By MOE MYINT 2 October 2017 MAUNGDAW, Rakhine State— Twenty diplomats who visited conflict-torn areas of northern Rakhine on a government-sponsored tour on Monday called on Myanmar authorities to fully investigate allegations of human rights violations, allow unimpeded humanitarian access and urged the government to allow the UN fact-finding mission to visit. Diplomats and UN officials visited […]
ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the 50thAnniversary of ASEAN8 August 2017 1.The 50thAnniversary of ASEANis a historic occasion thathighlights oursuccess in building an ASEAN Community that is rules-based, people-oriented, and people-centered. 2.As we celebrate this milestone, we recall the aspirations of the 1967 ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration)to promote regional cooperationand contribute towards peace, progress and prosperity […]
End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yangon, 21 July 2017 Thank you for the opportunity to address you again this evening. I would like to start by expressing my sympathies to Myanmar at the damage recently caused by the Cyclone Mora, particularly in Rakhine and Chin States […]
ND-Burma statement on International Justice Day, 17 July 2017 On International Justice Day, the Network for Human Rights Documentation (ND-Burma) calls on the Government to begin talking about justice for Burma’s many victims of human rights abuses. For 13 years, ND-Burma’s members have been documenting human rights abuses across the country. Our database holds the […]
Yanghee LEE Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar Geneva, 15 June 2017 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 35th Session Mr. President, Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the opportunity to once again address this Human Rights Council. This is the first time I am delivering a June oral […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
