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Key Points:
"•• Myanmar has suffered from decades of civil war and military rule. Addressing the structural
roots of violence, including gendered inequality, are crucial in order to build a sustainable
peace. It is essential to analyse conflict, violence and human insecurity within a social
context that is shaped by gender inequality. Women are involved in and affected by civil
war as victims, survivors and agents of conflict and peace in specific ways which are often
different from the experiences of men...
•• The role of women is critical to the achievement of peace and democracy. To create a peace
and national reform process that is effective and truly inclusive, women need to participate
in all levels of decision-making to prevent, manage and resolve conflict...
•• International experience shows that failure to incorporate women?s gendered needs and
priorities in peace agreements will greatly undermine the potential for sustainable peace. As
a result of advocacy from the global women?s movement, many international agreements
are now in place providing an imperative for governments to guarantee women?s rights to
equitable participation in decision-making on national issues of peace and governance...
•• Myanmar?s political and ethnic leaders appear to lack understanding of their responsibility
to implement women?s equal rights in decision-making on peace-building and national
transition. Women have mostly been excluded from high-level peace negotiations. However
women are already participating in important efforts to achieve peace and reconciliation but
lack official recognition for this...
•• Despite facing repression and discrimination, women?s organisations have accelerated
their activities in promoting the rights of women and seeking to ensure that women?s
representatives achieve rightful participation in national reform, peace processes and
decisions about the country?s future. Myanmar?s leaders and the international community
need to demonstrate acknowledgement of these efforts and expand the opportunities for
inclusive and gender-equitable decision-making in the peace and democratisation processes
under way."
Source/publisher:
Transnational Institute (TNI)
Date of publication:
2016-01-13
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Women and armed conflict - Burma/Myanmar, Articles, reports and sites relating to women of Burma, TNI-BCN Project on Ethnic Conflict in Burma
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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310.42 KB
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TNI-2016-01-No_Women_No_Peace-en-red.pdf
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Description/subject:
"Note on the translation: This document is the authorised English-language translation of the original
Burmese-language manifesto. In case of any perceived discrepancy between the two versions, the Burmeselanguage
manifesto remains the definitive version."
Source/publisher:
National League for Democracy (NLD)
Date of publication:
2015-09-14
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-12
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
National League for Democracy Statements, Resolutions etc., National League for Democracy - Policies
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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179.32 KB
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NLD_2015_Election_Manifesto-en.pdf
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ခြုံငုံသုံးသပ်ချက် ...
နိုဝင်ဘာ ၈ ရက် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲများသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ အာဏာရှင်စနစ်မှ အသွင်ကူးပြောင်းမှု တွင် အဓိကမှတ်တိုင်တစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။ ဒီမိုကရေစီရွေးကောက်ပွဲ အတွေ့အကြုံနည်းပါးခြင်း၊ နိုင် ငံရေးအကွဲအပြဲနက်ရှိုင်းခြင်း၊ နေရာများစွာတွင် လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခဖြစ်ပွါးနေခြင်း စသော အခြေအနေတွင် ငြိမ်းချမ်း၍ စနစ်ကျသော ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကို ကျင်းပနိုင်ခြင်းသည် နိုင်ငံရေးတွင် အဓိကပါဝင်နေသူအားလုံး၊ ရွေးကောက်ပွဲကော်မရှင်နှင့် တစ်နိုင်ငံလုံးအတွက် အဓိကအောင် မြင်မှုဖြစ်သည်။ အောင်ပွဲရ အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ် (NLD) သည် ၂၀၁၆ မတ်လကုန်တွင် အာဏာလွှဲပြောင်းမယူမှီ ကြားကာလလေးလကို ပါးပါးနပ်နပ်အသုံးချရန်လိုအပ်ပြီး အရေးကြီး တာဝန်ပေးမည့်သူများကို စောစီးစွာသတ်မှတ်ဖေါ်ထုတ်နိုင်ခဲ့လျှင် ရှေ့တွင်ကြိုနေသည့် ကြီးမား သော စိမ်ခေါ်မှုများအတွက် ပြင်ဆင်ရန် ဖြစ်နိုင်သမျှအချိန်များများ ရရှိပေမည်။
ရွေးကောက်ခံနေရာ ၈၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းဖြင့် သောင်ပြိုကမ်းပြိုအနိုင်ရခြင်းသည် လွှတ်တော်နှစ် ရပ်စလုံးတွင် တပ်မတော်က ၂၅ ရာခိုင်နှုန်း ရယူထားသည့်တိုင်အောင် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ၏ပါတီက နေရာအများစုရရှိမည့်သဘောဖြစ်သည်။ ဤအခြေအနေသည် သမ္မတရွေးချယ်ခွင့် အာဏာနှင့် ဥပဒေပြုမှုအပေါ် ထိန်းချုပ်ခွင့်တို့ကို ရရှိစေမည်ဖြစ်သည်။ သမ္မတရွေးချယ်ခွင့် အ တွက်မူ အခြေခံဥပဒေက ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်အား သမ္မတမဖြစ်နိုင်အောင်တားဆီးထား သည်။ လက်ရှိအာဏာရ ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုးပါတီ (USDP) သည် တိုင်းရင်းသားလူမျိုးစု ကိုယ်စားပြု အခြားပါတီများကဲ့သို့ပင် အလဲထိုးခံရှုံးပွဲကို ခံစားသွားရသည်။
ရွေးကောက်ပွဲသည် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်အတွက် ကြီးကြီးမားမားရေပန်းစားသော အခွင့်အာဏာအပ်နှင်းခြင်းကို ထင်ဟပ်ကာ ၎င်းနှင့်အတူ သူနှင့် NLD သည် တိုင်းပြည်တွင် လိုအပ်နေသော နိုင်ငံရေးနှင့် စီးပွါးရေးပြောင်းလဲမှုများကို ဖေါ်ဆောင်လိမ့်မည်ဟူသော ဆတူ မျှော်လင့်ချက်များစွာဖြင့် ပေါ်ထွက်လာခဲ့သည်။ ၎င်းမျှော်လင့်ချက်များပြည့်မှီရန် မလွယ်ကူ လှပါ။ ပထမဦးစွာ ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်သည် တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် ဗိုလ်ချုပ် မှူးကြီးမင်းအောင်လှိုင်နှင့် အပြုသဘောပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်သည့် ဆက်ဆံရေးကို ထူထောင် ရန် လိုအပ်ပေလိမ့်မည်။ တပ်မတော်သည် ကာကွယ်ရေး၊ ပြည်ထဲရေး၊ နယ်စပ်ရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီး
ဌာနများကို
ထိန်းချုပ်ထားခြင်းဖြင့် များပြားသော အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအာဏာကို ရယူထားဆဲဖြစ် သည်။ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ်မှသည် ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရေးနှင့် နိုင်ငံရေးဖြေလျှော့ မှုများအထိ အရာရာအောင်မြင်မှုရရှိရေးသည် တပ်မတော်၏ ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မှုအပေါ် မူ တည်လျက်ရှိသည်။ အကယ်၍ ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က သူလုပ်မည်ဟု ပြောထားသည့် အ တိုင်း ထိပ်တန်းရာထူးအတွက်လိုအပ်သော သိက္ခာနှင့် အများလေးစားသူကို ကိုယ်စားသမ္မတ အဖြစ် မရွေးချယ်နိုင်ခဲ့ပါက ကာလရှည်ကြာ အပြန်အလှန် သံသယကြီးခဲ့သော ဆက်ဆံရေး သည် မလှပသော စတင်မှုအဖြစ် အလွယ်တကူ ထွက်ပေါ်လာနိုင်သည်။
ထို့အပြင် NLD အနေနှင့် ပြည်သူတို့၏ဘဝများ သိသိသာသာပြောင်းလဲအောင် ဆောင် ကြဉ်းပေးခြင်းဖြင့် ပြည်သူတို့၏ မျှော်လင့်ချက်များကို ဖြည့်ပေးနိုင်ကြောင်း ပြသလိုပေလိမ့်မည်။ ပြည်တွင်းပြည်ပအားပေးမှုနှင့် ပံ့ပိုးမှုမြောက်များစွာကို ရယူနိုင်မည်ဖြစ်သော်လည်း စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်မှု အတွေ့အကြုံနည်းခြင်း၊ ကျွမ်းကျင်သော ပညာရှင်စုဖွဲ့မှုနည်းခြင်း၊ သော့ချက်ကျသော အင်စတီ ကျူးရှင်းများကို ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရာတွင် ခက်ခဲခြင်း စသည်တို့အားလုံးက မြန်မြန်ဆန်ဆန် အောင် မြင်မှုရနိုင်မည့်အရေးကို ဟန့်တား
Source/publisher:
International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing N°147)
Date of publication:
2015-12-09
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-07
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Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Overview: "The 8 November elections were a major waypoint in Myanmar?s transition from authoritarian rule. Holding a peaceful, orderly vote in a context of little experience of
electoral democracy, deep political fissures and ongoing armed conflict in several
areas was a major achievement for all political actors, the election commission and
the country as a whole. The victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) needs
to use the four-month transitional period before it takes power at the end of March
2016 wisely, identifying key appointees early so that they have as much time as possible to prepare for the substantial challenges ahead.
Its landslide victory, with almost 80 per cent of the elected seats, means Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi?s party will have an outright majority in both
legislative chambers, even after the 25 per cent of unelected seats held by the armed
forces is taken into account. This will give it control of law-making and the power to
choose the president ? a position that the constitution bars Suu Kyi from taking herself. The incumbent Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) suffered a
crushing defeat, as did most parties
representing minority ethnic groups.
The vote represents a huge popular mandate for Aung San Suu Kyi and comes with
equally high expectations that she and the NLD will deliver the needed political and
economic changes. It will not be easy to meet those expectations. First, Suu Kyi will
have to build a constructive working relationship with Commander-in-Chief Min Aung
Hlaing. The military retains considerable executive power, with control of the defence,
home affairs and border affairs ministries. Success in everything from the peace process to police reform and further political
liberalisation will depend on the cooperation of the armed forces. With longstanding mutual suspicions, that relationship could
easily get off to a bad start, particularly if Suu Kyi chooses a proxy president without
the credibility and stature required for the
top job, as she has suggested she would.
Beyond this, the NLD will want to demonstrate that it can meet the expectations
of the people by bringing tangible changes to their lives. It can tap into enormous
domestic and international goodwill and support, but its limited experience of government, a shallow pool of skilled technocrats and the difficulty of reforming key
institutions all constrain how much can be achieved quickly. This is particularly important given that the party has done very little policy development work to date.
It also may prove difficult for the new administration to focus on producing positive changes, given the range of problems
the country faces, any of which have the
potential to spawn crises. Serious armed clashes continue in Shan and Kachin states,
threatening to undermine a fragile peace process. There are signs of macro-economic
turbulence, with weak policy tools available
to mitigate it. And the situation in Rakhine
state, where most Muslim Rohingya were disenfranchised, is intractable and potentially volatile; any moves the NLD government makes on this issue will come under
particular nationalist scrutiny.
There will also be international relations challenges. Suu Kyi and the NLD will
need deft diplomatic skills to steer Myanmar?s continuing re-engagement with the
West, while maintaining good relations with
a more assertive China concerned that
its interests are being harmed. They will have to be particularly adroit, given perceptions that they have an inherent pro-Western bias. Western countries must do their
part to help make this rebalancing succeed. They have an important role to play in
supporting positive change in Myanmar but need to be cognizant of domestic and
regional sensitivities involved."
Source/publisher:
International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing N°147)
Date of publication:
2015-12-09
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-07
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Lots of links to news sites in Burmese and English - to explore
မြဝတီနေစဉ် သတင်း မှ အင်္ဂလိပ်- မြန်မာ သတင်း ဝက်ဆိုဒ် များ၊
Source/publisher:
"Myawady Daily"
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-05
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Links to various serial publications, most in Burmese. Many dead links...........
"JOURNALS":
8 Days.....
90:00 Minutes Sports.....
Ain Arr.....
Aurora.....
Auto World.....
Channel Weekly Sport.....
Commerce Journal.....
Crime News.....
D Wave.....
Digital Life.....
Euro Sports.....
Flower News.....
Focus Online.....
Good Health.....
Health Digest Journal.....
Hot News Weekly.....
HR Journal.....
Hyper Sports.....
Inside Weekly Sports.....
Kumudra.....
Mobile Guide Journal.....
Myanmar Business Today.....
Myanmar Mobile View.....
Myanmar Property.....
Myanmar Than Taw Sint.....
Myanmar Times (English).....
Myanmar Times (Myan).....
Net Guide Journal.....
Popular.....
Popular News.....
Property Now.....
Pyimyanmar Journal.....
Shape Entertainment Journal.....
Shin.....
Shwe Thway.....
Snap Shot Journal.....
Sport View Journal.....
Tech Space.....
The Irrawaddy.....
The Leader Journal.....
The Messenger.....
The Modern News.....
The Morning Post.....
The People?s Age.....
The Public Image.....
The Reporter News Journal.....
The Street View.....
The Sun Rays.....
The Trade Times.....
The Traveller Journal.....
The Voice.....
Tomorrow Journal.....
TV Guide.....
UA Weekly Travel Information.....
Venus News Weekly.....
Women?s World.....
Zaygwet.........
"MAGAZINE":
Curiosity Science Magazine.....
Echo Web Magazine.....
Health Guide.....
Myanmar Times - Special.....
Otaku?s Digest.....
Paradise Online Magazine.....
Tayza..........
"NEWSPAPERS":
Myawaddy & Yadanarpone
New Light of Myanmar.....The Mirror.....
The Golden Fresh Land Daily Newspaper .....
Mizzima Newspaper.....
The Union Daily.....
Pyimyanmar Daily.
Source/publisher:
myanmarjournaldownload.com
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-05
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Sources of the pdf versions of "The [Global] New Light of Myanmar", "Kyemon" ("The Mirror") and "Myanmar Alin", News - Burma newsletters, periodicals and news archives
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), English
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Description/subject:
"Welcome to our burmesebookshelf. We collect books in various categories for all ages. Our purpose is to encourage readers.".....
Categories:
Business
စီးပွားရေး .....
Comedy
ဟာသ .....
Comic
ရုပ်ပြကာတွန်း .....
Detective
စုံထောက် .....
Health
ကျန်းမာရေး .....
History
သမိုင်း .....
Knowledge
ရသ .....
Language
နိုင်ငံခြားဘာသာစကား .....
Magazine
မဂ္ဂဇင်း .....
Martial Art
သိုင်း .....
Miscellaneous
သောင်းပြောင်းထွေလာ .....
Mystery
လျှို့ဝှက်ဆန်းကြယ် .....
Novels
လုံးချင်းဝတ္ထု .....
Poem
ကဗျာ .....
Rare
ရှားပါး .....
Religion
ဘာသာရေး .....
Technical
နည်းပညာ .....
Thriller
ရင်လှိုက်သည်းဖို .....
Translation
ဘာသာပြန်
Source/publisher:
Free Library Online
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-04
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description/subject:
"Forest Inform Pty Ltd provides "Land Logic Services" that combine government agencies? and stakeholders? decision rules with accurate spatial data to resolve forest land use conflicts, integrate regional development, prepare conservation plans, and Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)."
Source/publisher:
Forest Inform Pty Ltd
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Source/publisher:
United Nations (FCCC/CP/2015/L.9)
Date of publication:
2015-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-12
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Description/subject:
About 66,600,000 results (12 December 2015)
Source/publisher:
Google
Date of publication:
2015-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-12
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Description/subject:
Landmine Monitor annual reports since 1999, includes Cluster...Munition Monitor annual reports since 2010...Most but not all reports also in Burmese
Links below for each of the previous reports...
Landmine Monitor provides research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997 Nobel Peace co-Laureate)
Source/publisher:
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-10
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"...In the coming months, ...citizens across the country are hoping that the NLD, with its countrywide mandate, is able to make a truly new beginning in initiating political, ethnic and institutional reform to bring the country together after decades of internal conflict, economic malaise and military rule. Popular momentum presently lies on the NLD side, and ethnic peace and justice are at the centre of its goals for national reform.
But given Myanmar?s troubled history, uncertain and difficult times undoubtedly lie ahead"
Source/publisher:
Transnational Institute (TNI)
Date of publication:
2015-12-04
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-08
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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"Unfinished Freedom: A Blueprint for the Future of Free Expression in Myanmar" surveys the rocky landscape for media and public discourse since the ruling military junta lifted the curtain on the southeast Asian nation in 2012 after five decades of isolation from the modern world. The report finds that, while the elimination of Myanmar?s notorious system of blanket pre-publication censorship has led many to believe that free expression constraints are a thing of the past, a series of weak protections, restrictive laws, and intrusive bureaucratic structures continue to chill expression and threaten the people of Myanmar?s newfound and fragile freedom.
As Aung San Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy (NLD) prepares to take office with a strong majority next year, it must prioritize concrete steps to safeguard free expression as a fortifying pillar of Myanmar?s nascent democracy. Unfinished Freedom provides a road map for the new government to solidify protections, counter hate speech, and guarantee political space for peaceful dissent as a healthy component of any free society."
Source/publisher:
PEN America
Date of publication:
2015-12-02
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-07
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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4.06 MB
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How a narcotics kingpin and his associates used opaque
company structures to take a dominant role in Myanmar?s
most valuable natural resource business.....SUMMARY: "Myanmar?s jade business may be
the biggest natural resource heist in
modern history. The sums of money
involved are almost incomprehensibly
high and the levels of accountability
are at rock bottom. One of the most
dominant and dangerous groups
involved is a collection of companies
controlled by Myanmar?s most
famous drug lord, Wei Hsueh Kang.
This report shows how Wei Hsueh
Kang and his associates, following
the template of terrorists, kleptocrats
and mafia the world over, have used
a web of opaque company structures
to build, and disguise, a jade empire.
..."
Source/publisher:
Global Witness
Date of publication:
2015-12-03
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Gems - mining and trade
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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1.58 MB
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Description/subject:
"Results announced on 13 November confirmed the overwhelming victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 8 November elections, which decided 75% of seats in Burma/Myanmar?s National and Regional Parliaments. While the military will retain its allotted 25% of parliamentary seats, the NLD now holds an overall majority in the National Parliament, giving it the power to form Burma/Myanmar?s next government and select a President.
As results are finalized, the next steps for both Aung San Suu Kyi?s NLD and the country?s ruling military will take shape, while a final session of the current Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) dominated National Parliament will convene on 16 November. While the NLD will now be able to form a government, Burma?s military will retain its grip on power in key areas.
This briefer summarizes post-election issues, including; the presidential selection process; the military power preserved in the 2008 Constitution; Aung San Suu Kyi?s call for "reconciliation talks" with President Thein Sein, Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing and Parliamentary Speaker Shwe Mann; and the final parliamentary session for sitting MPs. "
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication:
2015-11-13
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Abstract:
"In 2012, the Government of Myanmar (GoM) passed
the Farmland Law and the Vacant, Fallow, Virgin
(VFV) Land Law—creating a formalized land market. In essence, this created a formalized land
market. Land titling is often considered ?the natural end point of land rights formalization” (Hall et al.
2010: 35). This thinking has become dominant among most governments and development agencies
ever since De Soto (2000) popularized it in
The Mystery of Capital
, in which he argued that the
developmental successes of the West has relied on a
strong legally-enforceable
institution of property
rights, without which assets, particularly land, would become ?dead capital.”
In reality, there are at least two major obstacles in achieving this in Myanmar. The
first
is around the
legacy of multiple regimes in creating ?stacked laws”
(Roquas 2002). This term refers to a situation in
which a country has multiple layers of laws that exist simultaneously, creating conflicts and
contradictions in the legal system, as well as challenges to creating a well-regulated land market
envisioned by the Myanmar state with
the passage of the two land laws. The
second
obstacle has to do
with the fact that like many countries in the world, access to legal justice in Myanmar is dependent on
one?s access to different material, social and political resources—directly to a history of patron-clientelism. Through a number of select case
studies, this paper seeks to provide preliminary
reflections on the following question: In Myanmar, a country with a porous legal framework, how do
smallholder farmers engage with the law, and where
relevant, informal norms to strengthen legitimacy
of their claims to land against confiscations?
This paper seeks to contribute to the literature on
agrarian rural movements by focusing specifically on
the way farming communities in Myanmar engage with the law, while paying attention to the
complications they face when they engage with
legal institutions that are porous and ?stacked?—a
phenomena that is common to many countries in the early phases of rural democratization......
Keywords:
stacked laws, patron-client relationships, legal justice, legal engagement"
SiuSue Mark
Source/publisher:
BRICS Initiatives for Critical Agrarian Studies (BICAS)
Date of publication:
2015-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to land, property and planning (commentary)
Language:
English
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pdf
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"Updating of cadastral maps were conducted using satellite image and the changes of ground features
were observed in comparison with satellite image and ortho photo. The cadastral maps were evaluated on the
basis of findings for effective land management and administration. The research tries to observe the
effectiveness of satellite imagery using GIS for land management and administration in Myanmar".....
Key Words: SLRD, GIS, Kwin Maps, Satellite Image, Ortho Photo
Than Htay Aung, Main Research Adviser: Prof. Takashi MORITA Co-Research Adviser: Prof. Kiyoe MIYASHITA
Source/publisher:
Hosei University Graduate School of Design and Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Date of publication:
2015-02-27
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land use, Description of land in Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
Seventieth session
Third Committee
Agenda item 72 (c)
Promotion and protection of human rights:
human
rights situations and reports of special
rapporteurs and representatives
Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hung
ary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania,
San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United
States of America: revised draft resolution -
Situation of human rights in Myanmar
Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/70/L.39/Rev.1).
Date of publication:
2015-11-18
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
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Adopted by consensus (without a vote).....第七十届会议
第三委员会
议程项目
72(c)
促进和保护人权：人权状况及
特别报告员和代表的报告
阿尔巴尼亚、安道尔、澳大利亚、奥地利、比利时、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、保
加利亚、加拿大、克罗地亚、塞浦路斯、捷克共和国、丹麦、爱沙尼亚、芬兰、
法国、德国、希腊、匈牙利、冰岛、爱尔兰、以色列、意大利、拉脱维亚、列支
敦士登、立陶宛、卢森堡、马耳他、摩纳哥、黑山、荷兰、新西兰、波兰、葡萄
牙、摩尔多瓦共和国、罗马尼亚、圣马力诺、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亚、西班牙、
瑞典、前南斯拉夫的马其顿共和国、大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国和美利坚合众
国：订正决议草案
缅甸人权状况
大会
，
遵循
《联合国宪章》和《世界人权宣言》、
1
两项国际人权公约
2
和其他相
关人权文书，并回顾其以往关于缅甸人权状况的各项决议，最近一项为
2014
年
12
月
29
日第
69/248
号决议，以及人权委员会和人权理事会的相关决议，最近两
项为
2015
年
3
月
28
日第
28/23
号
3
和
2015
年
7
月
3
日第
29/21
号决议，
4
Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A/C.3/70/L.39/Rev.1).
Date of publication:
2015-11-18
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Chinese
Format :
pdf
Size:
232.74 KB
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Description/subject:
Unofficial translation checked by Article 19.
Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw via Article 19
Date of publication:
2015-08-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2015, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to opinion and expression (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw), 2015
Language:
English
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"Learning to Listen" is a manual designed specifically for those who want to develop oral history and oral testimony projects with people in or from Burma. The manual, produced by OSI grantee The Green Centre for Non-Western Art, has been developed with the support of Panos Oral Testimony Programme, who permitted incorporation of training materials that have been developed by them worldwide for use in NGOs and community groups. The manual gives a basic introduction to the planning, implementation and assessment of oral projects, as well as guidelines on dissemination and preservation of oral and visual materials in settings where only basic technologies are available. The principles, however, are adaptable to a range of different contexts and examples are included in the text of a wide range of projects for those who want more detailed discussion of some of the issues raised. "Learning to Listen" will be a valuable tool for all those interested in pursuing oral research with communities from Burma, and the Burmese translation of the text will be of benefit both to local researchers and to those who want to develop their work collaboratively.
Mandy Sadan
Source/publisher:
The Green Centre for Non-Western Art
Date of publication:
2008-04-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Oral History
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"The Asian Human Rights People?s Charter, Our Common Humanity, launched by NGOs in Kwangju, South Korea on 17 May reflects the growing strength and determination of the human rights movement in the Asia-Pacific region and the contribution it can make to the international debate on human rights. This initiative is especially appropriate during the 50th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The People?s Charter affirms the universality of all human rights -- a principle often attacked by governments in the region, both rhetorically and in law and practice. Drawing upon a broad spectrum of civil society across the region, it shows that human rights, far from being an alien or foreign concept, are the legitimate aspiration and demand of people throughout Asia and the Pacific. It shows how these universal principles can be articulated powerfully from an Asian cultural, religious and philosophical perspective.
The People?s Charter is also an important expression of the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights, a reminder that the process of development is about the realisation of all human rights and that one set of rights -- economic, social, cultural, civil or political -- cannot be enjoyed at the expense or in the absence of another. This message is particularly relevant at this time of economic crisis in the region, as some countries face the human rights and social fallout of decades of political repression and unsustainable economic development.
Amnesty International welcomes the Charter?s emphasis on legal and institutional protection of human rights, starting with the ratification of international human rights instruments and their full implementation in law and practice. It recognises the critical role the judiciary, legal profession and national human rights institutions can play in the protection and promotion of human rights. Amnesty International believes, however, that some aspects of the Charter need to be strengthened -- in particular, it should include an unreserved call for abolition of the death penalty.
The People?s Charter calls for the adoption by governments of a regional convention on human rights. While such a regional convention might be a positive development over the longer term, Amnesty International believes the overwhelming and immediate priority is broader ratification and implementation of existing international standards by governments in the Asia-Pacific region. Widespread adherence to international standards, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, should serve as the foundation stone for any future regional human rights mechanism." - Amnesty International.....
http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/books/asian-human-rights-charter/?searchterm=asian%20human%20rights%20charter
Source/publisher:
Asian Human Rights Commission
Date of publication:
1998-05-17
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-20
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English (available also in Chinese, Thai, Sinhala & Urdu from the AHRC site)
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pdf
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Introduction: Asia and human rights 4
Part One: ?Asian Values” and their metamorphoses: the debate on the universality of human rights 7
1. The ?Asian values” discourse 7
A. The articulation and crystallisation of ?Asian values” 7
B. The ?Asian values” discourse as a strategic essentialism ? its main arguments 8
C. Various national situations 10
2. The waxing and waning of ?Asian values” 10
A. The crisis of ?Asian values” at the turn of the 21st century 10
B. Singaporean, Chinese or post-Asian values? 12
C. Is there growing recognition of the universality of human rights in Asia despite the sporadic reemergence
of opposing trends? 13
Part Two: Domestic human rights protection in Asian states 15
1. Civil and political rights; economic and social rights: perspectives 15
A. The assertion and questioning of civil and political rights 15
B. Are economic and social rights given primacy of importance? 19
C. Specious distinctions and perverse effects 20
2. Promotion and protection? Implementing and guaranteeing rights 22
A. An implicit dichotomy 22
B. Have internal changes led to an improvement in the protection of rights? 23
C. Persistent impediments to the fulfilment of human rights 25
Part Three: Regional perspectives for the protection of human rights 28
1. Asia and the international system 28
A. The characteristics of the array of Asian diplomatic policies 28
B. The absence of a regional mechanism and weak human rights cooperation 29
C. Did you say progress? 29
2. ASEAN, has there been any real progress? 30
A. The long maturation of a mechanism dedicated to human rights 30
B. Advancements in policies and institutions: the ASEAN Charter, the AICHR and the Human Rights
Declaration 31
C. Have there been any real advancements? 32
Part Four: The role of the international human rights protection system 34
1. How the international system influences human rights protection in Asia 34
A. The growing influence of the UN system 35
B. Obstacles and resistance 38
2. How Asian states respond to and influence the UN system 39
A. Levels of commitment vary 40
B. The behaviour of Asian states in international arenas: the case of the Human Rights Council 44
Conclusion: the prospects
Source/publisher:
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Date of publication:
2015-11-20
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-20
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discussion on "Asian Values"
Language:
English
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"...After half a century of brutal military rule, Myanmar is undergoing an impressive transition to democracy. But with ongoing political arrests and ethnic tensions, the country is anxious not to veer off course...."We dared not speak up in the past. Now we dare to because we have been given the right", says a protester campaigning against land grabs in south-east Yangon. Relaxed censorship has translated into a boom in newspaper readership, comedians free to criticise the government and even a saucy girl band fighting gender stereotypes. But while hundreds of political prisoners have been released, protesters who fail to secure a protest permit face years in prisons. With Aung San Suu Kyi still constitutionally barred from becoming president, many laws need to be rewritten. The President?s spokesman openly admits the government?s shortcomings. Activist Ko Moe Thwa vigilance is paramount: "the country has changed but we need to watch carefully where this change is leading"...."
Anjali Rao
Source/publisher:
Journeyman Pictures
Date of publication:
2013-11-04
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Dialogue/reform/transition in Burma/Myanmar - analyses and statements, The 2015 General Elections in Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English (spoken and sub-titles; Burmese)
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Description/subject:
"In this real moment of excitement, EMR would like to share the "နိုင်ငံရေးပါတီမဟာမိတ်အဖွဲ့များအပေါ် လေ့လာ သုံးသပ်မှုစာတမ်း" (The Analysis Report of the Study on Myanmar Political Party Alliances"). The report is available only in Myanmar language. We intended mainly for the CSOs, the people of Myanmar and the political parties, believing that reliable information will enhance citizen?s awareness and interest in participating political process and performing civic duties. We hope that this study can make valuable contributions in the democratic transition and the emergence of a true federalism in Myanmar. ".....Unfortunately, we cannot share the report through EMR?s website as it was hacked recently..."
Source/publisher:
Enlightened Myanmar Research (EMR)
Date of publication:
2015-11-07
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description/subject:
"Given that the proposed Dawei Industrial Development project and associated
road to Thailand have been approved and are likely to be built in the coming
years, WWF has significant concerns about the potential impacts on the globally
important biodiversity of the Tanintharyi Region, including tiger habitat, dense
forests, species-rich rivers and marine resources, which are a critical resource for
local communities.
The Dawei Project cannot avoid impacting the environment and communities in
the region, but WWF believes that those impacts must be minimized by careful
planning and use of mitigation measures throughout the process, from design to
development to completion and beyond.
WWF calls on the governments of Thailand and Myanmar, as well as the project?s
developers, to first carry out a comprehensive strategic environmental
assessment, including social impacts, of the project, including the sea port,
industrial zone and associated industries and the road between the Myanmar
Special Economic Zone and Thailand. WWF also recommends that the results of
the assessments, be used by technical experts, community representatives, and
the project developers to design the project in a way that prioritizes the value
of the region?s critical ecosystem services, biodiversity and community needs.
Negative environmental impacts from the Dawei project should be monitored and
mitigated before, during and after construction and fair compensation provided
for those affected."
Hanna Helsingen (WWF), Sai Nay Won Myint (WWF), Nirmal Bhagabati (WWF), Adam Dixon (WWF), Nasser Olwero (WWF), Ashley Scott Kelly (University of Hong Kong), Dorothy Tang (University of Hong Kong).
Source/publisher:
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Date of publication:
2015-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-09
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
3.39 MB
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Conclusion:
"Myanmar goes to the polls in 2015 in a very different political context to the
general elections in 2010 or 1990. Indeed, provided that political campaigning
and the conduct of the polls are genuinely free and fair, it should become
the most broadly contested election since independence in 1948. Yet, while
political space has opened up and there have been many reforms since
President Thein Sein assumed office in 2011, core ethnic aspirations have yet
to be realized ? either through parliament or the national peace process. The
country and its politics remain polarized and ethnicity highly politicized.
For this reason, while the elections have the potential to be reasonably
credible and inclusive (although far from uniformly so) and ethnic parties
may fare reasonably well, it is not clear that the structures and processes in
Myanmar politics are at present capable of effectively addressing the legacy
of decades of ethnic conflict and discrimination that continue to leave many
communities in the country neglected and marginalised.
It is therefore vital that the election is closely monitored and openly pursued
and that, whatever the outcome, it is not perceived as an end itself but
another step in a reform process that still has a long way to run in bringing
peace, equality and democratic rights to all the country?s peoples.
A historic challenge awaits Myanmar?s leaders through the 2015 polls. As with
the peace talks towards a nationwide ceasefire, they provide the opportunity
for different parties to work constructively together in building a democratic
future for the country. The question remains: will the 2015 election become
the platform from which the issues of ethnic peace and inclusive reform are
really grappled with, or will they result in another failed opportunity to do so?"
Source/publisher:
Transnational Institute (TNI)
Date of publication:
2015-09-08
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-07
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Armed conflict and peace-building in Burma - theoretical, strategic and general, The 2015 General Elections in Burma/Myanmar, TNI-BCN Project on Ethnic Conflict in Burma
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Dirty coal mining by military cronies & Thai companies, Ban Chaung, Dawei District, Myanmar.....Executive Summary: "This report was researched and written collaboratively by Dawei Civil Society Organizations and documents the environmental and social impacts of the Ban Chaung coal mining project in Dawei District of Myanmar?s Tanintharyi Region. Based on desk research, interviews with villagers, and direct engagement with companies and government, it exposes how the project was pushed ahead despite clear opposition from the local community. It documents the serious harm that has already been done to villagers? health, livelihoods, security, and way of life, and the devastating contamination of local rivers and streams. It calls for the suspension of Mayflower Mining Company?s permit and operations at Ban Chaung until this harm is remedied and the project is effectively evaluated, monitored, and regulated in compliance with Myanmar law and international best practice. It advocates that local villagers should be given the opportunity to take ownership of their own path to development. Formerly mired in conflict, resource-rich Tanintharyi Region is now opened up to foreign investment, and is threatened by a flood of dirty industrial projects including the massive Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and seven coal-fired power plants. Among these dirty projects is a coal mine in the Ban Chaung area of Dawei District. The project is located in a sensitive recent conflict zone, where administration and territory is contested between the Myanmar government and the ethnic armed resistance organization, the Karen National Union (KNU). Taking advantage of contested administration and weak governance in this area, Myanmar crony company Mayflower Mining used its high-level connections to begin coal mining operations without proper safeguards to protect human rights and the environment. The project was pushed ahead without an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and without the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of local villagers. Mayflower Mining Company has a partnership with two companies from Thailand ? East Star Company and Thai Asset Mining Company ? that are operating on the ground in Ban Ban Chaung Coal Mining Report 2015 Chaung. Thai Asset has nearly completed building a road to transport Ban Chaung coal to the Theyet Chaung on the Tanintharyi coast, but its progress has been stalled due to a protest blockade by villagers. Meanwhile, East Star has already been operating a 60-acre open-pit mine at Khon Chaung Gyi village for more than three years, transporting nearly 500 tons of coal daily during the dry season according to local villagers. East Star has entered into a Joint Operating Agreement with Energy Earth Company, which will finance its mining operations and sell the coal on the market. May flower and its Thai partners plan to expand operations to mine for coal on at least 2,100 acres, threatening to take almost all of the local community?s agricultural land. Should it be allowed to expand, Ban Chaung coal mining would severely damage the health and livelihoods of approximately 16,000 villagers in the area, most of whom belong to the Karen ethnic group, and rely on fishing and farming. Indeed, many villagers are already suffering from increased pollution of air and water resources and land confiscations, of once productive agricultural land. East Star Company has dumped mining waste directly into the streams, causing fish to die off and local people to fall sick with troubling skin diseases. Uncontrolled coal fires, spontaneously combusting in waste and storage piles, have caused breathing problems in the community. An influx of outsiders along with the presence of the Myanmar military means local people no longer feel safe in their own villages. The project threatens the entire way of life of the indigenous Karen people of Ban Chaung, who have had their land passed down to them for generations. Although local people are overwhelmingly opposed to coal mining in their area, they were never given the chance to voice their concerns; only learning about the project once the bulldozers started digging on their land. Now, Ban Chaung villagers have joined together to challenge irresponsible coal mining in their area, and to call for alternative, democratic, and inclusive development in Tanintharyi Region."
Source/publisher:
Tarkapaw Youth Group, Dawei Development Association (DDA), and the Tenasserim River & Indigenous People Networks (Trip Net)
Date of publication:
2015-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Coal mining, Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related), Metal mining and other extractive operations, Health impacts of "development" projects, Rights of indigenous peoples - Burma/Myanmar
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ), English
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Description/subject:
Dirty coal mining by military cronies & Thai companies,
Ban Chaung, Dawei District, Myanmar.....Executive Summary: "This report was researched and written collaboratively by Dawei Civil Society Organizations
and documents the environmental and social impacts of the Ban Chaung coal mining project
in Dawei District of Myanmar?s Tanintharyi Region. Based on desk research, interviews
with villagers, and direct engagement with companies and government, it exposes how
the project was pushed ahead despite clear opposition from the local community. It
documents the serious harm that has already been done to villagers? health, livelihoods,
security, and way of life, and the devastating contamination of local rivers and streams.
It calls for the suspension of Mayflower Mining Company?s permit and operations at Ban
Chaung until this harm is remedied and the project is effectively evaluated, monitored, and
regulated in compliance with Myanmar law and international best practice. It advocates
that local villagers should be given the opportunity to take ownership of their own path to
development.
Formerly mired in conflict, resource-rich Tanintharyi Region is now opened up to foreign
investment, and is threatened by a flood of dirty industrial projects including the massive
Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and seven coal-fired power plants. Among these dirty
projects is a coal mine in the Ban Chaung area of Dawei District. The project is located in a
sensitive recent conflict zone, where administration and territory is contested between the
Myanmar government and the ethnic armed resistance organization, the Karen National
Union (KNU).
Taking advantage of contested administration and weak governance in this area, Myanmar
crony company Mayflower Mining used its high-level connections to begin coal mining
operations without proper safeguards to protect human rights and the environment. The
project was pushed ahead without an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
and without the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of local villagers.
Mayflower Mining Company has a partnership with two companies from Thailand ? East
Star Company and Thai Asset Mining Company ? that are operating on the ground in Ban
Ban Chaung Coal Mining Report 2015
Chaung. Thai Asset has nearly completed building a road to transport Ban Chaung coal
to the Theyet Chaung on the Tanintharyi coast, but its progress has been stalled due to a
protest blockade by villagers. Meanwhile, East Star has already been operating a 60-acre
open-pit mine at Khon Chaung Gyi village for more than three years, transporting nearly 500
tons of coal daily during the dry season according to local villagers. East Star has entered
into a Joint Operating Agreement with Energy Earth Company, which will
finance its mining
operations and sell the coal on the market. May
flower and its Thai partners plan to expand
operations to mine for coal on at least 2,100 acres, threatening to take almost all of the
local community?s agricultural land.
Should it be allowed to expand, Ban Chaung coal mining would severely damage the health
and livelihoods of approximately 16,000 villagers in the area, most of whom belong to the
Karen ethnic group, and rely on
fishing and farming. Indeed, many villagers are already
suffering from increased pollution of air and water resources and land confiscations, of
once productive agricultural land. East Star Company has dumped mining waste directly
into the streams, causing
fish to die off
and local people to fall sick with troubling skin
diseases. Uncontrolled coal
fires, spontaneously combusting in waste and storage piles,
have caused breathing problems in the community. An influx of outsiders along with the
presence of the Myanmar military means local people no longer feel safe in their own
villages. The project threatens the entire way of life of the indigenous Karen people of Ban
Chaung, who have had their land passed down to them for generations.
Although local people are overwhelmingly opposed to coal mining in their area, they were
never given the chance to voice their concerns; only learning about the project once the
bulldozers started digging on their land. Now, Ban Chaung villagers have joined together
to challenge irresponsible coal mining in their area, and to call for alternative, democratic,
and inclusive development in Tanintharyi Region."
Source/publisher:
Tarkapaw Youth Group, Dawei Development Association (DDA), and the Tenasserim River & Indigenous People Networks (Trip Net)
Date of publication:
2015-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Coal mining, Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related), Metal mining and other extractive operations, Health impacts of "development" projects, Rights of indigenous peoples - Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Foreword:
"Millions of people are on the move. The world?s policymakers and political leaders
face the complex challenge of ensuring that migration takes place in ways that are fair,
mutually beneficial and respectful of human rights.
There is no shortage of laws and policies on migration. Some measures recognize
the positive contribution of migrants and migration to economic welfare, to national
prosperity and to development. However, other measures react to migration
and to migrants as threatening phenomena. These measures can have negative
consequences, including violations of the human rights of migrants and their families.
Parliamentarians have a critical role to play to ensure a meaningful, balanced and
informed response to migration. They are first of all responsible for adopting adequate
laws on migration to give effect to international obligations entered into by the state
under the international treaty framework, in particular with respect to human rights
norms and labour standards. Parliamentarians, as well as governments, can and should
promote fair and effective policies in order to maximize the benefits of migration while
addressing the real challenges that host, transit and origin countries and migrants face.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Labour Office and the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to their
respective mandates, have decided to produce this information tool that should help
parliamentarians to achieve the above objective.
The handbook offers responses to fundamental questions on migration, such as those
concerned with its root causes and possible responses in terms of good policies and
practices, as well as the challenges, both for migrants and for countries, in relation
to national well-being, development and social cohesion. The handbook proposes a
balanced approach to make effective laws and policies that address the human rights
of migrants and the governance of migration.
The handbook reflects the long experience of our three cooperating organizations and
our constituents worldwide. It contains examples of measures and practices relating
to migration that have worked successfully. It is intended to be useful not only for
parliamentarians, but also for government officials and civil servants as well as for
social partners and civil society. The ultimate objective of this Handbook is to promote
fair and rights-based migration policies, aligned with international norms and standards,
in the interest of all migrants as well as host, transit and origin countries." - Martin Chungong, Secretary General
Inter-Parliamentary Union...
Zeid Ra?ad Al Hussein
United Nations
High Commissioner
for Human Rights...
Guy Ryder
Director-General
International Labour
Organization
Source/publisher:
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 24
Date of publication:
2015-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Migrants' rights: specific international and regional standards and mechanisms (commentaries)
Language:
English
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in The University of Michigan 1999.....1. INTRODUCTION:
Arakan, "The Palestine of the Farther East";
Previous Historiography;
Structure of Argument...
2. IN THE REALM OF DANGERS AND STRANGERS: THE ROOTS
OF ARAKANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY:
The Five Zones of the Arakanese Kingdom;
The Realm of Dangers: Environmental Threats in Danra-waddy
and Banga;
Responses to the Natural Environment: Human Settlement,
Mobility, and Migration;
The Realm of Strangers: Migrations From the Irrawaddy Valley;
Coping With the Human Environment: Charisma and Patron-
client Ties;
The Familial State and Political Devolution in Early Modem
Arakan;
Summary...
3. BUDDHIST OR MUSLIM RULERS? MODELS OF KINGSHIP IN
ARAKAN IN THE FOURTEENTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES:
Strengthening Central Kingship;
The Spread of the Irra-waddy Valley (Burman) Model of of Rulership;
Sultanship: Islamic or Bengali Model of Rulership?
Summary...
4. MONKS, TEXTS, AND SECTS: THE EMERGENCE OF THERAVADA:
The Introduction of Buddhism into the Arakan Littoral;
Arakanese Buddhist Interaction With Sri Lanka and the Irra-waddy Valley;
Maritime Connections;
Trans-Roma Connections;
The Troubled Sangha: Tensions Between Gama-vasi and Aranya-vasi Sect;s
Gama-vasi Monks;
Aranya-vasi Monks;
Min-raza-kri and Sasana "Reform";
Summary...
5. RELIGION BEYOND THE ROYAL CITY: THE EMERGENCE OF THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND ROYAL PATRONAGE IN THE RURAL:
Expansion of Theravada Buddhist Influence;
Bringing the People to Buddha;
Bringing Buddha to the People;
Forest Monks and Village Monks;
Buddhist Festivals;
Making the Buddha Local;
Royal Patronage in the Countryside: Embedding Royal Authority;
The Catholic Priest as Pawn: Royal Patronage and Coastal Luso-Arakanese Communities;
Summary...
6.FROM CAPTIVES TO LORDS AND LABORERS: MUSLIMS IN ARAKAN IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES:
Early Muslims and Itinerant Muslim Traders in the Arakan Littoral; Captive Raids;
The Purposes and Organization of the Luso-Arakanese Slave-Raids;
The Demographics of Slave-Raiding: the Banglacization of Danra-waddy;
Original Locale and Religious "Identities" of the Captives;
Muslims in Danra-waddy;
Servants to the Soil;
Muslims in the Court and Capital;
Summary...
7. THE TIME OF TROUBLES: THE DECLINE OF CENTRAL KINGSHIP AND RELIGIOUS PATRONAGE, 1630s-1690s:
Arakan: Within or Without the Islamic World?
The Decimation of Mrauk-U?s Upper Elite Strata in the Late 1630s;
Shah Shuja and the Muslim "Other";
Mughal Conquest of the Northern Littoral;
Heightened Royal Patronage of Buddhism under Sanda-thu-dhamma-raza and Ukka-bala;
Decline of the Central Court and the Rise of the Ko-rans;
Summary...
8. WHEN THINGS FALL APART: THE DEVOLUTION OF POLITICS AND RELIGIOUS PATRONAGE IN THE LATE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES :
The Aggrandizement of the Rural Gentry;
When Things Fell Apart: Rural Rebellion and Warfare
in the Arakan Littoral;
Natural Chaos;
Forging New Communities;
Flight and External Religious and Cultural Influence;
Religious Devotion and Millennialism;
The Rural Gentry as New Centralizers;
Order From the Outside;
Summary...
9. THE BURMANIZATION OF ARAKAN, 1780s-1820s :
Burman Interest in the Arakanese and Arakanese Buddhism;
From Attraction to Rule: The Political Impact of Burman Expansion Into Arakan, 1784-5;
Dismantling the Attractive Center;
From Attraction to Political Centralization;
Religious Centralization and Control;
Colonizing Tradition;
Summary...
10. ONE LAND, TWO PEOPLES: THE EMERGENCE OF RELIGIOUS
COMMUNALISM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ARAKAN:
Continuity and Change of the Rural Gentry;
Competition for Agricultural Land;
British Colonial Favoritism in Land Settlement;
Necessity of Collective Action;
Collective Action;
Changes in Religious Patronage;
Communalism;
Summary...
11. CONCLUSION...
APPENDICES...
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Charney, Michael W
Source/publisher:
PhD thesis. University of Michigan.
Date of publication:
1998-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakanese/Rakhine/Rohingya history
Language:
English
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Executive Summary: "On 8 November 2015, Burma?s electorate will vote for the representatives who will sit in Parliament from 2016 to 2021. The polls are anticipated to usher in a Parliament that will be markedly different from the body that was installed as a result of the November 2010 election and the April 2012 by-elections. This will be due to the significant number of seats that the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is expected to win.
The November 2010 election was tainted by a flawed legal framework, a lack of inclusiveness, widespread corruption, irregularities, and voter fraud, and was boycotted by the NLD. As expected, the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) overwhelmingly won the polls. Dominated by the USDP and military-appointed members of Parliament (MPs), Parliament failed to amend or repeal many of Burma?s oppressive laws and blocked key constitutional amendments. In many cases, newly enacted legislation contained provisions that ran counter to international human rights standards. Other new laws prioritized political and economic interests over human rights. In addition, MPs rejected numerous proposals aimed at addressing important human rights issues.
The likelihood that the next Parliament?s make-up will be substantially different from the current one does not necessarily mean that lawmakers will be more effective in addressing key human rights issues.
This report, based on a survey of the human rights commitments of Burma?s political parties, found that parties generally favored actions aimed at tackling critical issues that have a negative impact on human rights. However, in several of those instances, the report shows that parties failed to identify and prioritize the specific measures that would address key human rights concerns in a direct and effective way. This was particularly true in the areas of legislative reform, ethnic minority rights, and women?s rights, where political considerations seemed to take precedence over human rights concerns.
The report?s findings also reflect the disturbing situation regarding religious intolerance in Burma. Forty-two percent of the political parties refused to make any commitments on ways to address discrimination against Muslim Rohingya. More troubling was the fact that several parties aligned themselves with the government?s official position that denies the existence of Rohingya as one of Burma?s ethnic groups. In the final analysis, the alarming result was that almost three quarters of the political parties refused to support the amendment of the 1982 Citizenship Law to give Muslim Rohingya equal access to citizenship rights. In addition, responses in favor of the repeal of recently enacted legislation, misleadingly labeled ?Race and Religion Protection Laws,? garnered little support among the political parties.
The report provides numerous recommendations to MPs, based on statements and reports issued by various UN special procedures as well as resolutions adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN General Assembly (UNGA). These recommendations provide a clear agenda for parliamentary action to deal with important human rights issues that, if left unaddressed by the newly elected MPs, risk seriously undermining the country?s reform process."
Source/publisher:
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Date of publication:
2015-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
The 2015 General Elections in Burma/Myanmar, Human rights policies of various actors in Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English
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"Read through evidence obtained by Al Jazeera and Fortify Rights that shed light on the inner workings of the regime...
Al Jazeera?s Investigative Unit has obtained a cache of documents from Myanmar and beyond that reveal a picture of the oppression of the Southeast Asian country?s Rohingya people.
They also shed light on the inner-workings of the regime.
Taken together with files provided by the advocacy group Fortify Rights, the documents constitute strong evidence of a genocide perpetrated in Myanmar against the Rohingya people by the government, according to a report by Yale Law School and researchers at the International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University, London.
More exclusive coverage by Al Jazeera investigating "strong evidence" of genocide in Myanmar can be found here: aljazeera.com/genocideagenda
The documents are presented below via Document Cloud both in their original format and with English translations. We have chosen to redact some of the documents in order to protect the identity of individuals for their own safety.
Al Jazeera has made several requests for comment to the Myanmar president?s office and government spokespeople but has not received any response..."
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
Date of publication:
2015-10-28
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Rohingya
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Summary: "The Secretary-General has the honour to present to the members of
the General
Assembly the report on the situation of human rights in Myanmar submitted by the
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, in
accordance with General Assembly resolution 69/248. The present report provides an
overview of the main human rights developments in Myanmar since the Special
Rapporteur?s report to the Human Rights Council in March 2015. It sets out key
issues and priorities that need to be addressed to further the reforms in the area of
human rights prior to the November elections and beyond."....26 October 2015-release date; 6 October 2015, editing date
Source/publisher:
United Nations General Assembly (A /70/412)
Date of publication:
2015-10-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Reports to the GA by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (English)
Language:
English
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392.66 KB
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Executive Summary:
"In May 2015 scenes of desperate people stranded without food or water on captain-less boats off the
coasts of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia brought global attention to the Rohingya,
a 1.1 million-strong
Muslim ethnic group in Rakhine state, Myanmar (formerly Burma).
The immediate humanitarian crisis,
however, masked a much deeper and more unpalatable crisis ? a genocidal persecution organised by the
Myanmar State from which the Rohingya were fleeing.
Reports of this persecution led researchers from the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) to
explore whether or not well-documented state crimes against Myanmar?s Rohingya do indeed amount
to genocide. ISCI?s detailed research found ample evidence that the Rohingya have been subjected to
systematic and widespread violations of human rights, including killings, torture, rape and arbitrary detention; destruction of their homes and villages; land confiscation; forced labour; denial of citizenship;
denial of the right to identify themselves as Rohingya; denial of access to healthcare, education and
employment; restrictions on freedom of movement, and State-sanctioned campaigns of religious hatred.
It also found compelling evidence of State-led policies, laws and strategies of genocidal persecution
stretching back over 30 years, and of the Myanmar State coordinating with Rakhine ultra-nationalists,
racist monks and its own security forces in a genocidal process against the Rohingya.
The persecution entered a
new and more devastating phase in 2012. Organised massacres left over 200
Rohingya men, women and children dead. Up to 60 Rakhine were also killed during the June violence.
Hundreds of homes, the vast majority belonging to Rohingya, were destroyed.
Around 138,000 Rohingya were displaced and ended up in what are effectively detention camps.
A further 4,500 desperate Rohingya people live in a squalid ghetto in Sittwe, Rakhine state?s capital.
The Myanmar government?s escalating institutionalized discrimination against the Rohingya has allowed
hate speech to flourish, encouraged Islamophobia and granted impunity to perpetrators of the violence. The systematic, planned and targeted weakening of the Rohingya through mass violence and other
measures, as well as the regime?s successive implementation of discriminatory and persecutory policies
against them, amounts to a process of genocide. This process emerged in the 1970s, and has accelerated
during Myanmar?s faltering transition to democracy.
Part I of this report describes the history, politics and economics of the State?s persecution of the
Rohingya, affording particular attention to the relationship between the Rakhine Buddhist community and
the State. Part II then analyses these processes of persecution using Daniel Feierstein?s delineation of
genocide?s six stages, as outlined in his book, Genocide as Social Practice.
Specifically, we will focus on
genocide?s first four stages: 1) stigmatisation and dehumanisation; 2) harassment, violence and terror; 3)
isolation and segregation; and 4) the systematic weakening of the target group.
The systematic weakening process that has accompanied the dehumanisation, violence and segregation
has been so successful that the Rohingya in Myanmar can be described as a people whose agency has
been effectively destroyed. Those who can, flee, while those who remain endure the barest of lives.
Now, the Rohingya potentially face the final two stages of genocide ? mass annihilation and erasure of
the group from Myanmar?s history.
The report documents in detail the evidence for genocide, its historical genesis and the political, social
and economic conditions in which it has emerged. It identifies the architects of the genocide as Myanmar
State officials and security forces, Rakhine nationalist civil society leaders and Buddhist monks, and
points to a significant degree of coordination between these agencies in the pursuit of eliminating the
Rohingya from Myanmar?s political landscape.
The report is based on a 12-month period of research, four of which were spent in the field between
October 2014 and February 2015. The research included 176 interviews, observational fieldwork and
documentary sources.
ISCI concludes that genocide is taking place in Myanmar and warns of the serious and present danger of
the annihilation
of the country?s Rohingya population"
Penny Green, Thomas MacManus, Alicia de la Cour Venning
Source/publisher:
International State Crime Initiative (ISCI)
Date of publication:
2015-10-29
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Rohingya, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
Language:
English
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CONTENTS:-
I. SUMMARY...
II. METHODOLOGY...
III. HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST ROHINGYA
IN MYANMAR:
A. ROHINGYA UNDER MILITARY RULE: FROM MYANMAR?S
INDEPENDENCE THROUGH 2011:
1. Denial of Citizenship...
2. Forced Displacement...
3. Forced Labor...
4. Religious Persecution...
5. Marriage Restrictions and Population Control.....
B. THEIN SEIN?S ADMINISTRATION:
1. Arbitrary Detention...
2. Forced Labor...
3. Sexual Violence...
4. Restrictions on Freedom of Movement...
5. Marriage Restrictions and Population Control.....
C. 2012 UNREST IN RAKHINE: STATE.....
D. THE CONTINUED PLIGHT OF THE ROHINGYA: 2013 ? PRESENT:
1. Conditions in Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Camps...
2. Discriminatory Laws and Government Practices Against Rohingya.....
IV. APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF GENOCIDE TO THE
CASE OF THE ROHINGYA:
A. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF GENOCIDE....
B. THE ?GROUP” ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE:
1. National, Ethnical, Racial, or Religious Group...
2. Rohingya as an Enumerated Group....
3. Conclusion on the ?Group” Element.....
C. THE ?ACTS” ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE...
1. Killing Members of the Group...
2. Causing Serious Bodily or Mental Harm to Members of the Group...
3. Deliberately Inflicting on the Group Conditions of Life Calculated
to Bring About its Physical Destruction in Whole or in Part...
4. Imposing Measures Intended to Prevent Births Within the Group...
5. Conclusion on the ?Acts” Element.....
D. THE ?INTENT” ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE:
1. Anti-Rohingya and Anti-Muslim Rhetoric...
2. Evidence Indicating Intent to Inflict Conditions of Life on Rohingya
Calculated to Bring About Their Physical Destruction...
3. Mass Scale of Acts Targeting Rohingya...
4. Conclusion on the ?Intent” Element.....
V. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE:
A. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS OF STATE ORGANS...
B. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS OF NON-STATE ACTORS...
C. STATE DUTY TO PREVENT GENOCIDE...
VI. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION.
Source/publisher:
FORTIFY RIGHTS via ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHT S CLINIC, YALE LAW SCHOOL
Date of publication:
2015-10-29
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Rohingya, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
Language:
English
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Commentary: Rampant Robbery and Extortion...
Robbery or random extortion during military patrols...
A village family robbed of their money, valuables and other property, an old woman kicked, in Kaeng-Tung...
Villager accused of holding back information, money extorted as punishment, in Lai-Kha...
Villagers robbed of their money and chickens in Murng-Kerng...
Villagers found fault with, money extorted, in Murng-Nai...
Extortion as punishment after a skirmish, in Kun-Hing...
Robbery and extortion at checkpoints on the roads...
Situation of extortion at checkpoints along the main roads between Loi-Lem and Ta-Khi-Laek...
Extortion at checkpoints in Paang Long Sub-Township, Loi-Lem Township...
Money extorted from travelers in Lai-Kha...
Extortion at ?Ta Saang” bridge in Murng-Ton...
More Money extorted from travelers in Murng-Ton.
Source/publisher:
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
Date of publication:
2012-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Economic oppression, Extortion, Robbery
Language:
English
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Commentary: Confiscation and Extortion...
Forcible rice procurement continues in Kaeng - Tung...
Confiscation of rice fields in Kaeng-Tung...
Farmland confiscated for building new military base in Kun-Hing...
Confiscation of rice fields in Murng ? Nai...
Leased rice field threatened to be forcibly taken, rent not paid in full, in Murng - Ton...
Houses forcibly taken in Murng-Ton...
Extortion of money from travelers worsens in Kun-Hing...
People forced to pay for election expenses long after poll, in Kaeng-Tung...
Extortion of money intensifies, becomes more frequent, for constructing military bases, in Kun-Hing...
High interest charged on a loan without advance knowledge, in Kun-Hing.
Source/publisher:
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
Date of publication:
2011-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Land confiscation for military, commercial and other purposes, Economic oppression, Extortion, Robbery
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
Commentary: Why people still flee Shan State and seek refuge in other countries...
Contents: Themes & Places of Violations reported in this issue...
MAP...
Situation of people fleeing their native places in Kae-See...
Land confiscation and mining project causing people to flee, in Murng-Su...
Military operation, forced labour and extortion, causing people to flee, in Murng-Kerng...
Continuing forced labour, forced recuruitment and extortion causing people to flee, in Lai-Kha...
Forced recruitment causing people to flee, in Kung-Hing
Military and police persecution causing people to flee, in Nam-Zarng...
Forced relocation and land confiscation causing people to flee, in Murng-Nai...
Beating and intimidation causing people to flee, in Larng-Khur.
Source/publisher:
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
Date of publication:
2012-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Description/subject:
?Documents obtained by Al Jazeera?s Investigative Unit expose the inner workings of the Myanmar government, providing ?strong evidence” of genocide against the Rohingya minority?...
?Strong evidence? of genocide in Myanmar, finds Al Jazeera investigation...
Exclusive evidence obtained by Al Jazeera?s Investigative Unit reveals government has been triggering communal violence..."
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera with Fortify Rights
Date of publication:
2015-10-26
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Inter-Communal violence and discrimination - Myanmar - General articles and analysis, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Individual videos and films on Burma in English and other non-Asian languages
Language:
English (some in Burmese or Rohingya with English sub-titles)
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