Abstract

• The international organizations have blamed the Myanmar government concerning the 2015 and 2017 problems in the Rakhine case. Some delegations of ASEAN Parliamentarian for Human Rights (APHR) that are from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand told that more substantial regional action and a stronger voice from ASEAN itself are needed. However, ASEAN has not put any blames on the Myanmar government. ASEAN has cooperated with the Myanmar government in providing humanitarian assistance. The purpose of this research is to highlight the ASEAN's attitude on Myanmar, to explore why ASEAN keeps silent and to express the strength of the regional organization, ASEAN. To complement this purpose, the research question has come whether ASEAN has involved or limited involved or not. By using the qualitative and archival research methods, this research has come up with solutions to why ASEAN has limited involvement in the Rakhine case is upholding the noninterference principle and ASEAN way. Preferring organizational unity, ASEAN has only involved in coordination with the Myanmar government in providing humanitarian assistance and not interfere to tackle the root causes of the Rakhine case by recognizing as a domestic complex issue.