Burma Campaign Australia: Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review on Burma (Myanmar):

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1. This paper was drafted in consultation with and is jointly submitted by Burma Campaign Australia (a national network comprising of Democracy for Burma Action Group, Australia Burma Network, Canberra Network for Democracy in Burma, Burma Solidarity Group and Burma Campaign Sydney), Union Aid Abroad APHEDA, Burma Economic Watch (Macquarie University), Australian Karen Organisation, Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia, the Burma Office (Australia) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions....."...The Burmese military junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), continues to systematically violate human rights in Burma and using Burma?s national laws in this process. Abuses have been extensively documented by a succession of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma/Myanmar1, including the current Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana. Many domestic laws are used by the SPDC to suppress the population, whilst others deny citizens of Burma their basic human rights. 3. Suppressive domestic laws that violate human rights in Burma include:...".....Undated. July 2010 used as default date.

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Burma Campaign Australia

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2010-07-00

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2010-12-21

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