Human rights awareness talk was held in Khin Oo, Sagaing Division on 30 January with the aims to raise awareness on basic human rights issues, violations cases and reporting strategy. After the talk, one of the seminar participants Kyaw Zaw Zaw shared his account in this way; “We, the farmers, do not know where to […]
The 71st Anniversary of International Human Rights Day theme for 2019 is “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights”. It aims to highlight the essential role and power of youth in respecting, protecting and promoting human rights. It also means encouraging young people to become actively involved in claiming equal rights. It urges young people to […]
Organizing Committee (Yangon) December 10, 2019 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. It is an important milestone in the history of human rights, as it established a universal standard of 30 rights and freedoms that belong to all people of all nations. The […]
YANGON—Myanmar has ratified the so-called “child soldier treaty”, the Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin presented Myanmar’s Instrument of Ratification of the treaty—formally known as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OPAC)—to the UN […]
28 Sep 2019 – Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, addresses the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 24 – 30 September 2019). UN
ASEAN CSO Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum was held in Bangkok of Thailand from 10 to 12 of September. Myanmar Civil Society Core Group ASEAN recounted experiences on the event on Wednesday. ASEAN People’s Forum is an annual gathering of the civil society organizations based ASEAN initiative by CSO. The forum involved plenary, workshop, interface meeting national […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
