Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* In the present report, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) identifies examples of good practices and lessons learned related to transitional justice processes in the context of sustaining peace and sustainable development, notably Sustainable Development Goal […]
အသွင်ကူးပြောင်းရေးကာလတရားမျှတမှု (TJ) ၏ လုပ်ငန်းစဥ် တခုမှာ အတိတ်မှ ဆိုးရွားသည့် အကြီးအကျယ် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်မှုများ ထပ်မံမဖြစ်ပွားစေရေးအတွက် အာမခံခြင်း (Guarantees of non-recurrence) ဖြစ်သည်။ အတိတ်မှ ဆိုးရွားကြမ်းကြုတ် ရက်စက်မှုများ ထပ်မံမဖြစ်ပွားစေရေးအတွက် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ အပါအဝင် မတရား ဖိနှိပ်သည့် ဥပဒေများ၊ တရားဥပဒေစိုးမိုးရန် တာဝန်ရှိသည့် ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့၊ အကျဥ်းဦးစီးဌာနကဲ့သို့ ဌာနဆိုင်ရာ အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်း၊ နိင်ငံတော် ကာကွယ်ရေးအတွက် တာဝန်ရှိသည့် စစ်တပ်ကဲ့သို့ လက်နက်ကိုင် တပ်ဖွဲ့များ ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းများကို ဆောင်ကြသည့် “အဖွဲ့အစည်းဆိုင်ရာ ပြုပြင် ပြောင်းလဲရေး” (Institutional Reform) လုပ်ငန်းများဖြင့် ဆောင်ရွက်ကြသည်။ အဖွဲ့အစည်းဆိုင်ရာ ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်း သည် TJ လုပ်ငန်းစဥ် ၄ ခုအနက်မှ အနာဂတ်အတွက် ရည်ရွယ်၍ […]
1 February 2025 – Four years since the military’s failed coup in February 2021, the people of Myanmar’s resistance against the junta’s brutal rule has not only persisted but intensified. The Transitional Justice Asia Network (TJAN), a regional hub of transitional justice experts which includes the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) as one […]
Pressure is building on Myanmar’s military regime to hold national elections that opposition forces have promised to disrupt. Myanmar’s 2024 census was almost certainly the most contentious – and deadly – ever conducted. Enumerators and their heavily armed guards from Myanmar’s military were subject to repeated attacks from opposition groups, as they stumbled through a […]
The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,Defending Democracy: Four Years Since the Failed Coup in Burma 1 February 2025 Four years ago, the military junta attempted to undermine the results of a free and fair national election in Burma, in which the National League for Democracy achieved an overwhelming victory. […]
A short report by the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma Despite the many challenges and changes that the people of Burma have unjustly experienced since the attempted coup on 1 February 2021, there remains a joint commitment and effort for a federal and democratic future. Four years ago, the military junta did not hesitate to […]
Ministry of Labor told employment agencies not to allow men aged 18 to 35 to sign up for foreign work contracts. Myanmar’s junta has banned employment agencies from sending military aged men abroad as it struggles with a growing civil war while promising to extend peace and stability for an election that it hopes will […]
They fear becoming targets of bombings, sniper fire or airstrikes. More than 1,000 civilians have fled Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe and nearby areas in western Myanmar, fearing heavy artillery attacks as tensions rise between junta forces and the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group that has advanced on junta positions, residents said Friday. Ongoing exchanges […]
Responding to leaked execution videos, armed group acknowledges crimes, vows accountability “The Arakan Army’s acknowledgment of its forces committing these war crimes is a vital step toward accountability,” said Ejaz Min Khant, Human Rights Associate at Fortify Rights. “But it’s not enough to merely say that the perpetrators have been punished. The AA must be transparent about […]
The group’s spokesperson says the incident was retaliation for the deaths of AA family members. Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Ethnic Rakhine rebels on Friday confirmed the torture and execution of two prisoners of war from Myanmar’s military after video clips of the killings went viral online. The videos have prompted an […]