisations based on different principles and mechanisms. The author divides the evolution of intra human rights engagement of the EU and ASEAN into three phases: during and after the Cold War and in the post-9/11 era. Based on the detailed analysis, Priya Kumari concludes that intra-regional cooperation about human rights for the EU and ASEAN is contingent on domestic factors, though influenced by a variety of external stimuli.
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