How to Apply Protocol to the ASEAN Charter on Dispute Settlement Mechanisms 2010 in Case of ASEAN Charter Interpretation

Abstract

ASEAN Charter is the fundamental ASEAN instrument and it sometimes needs to be interpreted in case of matters of law. This article is written to answer the question of how the Protocol to the ASEAN Charter on Dispute Settlement Mechanisms (PDSM) 2010 will be applied in case of ASEAN Charter interpretation. It starts with an introduction of relations between ASEAN Charter, the Rules of Procedure for the Interpretation of the ASEAN Charter 2012 (ROP 2012), and PDSM 2010. It also shows how ASEAN interprets ASEAN Charter in section of ASEAN Charter interpretation and presents the map of how to apply PDSM 2010 in case of ASEAN Charter interpretation. Finally it shows an outcome of nonlegal binding on result of interpretation which makes a direct affecting to PDSM 2010 and ASEAN Charter.