4th Strategic Planning Meeting of Equality Myanmar organization successfully accomplished 4th Strategic Planning Meeting of Equality Myanmar organization held on 23rd -25th July,20018 at Central Hotel, Yangon was successfully completed. For upcoming three years, better strategies planned as the expectation of the organization during the meeting.
By SAN YAMIN AUNG 17 July 2018 YANGON—Myanmar’s leading women’s rights advocacy network has declared its support for three women who came forward on social media last week to accuse the head of one of its member organizations, a local human rights and women’s empowerment NGO, of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The Gender Equality Network (GEN)—a […]
Report names 13 officials with a key role in murder, rape and deportation of Rohingya Myanmar’s security forces committed nine distinct types of crimes against humanity; responsibility goes to the top of the chain of command Calls for accountability, including a UN Security Council referral to the ICC Amnesty International has gathered extensive, credible evidence […]
Yesterday at the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Ms. Yanghee Lee, proposed an international mechanism towards accountability that provides support for victims; investigates and documents violations, and prepares evidence for future criminal prosecution. The Special Rapporteur also urged the Human […]
1. The inspection team from the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission visited and inspected the followinginternally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kachin State: (a) Kachin Baptist Church (KBC), Roman Catholic Church (RC), Anglican Church (AG) located in lang-gwa village of Moegaung township, IDP camps located at the entry of Moegaung town, and Lawah and Line-naung […]
27 June 2018 Mr President, distinguished representatives, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to once again address this Council to present my oral progress report pursuant to the HRC resolution 37/32 on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. The resolution mandates me to “continue to monitor the situation of human rights” and to “measure […]
Speaking on human rights defenders situation at the side event of UN Human Rights Council today in Geneva Points are – No particulw law fr protectionand Prmotion of Human Rights Defenders exist. Privacy Law is enacted but not effective enforcement in place yet. – Some repressive laws threatening HRDs such as Tele Communication law, Peaceful […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
