164 Organizations Adopt an Urgent Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Burma

Members of 164 organizations from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, meeting in Yerevan, Armenia from 6 to 10 April for the37th Congress of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) adopted an urgent resolution condemning the systematic and widespread human rights abuses in Burma. The resolution rejected the elections and called for the investigation of allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Burmese military regime […]

Czech Supports UN War Crimes Inquiry on Burma

The Czech Republic has become the third country to back the recommendation made by UN human rights Special Rapporteur on Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, that the UN Security Council examine setting up a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma […]

Czech Republic Backs Burma Commission of Inquiry – EU Should Officially Support

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the Czech Republic’s support for establishing a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. News about the Czech Republic’s support was reported on The Irrawaddy website today.

The Czech Republic is the third country to publicly support the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry, following Australia and the UK […]

United Nations Human Rights Council: Positive Steps on Country Situations and the Protection of Human Rights Norms

Commenting on the results of its 13th session which ended on Friday March 26th , FIDH considers the United Nations Human Rights Council has taken positive steps to respond to the human rights violations committed in Guinea and Burma […]

The United Nations Urged to Reject the Military Regime’s Election in Burma

Crimes against Humanity by the Regime Should Be Investigated

The United States Campaign for Burma, a leading coalition of Burmese activists in exile and American human rights campaigners working to promote freedom, justice and democracy in the Southeast Asian country of Burma, wholeheartedly supports the decision of the National League for Democracy (NLD), to boycott the regime’s sham election […]

UK Government Supports Burma Regime Referral to International Criminal Court

The Burma Campaign UK today warmly welcomed a statement by the British government that it would support the United Nations Security Council referring Burma to the International Criminal Court.

The statement was made on 24th March by H.E. Mr. Mark Lyall Grant, UK Representative to the United Nations, after a meeting of the United Nations Security Council about the situation in Burma […]

CSW Welcomes UK Government Support for a UN Inquiry into Burma’s Crimes Against Humanity

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) warmly welcomes the decision by the British Government to support the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the Burmese regime.

Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Mark Lyell Grant, said yesterday that Britain would support the referral of a case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]

Letter to UNHRC Member States

A letter from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Alternative Asean Network on Burma (ALTSEAN), the Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC), and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to endorse the conclusions and recommendations put forward by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Professor Tomas Quintana, in his latest report to the Council on March 15, 2010 […]

Australia supports UN Commission of Inquiry into Crimes in Burma

In a major victory for Burma campaigners Australia is the first country to publicly announce its support for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Burma.

In a statement at the UN Human Rights Council earlier this week Australia’s representative to the council, Angela Robinson, said: “Australia would support investigating possible options for a United Nations commission of inquiry”. […]

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) is outraged by the election laws recently announced by the military government of Myanmar

Repeated calls for assurances that the upcoming elections will be free and inclusive have gone unheeded as the new laws make clear the regime’s absolute lack of commitment to democratic principles to ensure free, fair and inclusive elections.

Under the new election laws all political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, are excluded from forming or participating in political parties and from contesting seats in the national and state assemblies. Certain provisions of the new laws appear to specifically target Aung San Suu Kyi, forcing her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) which overwhelmingly won in the previous 1990 elections, to expel her should it wish to register with the new Election Commission and contest the upcoming elections.[…]