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Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Right to Health in Myanmar

Summary of the submission This submission aims to strengthen Myanmar’s efforts to reform healthcare system to achieve the UHC goals and fulfill right to health enshrined in international human rights instruments. As a member state of the…

Submission of Shadow Report to the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review Regarding the Human Rights situations of LGBTI persons

Executive Summary 1.1 Civil Authorize Negotiate Organization (C.A.N-Myanmar) is a non-governmental organization that works with local activists and communities to protect and promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and…

Joint Stakeholder Statement by the Gender Equality Network, Myanmar

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Since 2nd cycle UPR review The Gender Equality Network (“GEN”) is an active inter-agency network that aims to facilitate the development and implementation of enabling systems, structures and practices…

RIGHTS TO LAND, TERRITORIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Under the UNDRIP Indigenous Peoples have the right to enjoy their own means of subsistence and sustainable environmental management. Indigenous peoples also have the right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) and the right to be compensated…

Joint UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Submission by Women’s League of Burma (WLB)- July 9, 2020

The Women’s League of Burma, an umbrella organization of 13 ethnic women’s organizations, has been documenting human rights violations against women and girls in Burma’s ethnic communities through member organizations since it was founded.…

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

Burma/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…