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Posts Tagged ‘International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute’ (4 found)
IBAHRI Calls on International Community to Maintain Pressure on Myanmar Following UPR
Following the review of Myanmar’s human rights record by the United Nations Human Rights Council the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) calls on UN Member States to maintain pressure on the Government of Myanmar to ensure its human rights obligations are met […]
• • •The Rule of Law in Myanmar: Challenges and Prospects
Myanmar is on the cusp of major reforms, but it needs to confront and overcome the legacy of its recent past if those reforms are to make progress. In order to understand Myanmar’s prospects and needs at this important juncture and, more specifically, to find out how far it has begun to adhere to globally prevalent understandings of the rule of law, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) sent a delegation to the country’s major cities on a fact-finding mission between 11 and 18 August 2012. Its assessment and conclusions are laid out in this report […]
Myanmar – IBAHRI Report Encourages Generous But Vigilant International Support in Reform Process
In a new report released today, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) urges international organisations and foreign governments to lend crucial support to the reform process in Myanmar (Burma), but warns that any assistance must be targeted carefully so as to include all sections of the country’s population […]
• • •IBAHRI calls on the world’s lawyers to take action for justice in Burma
The Justice for Burma campaign was launched today by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). The Campaign aims to galvanise support, primarily among the world’s legal profession, for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry (UN COI) into allegations of serious violations of human rights law and humanitarian law in Burma […]
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