Chapter 3- Report of the Research and Policy Development Group In August, the Commission participated in a Workshop on the Right to Development and Community Rights. Organised by the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, it was held from 26-29 August in Bangkok. It was aimed at providing capacity-building training for staff members of SEANF and to allow experiences to be shared. Prior to the 10th Annual Meeting of SEANF in Timor Leste, the Commission took part in the Regional Workshop on Anti-Torture and Detention, held in Bali, Indonesia, on 8 September. The National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia (Komnas HAM) organised this. Hosted by the Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice of Timor Leste (PDHJ), the 10th Annual Meeting of SEANF was held in Dili, Timor Leste from 10-11 September. Members presented updates on the outcomes of their thematic projects. PDHJ handed over the Chair of SEANF to Komnas HAM for 2014, at the closing session of the meeting. SEANF 10th Annual Meeting in Dili, Timor Leste 8. ASEAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (AICHR) The Commission welcomes the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Elimination of Violence Against Children in ASEAN, adopted by ASEAN in October, and hopes that member-states will The Government undertake to put it into effect. From 10-11 June, the Commission participated in the Workshop on ASEAN Human Rights Mechanisms: Challenges and Ways Forward, held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, UN Women, and the Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism. It was aimed at identifying pressing human rights concerns in ASEAN and coming up with recommendations for submission to the relevant ASEAN bodies to improve regional human rights promotion and protection. 106 of Malaysia, in anticipation of ASEAN Chairmanship in 2015, should play a more proactive role in upholding human rights in the region.