Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

LGBTQ Myanmar Stakeholder Report – Joint Submission

Myanmar is preparing for the third cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) scheduled in November 2020 with the rescheduling in January 2021 due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The report…

Submission to the UN UPR of Myanmar July 2020: Human Rights Violations in the Armed Conflicts in Arakan, Burma/Myanmar

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in July, 2020. Within it, the All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress (AASYC) evaluates the implementation of recommendations…

IP UPR facts sheet -COLLECTIVE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

urma/Myanmar is one of the largest and most diverse countries in Southeast Asia with a population of about 54 million. The 2014 National Census did not reveal the ethnic composition data, thus there is no accurate information about Indigenous…

Joint submission to the UN UPR Review of Myanmar July 2020

37th Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council January/February 2021 Coalition of Indigenous Peoples in Burma/Myanmar About the Coalition of Indigenous Peoples in Burma/Myanmar The Coalition was formed in 2015 in order…

Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: The Peace Process and Armed Conflict in Myanmar

The submission by the Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma addresses the peace process and armed conflict in Myanmar. Using case-studies from our reports and briefing papers with documentation supported by our members, the sections…

Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review: Thirty-Seventh Session of the Working Group

The Peace Process and Armed Conflict in Myanmar Submitted by: The Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma)1 1.0 Executive Summary i. This submission by the Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) addresses…

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD IN MYANMAR: 3RD CYCLE UPR

Myanmar Child Rights Coalition (MCRC) is a reporting task group of NGO Child Rights Working Group. NCRWG consists of 50 local and international child rights organizations and aims to fulfill the rights of children in Myankar through strengthening…

MYANMAR SINCE THE 2 UPR CYCLE

The Burma/Myanmar Universal Periodic Review Forum July 2020 During the 2 Universal Periodic Review in 2015, Myanmar received 281 recommendations. 166 were “accepted” and 15 were “noted.” Ratifications and Cooperation with the…

Submission for the 3rd Cycle of Universal Periodic Review of Myanmar

This joint report is submitted by the Myanmar Child Rights Coalitions (MCRC)1 and focused on the issues related to children’s rights in Myanmar by referring to the recommendations from the 2nd Cycle of UPR which were being committed to implementing…

AAPP (Burma) Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Of Burma/Myanmar

Over the last 5 years since the previous UPR submission, there have been few improvements in Burma’s failing judicial system. Activists and journalists remain detained arbitrability and sentenced to jail for exercising their freedom of expression. There…