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AICHR Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference of the new ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) outlines the purposes, principles, mandate, function, composition, and reporting of this new regional body. It was adopted by ASEAN in July 2009.
• • •Burma’s Dead-End Road to Democracy: Overcoming Roadblocks and Finding Solutions
A paper that presents the position of many democratic groups as to why the election cannot be supported without changes to the SPDC’s flawed 2008 Constitution. The paper also presents solutions offered by the democracy movement. Download the paper.
• • •Video: Ending Impunity
A ten-minute video entitled “Ending Impunity” by the Women’s League of Burma that calls for UNSC action on the ongoing use of rape as a weapon of war and crimes against humanity in Burma. In the video, four women speak out about systematic human rights violations including rape by state armed forces and authorities.
• • •Robbing the Future: Russian-backed Mining Project Threatens Pa-O Communities in Shan State, Burma
This report details the development of the Burma’s second largest iron deposit by the military regime and a Russian state-owned company. The project will destroy the homes of 7,000 villagers and affect another 35,000 people. […]
• • •Burmese Constitutional Referendum: Neither Free Nor Fair
The purpose of this report is to analyze whether the SPDC conducted the May 10th constitutional referendum in Burma in accordance with basic international standards for free and fair referendum processes. The report reviews basic standards for constitutional referendums and, using media and other reports, analyzes the administration of the referendum under those standards. The report finds that the referendum was not free or fair, as it was not conducted in accordance with international law or basic democratic standards.
• • •Crimes in Burma
A report based on an analysis of UN documents – including UN General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights resolutions, as well as reports from several different Special Rapporteurs – indicate that Burma’s military regime may be committing crimes against humanity and war crimes prosecutable under international law. The report concludes with a call for […]
• • •Laid Waste: Human Rights along the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay Gas Pipeline
A 100-page report that details abuses along the entire length of an overland pipeline that traverses nearly half the length of Burma’s southern peninsula. Laid Waste also details abuses committed by Burma’s military regime as it has sought to construct, maintain and protect the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline.
• • •Shwegondaing Declaration
Statement from the National League for Democracy (NLD) that they will not support the 2010 elections unless the regime meets key benchmarks. […]
• • •Undercurrents Issue 3: Monitoring Developments on Burma’s Mekong
A periodic magazine that monitors developments along Burma’s Mekong River. This issue focuses on how the expanding influence of Chinese interests in the Golden Triangle region, from rubber plantations to wildlife trading, is bringing rapid destructive changes to local communities. There are also articles on opium cultivation, mining operations, the mainstream Mekong dams in China, […]
• • •ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint
This Blueprint represents the human dimension of ASEAN cooperation and upholds ASEAN commitment to address the region’s aspiration to lift the quality of life of its peoples, by implementing concrete and productive actions that are people-centered and socially responsible. Download
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