Written statement submitted by the Society for Threatened Peoples, a non - governmental organization in special consultative status...."Currently, the Myanmar parliament is debating a controversial legislative package called the ?Laws on Protection of Race and Religion” which includes the Religion Conv ersion Bill, Interfaith Marriage Bill, Population Control Bill, and the Monogamy Bill. The legislation has been proposed by an extremist Buddhist organization called the Association for the Protection of Race and Religion, which is connected to the nationa list Buddhist monk Wirathu and the 969 Movement. This group of bills is not only violating human rights in several ways but it is also endangering the peace and unity of the country. The Religion Conversion Bill includes restrictions on converting to an other religion especially for those who are wishing to convert from Theravada Buddhism to a minority religion or to atheism. The bill set out a process for applying for official permission to convert from one religion to another, giving Township - level offi cial from various government departments the power to determine whether an applicant has exercised free will in choosing to change religion. Penalties up to two years are foreseen for those who are found to be applying for conversion ?with the intent of in sulting or destroying a religion” or ?undue influence or pressure...".....Written NGO statement to the 28th Session of UN Human Rights Council.