In advance of the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women?s adoption of the list of issues for the Republic of the Union of Myanmar?s fourth and fifth combined periodic reports in November 2015, Amnesty International would like to submit information concerning the adoption in Myanmar of four laws known as the ?Protecting race and religion laws” recently approved by Myanmar?s Parliament an d signed into law by the President, and to the situation of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs). The four laws ? the Religious Conversion Law, the Myanmar Buddhist Women?s Special Marriage Law, the Population Control Healthcare Law and the Monogamy Law ? contain many provisions which discriminate on multiple grounds, including gender, religion and marital status. Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have undertaken a detailed analysis of the four draft laws and concluded that they do not accord with international human rights law and standards, including Myanmar?s legal obligations as a state party to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). ..."