Global norms in regional institutions : lessons from the African Union and ASEAN

• Main Authors: Lotze, Walter, Stensland, Andreas, Ng, Joel
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95304; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8464
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Acceptance of global norms by regional organisations is only the beginning of a long process of institutionalisation, as cases in the African Union (AU) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) demonstrate. This is complicated where norms originate outside a regional institution, yet...