The provision of impunity to human rights violators is the biggest challenge for ensuring accountability. This was the general conclusion of the panelists at the event <strong>Confronting Elusiveness: Demanding Accountability in Southeast Asia.</strong>

<img class="wp-image-2670 aligncenter" src="http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13522799_1217100138309212_2027423706937307920_o-e1467096886922-1140x623.jpg" alt="13522799_1217100138309212_2027423706937307920_o" width="636" height="348" />The speakers from Indonesia, Philippines and Myanmar highlighted how in each of their respective countries human rights violators went on to occupy positions in different human rights mechanisms which watered the whole idea of holding such violators accountable.

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Speakers featured at the event included, Galuh Wandita, Co-founder and Director at Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Aung Khaing Min, Advocacy and Research Officer Burma Partnership and Edgardo Legaspi, Executive Director, Southeast Asian Press Alliance.

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[caption id="attachment_2669" align="alignright" width="254"]<img class="wp-image-2669" src="http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13497966_1217100084975884_6777376889908211101_o-1140x855.jpg" alt="13497966_1217100084975884_6777376889908211101_o" width="254" height="191" /> SEA Junction Executive Director Rosalia Sciortino[/caption]

Some 30 people attended the activity which was held as an inaugural panel of SEA Junction hosted by Asia Centre. Its founding executive-director Rosalia Sciortino, moderated the panel discussion.

[caption id="attachment_2668" align="alignleft" width="162"]<img class="wp-image-2668" src="http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ENDURING-IMPUNIY-1140x1562.jpg" alt="ENDURING-IMPUNIY" width="162" height="222" /> Download available <a href="http://asia-ajar.org/2015/11/enduring-impunity-women-surviving-atrocities-in-the-absence-of-justice/">here</a>[/caption]

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The event also featured the presentation of the book “<a href="http://asia-ajar.org/2015/11/enduring-impunity-women-surviving-atrocities-in-the-absence-of-justice/" target="_blank">Enduring Impunity</a>” a compilation of stories of women survivors in Indonesia, Timor Leste and Myanmar.

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<a href="http://seajunction.org" target="_blank"><img class="wp-image-2635 alignright" src="http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-09-at-4.06.02-PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2016-06-09 at 4.06.02 PM" width="237" height="124" />SEA Junction</a> was launched later in the day at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center. Asia Centre wishes them success.