International Migrations and Human Rights

The Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights series was set up following the occasion of the first meeting of the ASEM Foreign Ministers in Singapore in 1997. It is a joint initiative of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) - as secretariat of the series – the Raoul Wallenberg Insitute, Sweden, and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The 6th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights was held in Suzhou, China, on 16-17 September 2004. The proceedings of this event are now presented in this publication. The co-organisers would like to thank the individuals and institutions which have contributed toward making both this event and publication a success.
We are grateful to the steering committee members for helping us shape this event with their valuable input and expertise: Mr. Francis Delon (State Counsellor, France), Mr.Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesia), Mr. Frederic Laplanche (French Embassy in China) and Ms. Francoise Collet (Delegation of the European Commission to China).