The ASEAN Secretariat and Legal Issues Arising From ASEAN Charter

Abstract

There are three major issues embodied in the new ASEAN Charter. They are. Legal personality of ASEAN, previlages and immunities and dispute settlement mechanism. This article elaborates recent development of those three legal issues, as new legal tasks that ASEAN Secretariat has to carry out as the ASEAN Charter start to be entry into force. Nonetheless, ASEAN Secretariat faces many obstacles ahead particularly in building its human resources and seeking of the legal experts to carry the tasks which must be undertaken by the ASEAN Secretariat