Five-Point State-Level Agreement with the Pa-O National Liberation Organization

The state level peace-making group and the Pa-O National Liberation Organization signed an agreement with the following five points […]

The War in Kachin State: A Year of More Displacement and Human Rights Abuses

In the past year, the Tatmadaw has deployed nearly 25% of its battalions to Kachin State, escalating its war with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and bringing further suffering to civilian populations in Kachin State and Northern Shan State.

Tatmadaw soldiers have constantly targeted civilians in Kachin State and Northern Shan States as part of their military operations against the KIA. Human rights abuses have included extrajudicial killings, rape of women, arbitrary arrests, torture, forced displacement, the use of human shields, forced labor, and the confiscation and destruction of property. All of these systematic abuses would be considered war crimes and/or crimes against humanity under international law […]

Ongoing Impunity: Continued Burma Army Atrocities against the Kachin People

This report provides an update of atrocities committed by the Burma Army against civilians since it broke its 17-year ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) one year ago. It highlights the particular suffering of women during the conflict, who have been forced to be porters, used as sex slaves, gang-raped and killed […]

12-Point Agreement between the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army – South and the Government

Unofficial translation by SHAN.

Statement of Extraordinary Meeting of the UNFC

The extraordinary meeting of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) attended by the UNFC central executive committee members and top leaders of the member organizations was held from May 8 to 9, 2012, at a certain place on the Thai-Burma border […]

Chin National Front – Government Agreement

An unofficial translation by Chinland Guardian of the 15-point agreement between the Chin National Front and the Burmese Union-level Peace Team specifying the Terms of Reference for the original preliminary 9-point agreement in January.

Lessons from the Kachin “Development” Experience

Burma’s government is using the promise of development as a key component in its current peace negotiations with armed ethnic organizations, proposing ceasefire first, then development, and finally a national political agreement. This process has been tried before in Kachin State with disastrous consequences

Five-Point State-Level Peace Agreement with the Rakhine State Liberation Party

The full-text of the state-level agreement between the Union Peace Making Committee and the Rakhine State Liberation Party.

State-Level Agreement with the Karenni National Progressive Party

The full text of the state-level agreement with the Karenni National Progressive Party in Burmese language.

International Acclaim for Burma’s Reforms is Cause for Deep Concern for Ethnic National Peoples

The ethnic national peoples of Burma who comprise 40% of the population and occupy 60% of the land are deeply worried by the international community’s enthusiastic endorsement of the Burmese government’s recent reforms […]