Pablo Lanna

Money laundering can be considered as a set of financial operations that seek to inject into the economy of the State resources, goods and services related to the practice of criminal offenses. These factors give rise to the need for international cooperation in order to develop more effective procedures to combat money laundering. This scope includes the activities of the International Monetary Fund, which in the performance of its supervisory and advisory activities has been active in this area for more than seventeen years. The objective of the present study is to make brief notes on money laundering and international cooperation, as well as to analyze the work of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in combating the problem in question. In order to reach such an approach, the deductive method was used, through the conceptual, normative and jurisprudential analysis of the themes, to analyze the IMF's performance.

This article aims to briefly analyze the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), its grounds and activities. Also the letter of human rights of this organization will be addressed. Based on some of the criticisms made to the association and the founding principles of its
document the discussion of universalism and cultural relativism will also be raised, as long struggle surrounding the discussion of human rights. For that it will be primarily used the deductive method, first for a brief history of ASEAN, the letter of human rights and to end the analysis of universalism and cultural relativism. The primary conclusion is that human rights
are universal and inherent to the human condition.

It is intended in this paper to broach about the origins of the ASEAN and how the HR were
embedded in its structure. After, will be analyzed how was the creation of its AICHR, as well
as its functions and objectives. Following, will be proceeded to the study of the AHRD´s
elaboration by the Commission, as well as the examination of its normative content. Lastly,
will be considered the possibility of an Asian Regional System of Human Rights Protection
to arise from that AICHR and AHRD. The methodological aspects adopted: juridicaldogmatic;
reasoning type: hypothetical-deductive; Research methodological types: juridicalcomparative,
juridical-propositional, juridical-prospective.

Keywords/Palabras-claves/Mots-clés: Association of southeast asian nations,
Intergovernmental commission on human rights, Human rights declaration, Asian regional
system of human rights protection

The protection of human rights is one of the highlights of the contemporary world agenda and a fundamental part of the healthy development of humanity. These rights are sometimes linked to  economic issues. The International Monetary Fund historically provides intellectual and financial assistance to countries with deficits in the balance of payments. The Fund’s relationship with human rights is highly controversial and discussed in the academic field. Over time, the forms and mechanisms of assistance promoted by the IMF have changed dramatically. This has led to the creation of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Program, whose scope was to assist heavily indebted countries with high poverty rates. Thus, based on a hypothetical-deductive approach, the article will first analyze the assumptions of the Poverty Reduction Program and the IMF’s relationship with human rights, followed by an analysis of the program in Haiti, without neglecting the historical approach, as well as the review of Haitian statistical data and planning for poverty reduction. The objective is to unveil the paradigm shift in the Fund’s performance, which, without losing its financial character, is part of an action based on social issues and with concern for human rights. In conclusion, it is expected that this action may be of assistance to countries in the underdeveloped world to face financial crises, greatly aggravated by natural disasters such as Haiti.