Launched in April 2018, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Smart Cities Network (ASCN) initiative raises important issues regarding the tensions between achieving smart city objectives on the one hand and protection of human rights on the other. The aim of this paper is to explore these tensions using a Knowledge Commons Framework analysis. I first analyse the three key pillars of the ASCN pilot city knowledge commons – knowledge resources, community attributes and governance ‘rules in use’ – using human rights criteria. I the apply the lessons of this analysis to two fundamental aspects of human experience in smart city contexts – mobility through transport systems and access to essential services through energy supply.

东南亚国家联盟的智慧城市网络 (ASCN) 倡议于 2018 年 4 月启动，提出了有关一方面实现智慧城市目标与另一方面保护人权之间的紧张关系的重要问题。本文的目的是使用知识共享框架分析来探索这些紧张关系。我首先使用人权标准分析了 ASCN 试点城市知识共享的三个关键支柱——知识资源、社区属性和治理“使用规则”。我将此分析的经验教训应用于智慧城市环境中人类体验的两个基本方面——通过交通系统的流动性和通过能源供应获得基本服务。