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BURMA/MYANMAR: Extrajudicial killings continue with impunity

29th Session - 2015 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, Human Rights Council June 8, 2015January 16, 2017 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ALRC-CWS-29-04-2015 June 08, 2015 Written Submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre BURMA/MYANMAR: Extrajudicial killings continue with impunity The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) would like to bring the realities of extrajudicial killings in Myanmar to the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The government’s claim that the State is in a democratic reform process is belied by the prevailing reality of extrajudicial killings, abuse of power, and impunity in Myanmar. The Myanmar semi-civilian government, which came to power after decades of Military rule, has failed to prosecute extrajudicial killers who committed numerous such crimes under the umbrella of […]

MYANMAR: Torture, forced confession and a death sentence in Myanmar: the case of Phyo Wai Aung

20th Session - 2012 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions June 8, 2012July 16, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2012 ALRC-CWS-20-05-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twentieth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: Torture, forced confession and a death sentence in Myanmar: the case of Phyo Wai Aung On 8 May 2012, a judge in Yangon sentenced young engineer Phyo Wai Aung to death for his alleged involvement in a bombing attack in 2010 that killed 10 people and injured scores. His trial began on 30 June 2010, when Myanmar was still under a military junta. Since then, many important social and political changes […]

MYANMAR: Myanmar at risk of land-grabbing epidemic

20th Session - 2012 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions June 6, 2012July 16, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2012 ALRC-CWS-20-03-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twentieth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: Myanmar at risk of land-grabbing epidemic In a written statement during its September 2011 session, the Asian Legal Resource Centre alerted the Human Rights Council to the dangers posed to the rights of people in Myanmar by the convergence of military, business and administrative interests in new projects aimed at displacing cultivators and residents from their farms and homes. At that time, the Centre wrote that whereas seizure of land has […]

MYANMAR: Justice trade obstructing human rights in Myanmar

20th Session - 2012 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions June 4, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2012 ALRC-CWS-20-01-2012 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twentieth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: Justice trade obstructing human rights in Myanmar The Asian Legal Resource Centre has in numerous previous written statements submitted to the Human Rights Council and to its predecessor described how the politicization and decrepitude of Myanmar’s courts, policing and prosecution agencies are major obstacles to the enjoyment of basic human rights in the country. In the last year, as political conditions have begun to change, many organizations and concerned individuals have […]

BURMA: Council warned of new challenges and a lack of progress concerning the protection of human rights

19th Session - 2012 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Oral Statements March 21, 2012July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

date: March 21, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-19-12-2012 HRC section: Item 4 – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Speaker: Mr. Norman Voss An Oral Statement to the 19th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status BURMA: Council warned of new challenges and a lack of progress concerning the protection of human rights Thank you Mr. President, The ALRC would like to warmly welcome the Special Rapporteur’s report and work. While much attention is focussed on political developments in Myanmar, the ALRC is gravely concerned by the lack of […]

MYANMAR: From blinkered to enlightened despotism: human rights in Myanmar under new government

18th Session - 2011 September, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions August 25, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2011 ALRC-CWS-18-01-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eighteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: From blinkered to enlightened despotism: human rights in Myanmar under new government Over a number of years, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has stressed to the Human Rights Council that the grave human rights problems in Myanmar need to be understood as problems arising from a profound disconnect between the member state and the human rights standards of the international community. These problems are not ones that can be addressed […]

MYANMAR: UPR outcome lacking substance and hope for effective implementation

17th Session - 2011 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Oral Statements May 8, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

date: June 8, 2011 document id: ALRC-COS-17-08-2011 HRC section: Item 6: Myanmar UPR Speaker: Mr. Michael Anthony An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status MYANMAR: UPR outcome lacking substance and hope for effective implementation Thank you, The ALRC is of the opinion that the Council need only look at the recommendations that Myanmar has not accepted to understand the challenges that the UPR faces in attempting to be relevant and effective concerning extreme human rights situations. Myanmar has rejected repeated recommendations to end impunity and to reform its legal system […]

MYANMAR: Council urged to take strong, relevant action to address grave rights abuses

16th Session - 2011 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Oral Statements March 14, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

date: March 14, 2011 document id: ALRC-COS-16-20-2011 HRC section: Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar An Oral Statement to the 16th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status MYANMAR: Council urged to take strong, relevant action to address grave rights abuses Thank you, The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the report and work of the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. We deplore the authorities’ ongoing, unjustifiable obstruction of a country visit since February 2010. The ALRC continues to document numerous cases of arbitrary detention, torture, forced disappearance, and the demented use of […]

MYANMAR: The problem of a U.N. member state disconnected from a normative framework: Myanmar and the Human Rights Council review

16th Session - 2011 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions March 2, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2011 ALRC-CWS-16-12-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Sixteenth session, Agenda Item 4, Interactive Dialogue with the SR on Myanmar A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: The problem of a U.N. member state disconnected from a normative framework: Myanmar and the Human Rights Council review 1. In a separate submission to this session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre has analyzed how the Government of Myanmar recently treated the Universal Periodic Review process not as an opportunity for dialogue of the sort that the process envisages but as […]

MYANMAR: UPR as an exercise in the making of fiction: An analysis of the presentation by Myanmar

16th Session - 2011 March, ALRC AT THE UN, Burma / Myanmar, Countries, documents, Human Rights Council, Written Submissions February 21, 2011July 17, 2015 ALRC 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2011 ALRC-CWS-16-05-2011 Language(s): English only HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Sixteenth session, Agenda Item 4, Interactive Dialogue with the SR on Myanmar A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status MYANMAR: UPR as an exercise in the making of fiction: An analysis of the presentation by Myanmar 1. In submissions on Myanmar for the Universal Periodic Review process of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre among 24 concerned organizations made submissions based upon years of in-depth research into the egregious human rights situation in that country. The ALRC took the process very seriously. It […]