As a membership-based regional human rights organisation, FORUM-ASIA works to promote and protect all human rights including the right to development through collaboration and cooperation among human rights defenders and organizations in Asia.
FORUM-ASIA is committed to building an alternative society that is peaceful, just, equitable and ecologically sustainable where all human rights of all individuals, groups and peoples -- the poor, marginalised and discriminated people in particular -- are fully respected and realised in accordance with internationally accepted human rights norms and standards.
To enhance FORUM-ASIA’s coordinating and leading role in building a stronger human rights movement that is rooted locally and globally through effective engagement with state and non-state actors and cooperation among human rights organisations and civil society organisations in Asia.