CIL and the ASEAN Secretariat, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, held a workshop on ‘Treaty Management in International Organisations: Lessons Learnt and ASEAN Practice’ on 2 December 2016 in Jakarta at the ASEC premises. The workshop focused on the treaty management practices of ASEAN, especially the newly established treaty office of the ASEC. The workshop offered perspectives on the treaty management practices of ASEAN, the Council of Europe and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and discussed domestic treaty management practices of the United Kingdom, Singapore and Thailand. 

The workshop report provides a summary of the proceedings, discussions and recommendations to improve treaty practices in the region.