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Poisoned Hills: Opium cultivation surges under government control in Burma
Through community assessments, this report by the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) shows that opium cultivation is increasing dramatically in Burma’s northern Shan State. The amounts are far higher than reported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and are flourishing in areas controlled by Burma’s military regime, not in the ceasefire areas claimed by the UN.
• • •National Human Rights Institutions: History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities
This publication introduces the reader to national human rights institutions (NHRIs). Its focus is on NHRIs as both cornerstones of national human rights protection and promotion, and links between States and the international human rights system. It is part of a professional training series that consists of handbooks and manuals intended to raise awareness of international standards […]
• • •Poisoned Hills: Opium Cultivation Surges Under Government Control in Burma
Through community assessments, this report shows that opium cultivation is increasing dramatically in Burma’s northern Shan State. The amounts are far higher than reported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and are flourishing in […]
• • •Collective Statement on 2010 Elections Calling for Genuine Political Reconciliation Before Elections in Burma
We, the united voice of people, communities, and organizations from Burma and around the globe, strongly reaffirm the necessity for genuine political reconciliation before the 2010 elections and call on the international community to take immediate action to ensure viable democratic change occurs in Burma. The people of Burma are entitled to have a genuine […]
•The Women’s League of Burma Calls for an ICC Referral
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) calls on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to refer the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in order to allow the prosecution of Senior General Than Shwe and to put an immediate end to the longstanding impunity that has been afforded to the brutal military junta in Burma. […]
• • •Understanding ASEAN: Its Systems and Structures
A Powerpoint presentation that gives an introduction to ASEAN, its structure and mechanisms. Download the Powerpoint
• • •Total Impact 2.0: A Response to the French Oil Company Total Regarding Its Yadana Natural Gas Pipeline in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)
This detailed and fact-based report refutes Total’s public response to ERI’s previous report, Total Impact. It finds that while the company may be softening to criticism and to the idea of engagement with a nongovernmental organization such as ERI, it has yet again misled the general public, investors and policymakers regarding the impacts of their […]
• • •Open Letter to the Chief Justices for Asia and the Pacific
An open letter to the Chief Justices for Asia and the Pacific regions calling for immediate action to remove Burma’s Judge U Aung Toe as a participant in the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific’s annual Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific. The letter argues that given the role Chief Justice […]
• • •Developments concerning the question of the observance by the Government of Myanmar of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
A report on the situation of forced labour in Burma, from the ILO’s Liaison Officer in Rangoon. Download the report in English, French or Spanish.
• • •Protracted Displacement and Militarization in Eastern Burma – 2009 Survey
An annual report that summarizes the scale and distribution of displacement in 38 townships and reviews trends through an analysis of interviews with over 3,100 households between 2005 and 2009. It also includes a conflict assessment based on community consultations in areas of ongoing armed conflict as well as ceasefire areas. Download the report.
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