Laos, Australia renew cooperation on human rights
Laos and Australia have agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation on human rights via a new four-year programme. The second phase of Australia’s Human Rights Technical Cooperation Programme (HRTCP) will be implemented by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and Treaties and Law Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos. This comes under the new 5.2 billion kip (AUD 815,000) programme which will run until March 2021 with Australia will providing practical support to the Lao government to meet its international human rights commitments.
