Appointment of Singapore's Representatives to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)

The Government of Singapore has re-appointed Dr Shashi Jayakumar as Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) for a second term from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024.  Associate Professor Eugene Tan has also been reappointed as Singapore’s Alternate Representative to the AICHR for a second term. 

The AICHR is an organ of ASEAN established in accordance with the ASEAN Charter as the overarching human rights institution in ASEAN with overall responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights.  In line with its Terms of Reference, the AICHR developed an ASEAN Human Rights Declaration which was adopted by the ASEAN Leaders at the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh in November 2012.

Dr Jayakumar is currently the Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), and the Executive Coordinator for Future Issues and Technology at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.  He was a member of the Singapore Administrative Service from 2002 to 2017, and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 2011 to 2014.  

A/P Tan is an Associate Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU).  He was educated at the National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright Fellow.  A/P Tan served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore’s 12th Parliament from 2012 to 2014.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

11 JANUARY 2022

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BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF DR SHASHI JAYAKUMAR

Dr Shashi Jayakumar is currently the Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), and the Executive Coordinator for Future Issues and Technology at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.  He was a member of the Singapore Administrative Service from 2002 to 2017, and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from 2011 to 2014.  

Dr Jayakumar was educated at Oxford University where he studied History (BA 1997, D.Phil, 2001).  He has published in various peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes on topics relating to medieval history (the focus of his doctorate).  He was a member of the Singapore Administrative Service from 2002 to 2017.  During this time, he was posted to various Ministries, including the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Information and the Arts, and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.  Dr Jayakumar was a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy from August 2011 to July 2014.  His research interests include extremism, social resilience, cyber, and homeland defence.  He was the Alternate Representative of Singapore to the AICHR from 2016 to 2018, and Singapore’s Representative to the AICHR from 2019 to 2021.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY OF A/P EUGENE TAN

A/P Eugene Tan is an Associate Professor of Law at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU), where he also regularly teaches at the business, and social sciences schools.  A/P Tan was educated at the National University of Singapore, where he studied Law, the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied Comparative Politics, and Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright Fellow.  

A/P Tan’s areas of specialisation include constitutional and administrative law, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, law and public policy, ethnic conflict regulation, and government and politics of Singapore.  He has published three books/monographs and more than 100 journal articles, book chapters, and research reports.  He previously held academic positions in the National University of Singapore and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and had served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  He served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore’s 12th Parliament from 2012 to 2014, and was the Alternate Representative of Singapore to the AICHR from 2019 to 2021.