Posts Tagged ‘Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women’ (3 found)
The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 29/21, examines the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar […]
June 20, 2016 •
By United Nations Human Rights Council •
Tags: 1947 Panglong Conference, 1982 Citizenship Law, Arakan State, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ethnic Nationalities, Human Rights Violations, Human Trafficking, Muslim Rohingya, Rohingya IDPs, United Nations Human Rights Council •
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In a new briefing paper titled, “Protection of People Must be Priority in Burma’s Protracted Peace Process” released to mark Union Day, Burma Partnership highlights how the peace process of the Thein Sein Government has been unsuccessful, ultimately leading to many powerful ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) refusing to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). It also resulted in a call by civil society organizations to postpone the Union Peace Conference […]
February 12, 2016 •
By Burma Partnership •
Tags: Burma Partnership, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Ethnic Armed Organisations, National League for Democracy, Peace Process, President Thein Sein, Sexual Violence, Women •
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The Union Election Commission has announced that of the 6,189 candidates that registered for the 2015 elections on 8 November, only 800 are women […]
September 15, 2015 •
By Burma Partnership •
Tags: 2008 Constitution, 2015 Elections, ASEAN, Burma Partnership, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, National Association for Race and Religion Protection, the Race & Religion Protection Bills, Women •
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