10 December 2024 On Human Rights Day, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) releases its latest briefing paper, “Attacks from the Air,” which includes cases of airstrikes throughout the month of November 2024 in Kachin, Karenni and Shan States. ND-Burma condemns all forms of violence against innocent people and calls for immediate […]
This briefing paper by the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) will analyze the impact of the airstrikes perpetrated against innocent civilians by the military junta in Northern Shan State, Kachin State and Karenni State throughout November 2024. Desk research compiled by ND-Burma in English and Burmese, combined with data from our members, found twenty-five […]
To: Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court CC: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court 9 December 2024 Subject: Civil society support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing Your Excellencies, On the International […]
The objectives of the 2023 projects were to enhance the systematic documentation of human rights abuses in Myanmar and bring grassroots attention to the human rights violations happening on the ground. ND-Burma provided training in numerous areas through the ND-Burma network.
Prosecutor says 2017 Rohingya crackdowns were suspected of being committed by the army, police and civilians. Updated at 1:47 p.m. on Nov. 27, 2024 The International Criminal Court, or ICC, issued an application for an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Myanmar’s army chief who now heads its junta, in connection with violence against the mostly […]
Since 14 November 2019, we have been investigating alleged crimes committed during the 2016 and 2017 waves of violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, and the subsequent exodus of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh. After an extensive, independent and impartial investigation, my Office has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Senior General and […]
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell called for urgent action on the new $300 billion climate commitment to protect children’s futures. The pledge by rich countries to combat global climate change was announced on 24 November at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The UNICEF statement reads as follows. UNICEF stands ready to work with […]
With violence surging, Myanmar has more casualties than Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine. BANGKOK – Myanmar has for the first time recorded the most casualties in the world from antipersonnel landmines, with 1,003 victims in 2023, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, or ICBL, said in its annual report launched in Bangkok on Wednesday. Myanmar has […]