Human Rights

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• Various Rights
  • International Bill of Human Rights (17)
  • Atrocities against groups (1)
    • Atrocities against Groups - documents (6)
    • Crimes Against Humanity (3)
    • Ethnic Cleansing (4)
    • Genocide (194)
    • International Criminal Court (12)
    • International Criminal Court (Myanmar) (23)
    • The Nuremberg Trials (2)
    • The Rome Statute (1)
  • Rights of indigenous peoples
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - international bodies (4)
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - definitions, standards and mechanisms (5)
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - specialist organisations (6)
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - research and commentary
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - global
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - Asia
    • Rights of indigenous peoples - Burma/Myanmar (7)
  • Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms (42)
  • Human rights organisations, networks: resources, training, methodology and other links (37)
  • Human Rights Reporting (global, regional and Myanmar) (18)
  • Human Rights and international relations (7)
  • Rule of Law (2)
  • National Human Rights Institutions
    • Theory and practice of national human rights institutions (4)
    • Burma's National Human Rights Commission
      • Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission (announcements, statements, open letters and other official texts) (1)
      • Myanmar's National Human Rights Commission (commentary) (1)
  • Asian human rights standards and mechanisms (7)
  • Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related) (48)
  • Business and Human Rights (global, regional, thematic) (14)
  • Discussion on "Asian Values" (14)
  • International Justice
    • International Justice: standards, mechanisms and guides (4)
    • International Justice: Specialist bodies and organisations (2)
    • International Justice - general studies (1)
    • International Justice and Burma (19)
    • Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Burma/Myanmar (4)
  • Burma-related legislation and human rights issues in Thailand (19)
  • Human rights policies of various actors in Burma/Myanmar (9)
  • Various rights: reports of violations in Burma
    • Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups (174)
    • General human rights violations against specific groups (4)
    • Amnesty International annual reports (Myanmar section) from 1994 (30)
    • Amnesty International reports on Burma/Myanmar (31)
    • Asian Human Rights Commission and Asian Legal Resources Centre (2)
    • Human Rights Watch Reports on Burma/Myanmar (74)
    • Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) reports (105)
    • US State Dept. - reports on human rights in Burma (40)
    • Burma Human Rights Yearbooks (1994-2008)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2008 (1)
      • Archive 1994-2007 of the Burma Human Rights Yearbooks (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2007 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2006: html and pdf version (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2006 -- pdf versions of individual chapters (21)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2005 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2004 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2003-2004 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2002-03 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2001-2002 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 2000 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1999-2000 (24)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1998-1999 (26)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1997-1998 (28)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1996 (22)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1995 (1)
      • Burma Human Rights Yearbook 1994 (27)
• Children's Rights (2)
  • Children's rights: standards and mechanisms (13)
  • Children's rights: resources and organisations (12)
  • Children's Rights - studies (26)
  • Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma
    • Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group (75)
    • Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against individual ethnic groups (1)
      • Childrens's rights in Shan State - reports of violations (1)
      • Childrens's rights in Karen State - reports of violations (6)
      • Childrens's rights in Mon State - reports of violations (5)
    • Child labour in Burma (14)
• Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary
  • Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary: standards and mechanisms (27)
  • Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary: resources (1)
  • Burma/Myanmar laws which have been used in political cases and are in need of amendment (texts) (28)
  • Burma/Myanmar laws which have been used in political cases and are in need of amendment (commentary) (10)
  • Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary: specialist NGOs (7)
  • Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports (130)
  • Detentions, Trials, Independence of the Judiciary: campaigns on Burma (6)
  • Detentions by the military in conflict areas (5)
  • Female political prisoners (6)
  • Labour camps (1)
  • SPDC detention facilities (1)
  • The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al (May-June 2009)
    • The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - reports, chronologies, other documents (35)
    • The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - relevant legislation (texts) (5)
    • The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentaries, statements etc. by the SPDC and its associates (12)
    • The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - relevant legislation (commentary) (2)
    • The trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi et al - commentary and backround from governments, NGOs, media et al (15)
• Disappearances
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  • Disappearences: reports of violations in Burma (8)
• Discrimination
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  • HIV/AIDS: Discrimination based on
    • Discrimination Based on HIV/AIDS: standards and mechanisms (1)
  • Language and Education: Discrimination in
    • Discrimination in language and education: standards and mechanisms (4)
    • Discrimination in language and education: reports of violations in Burma (2)
  • Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on
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      • Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups (60)
      • Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups
        • Discrimination against the Chin (Zo)
          • Discrimination agains the Chin (Zo) magazines
            • "Rhododendron News" ("Rhododendron" or "Rhododendron publication") -- magazine of the Chin Human Rights Organization. (100)
          • Discrimination against the Chin (Zo) -- websites and reports (18)
        • Discrimination against the Kachin (21)
        • Discrimination against the Karen (262)
        • Discrimination against the Karen - Mergui-Tavoy Human Rights Situation Reports (43)
        • Discrimination against the Karenni (Kayah) (17)
        • Discrimination against the Moken (2)
        • Discrimination against the Mon
          • "Kao Wao News " (1)
          • HURFOM and other human rights material about the Mon (27)
          • "The Mon Forum" (English) (185)
          • "The Mon Forum" (Burmese) (14)
          • "The Mon Forum (Mon) (9)
          • Mon discussion groups (1)
          • Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP) (1)
            • Women and Child Rights Project, home page, articles and reports (15)
            • "The Plight of Women and Children in Burma" (29)
            • "Voice Up" (12)
        • Discrimination against the Nagas (2)
        • Discrimination against the Rakhine (51)
        • Discrimination against the Rohingya (706)
        • Discrimination against the Shan (40)
        • Discrimination against the Shan -- Shan Human Rights Foundation
          • Shan Human Rights Foundation Website (4)
          • Shan Human Rights Foundation Monthly Reports (11)
        • Discrimination against the ethnic Chinese (1)
        • Discrimination against the ethnic Indians (1)
        • Moken (1)
        • Chin (Zo) discussion groups
  • Religion or belief: discrimination based on
    • Religious discrimination: standards and mechanisms (2)
    • Discrimination against Muslims in Burma/Myanmar (12)
    • Religious freedom: reports of violations in Burma (43)
  • Sexual orientation - Discrimination based on (20)
  • Women: discrimination/violence against (1)
    • UN (CEDAW) documents on discrimination against women (4)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: standards, mechanisms and commentary - international and Myanmar-specific (15)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Burma (95)
    • Discrimination against women: reports of violations in Shan State (7)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Arakan (Rakhine) State (5)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Chin State (3)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Kachin State (9)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Karen (Kayin) State (14)
    • Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Mon State
      • Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP)
• Economic, social and cultural rights (5)
• Education, Right to
  • Education rights: standards and mechanisms (14)
  • Education rights: reports of violations in Burma (20)
• Food, Right to
  • Right to food: standards, mechanisms and resources (15)
  • Right to food: reports of violations in Burma (28)
• Forced Relocation/Forced migration
  • Forced relocation: standards and mechanisms (14)
  • Forced relocation of several ethnic groups (30)
  • Forced relocation of individual ethnic groups
    • Forced relocation of Kachin (1)
    • Forced relocation of Karen (59)
    • Forced relocation of Karenni (Kayah) (4)
    • Forced relocation of Palaung, Shan and Wa (13)
• Freedom of Movement
  • Freedom of Movement - standards and mechanisms (2)
  • Freedom of Movement, violations of in Burma/Myanmar (33)
• Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Right to /Censorship
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  • Freedom of opinion and expression: specialist NGOs (15)
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  • Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations (293)
• Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Right to
  • Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association: standards and mechanisms (8)
  • Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, violations of (10)
• Health, Right to
  • Health, right to: standards and mechanisms (9)
  • Right to Health: reports of violations in Burma (17)
• Human Rights Defenders (4)
• Human Rights Education (1)
• Labour Rights (1)
  • Labour rights: standards and mechanisms
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    • Forced labour: international standards (10)
    • Freedom of association: international standards (1)
  • Labour rights: reports of violations in Burma and the region
    • All Labour Rights (violations) (15)
    • Forced Labour
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      • Non-ILO Reports on Forced Recruitment in Burma (12)
      • Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Burma and the region (46)
      • Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Arakan (Rakhine) State (17)
      • Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Karen (Kayin) State (113)
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      • Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Shan State (9)
    • Freedom of Association (violations) (6)
  • Labour Campaigns on Burma (2)
• Land rights (20)
• Land rights, Housing, Right to Adequate Housing (1)
• Life, Right to
  • Right to life: standards and mechanisms (9)
  • Right to Life: reports of violations in Burma (48)
• Migrants, Rights of
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  • Migrants' rights: specialist organisations (2)
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  • Friends without Borders: discussion group
• Popular Participation, Right to
  • Popular participation: analysis, standards and mechanisms (11)
  • Popular participation: specialist NGOs (3)
  • Popular participation rights: reports of violations in Burma (8)
• Rights of people with disabilities (5)
• Self-Determination, Right to
  • Right to Self-Determination: standards and mechanisms (texts) (9)
  • Right to Self-Determination: theory, standards and mechanisms (Commentary) (7)
  • Right to self-determination: specialist NGOs and academics (global, regional and Burma/Myanmar) (9)
• Torture and ill-treatment
  • Torture and ill-treatment , freedom from: standards and mechanisms (3)
  • Torture, freedom from: specialist NGOs (6)
  • Reporting torture: resources (1)
  • Campaigns against torture (1)
  • Torture and ill-treatment: reports of incidents in Burma (65)

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Websites/Multiple Documents

Title: Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N)

Description: "...The Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) is a private, nonprofit, multi-media organization which was established in Shan State in 1991. Our mission is to create a more informed and consequently a more empowered community by filling the information void and shedding light on the current situation in Burma, especially Shan State. As a media organization, we strive to provide credible news that is professionally produced with high-quality standards of journalism in multi-ethnic languages and which reflects the views of ethnic people, thus creating a better understanding among all the people of our nation....."

Creator/author: S.H.A.N.

Source/publisher: S.H.A.N website

Date of publication: 00-00-00

Date of entry/update: 2020-01-11

Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents

Category: Shan (cultural, historical, political) articles, Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Human Rights

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