Myanmar (Burma) Campaigns
Civil Society Denounces Adoption of Flawed ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: AHRD falls far below international standards
19/11/2012
On 19 November 2012, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) joined a statement by a group of NGOs raising deep concerns about the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration adopted by the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 18 November 2012. The NGOs stated: "We will not use it in our work as groups … [Read more...]
Burma: Lawyer Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min | Letter
07/09/2012
In October 28, 2008, lawyer Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min was accused of engaging in an offence described as contempt of court / disrupting judicial servants while defending clients in a criminal proceeding. The alleged criminal act involved Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min's refusal to make his clients face the court after … [Read more...]
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors | Oral Statement, UN Human Rights Council
20/06/2012
Full PDF Version 21 June 2012 Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]
Burma/Myanmar: The absence of minimum conditions for elections
17/05/2010
Joint written statement submitted by LRWC and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) to the Human Rights Council's 14th session. Although many groups and scholars have pointed to specific problems associated with the electoral process, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Lawyers Rights … [Read more...]
Re: Election in Burma
30/04/2010
Re: Election in Burma To: Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and others From: Gail Davidson and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-04-30 The G8 Meeting that Canada is hosting in June 2010 has been called, “...a tremendous opportunity to champion freedom of democracy, human rights … [Read more...]
Myanmar/Burma: The absence of minimum conditions for elections | Written Statement to the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
20/03/2010
Full PDF Version Official UN Version … [Read more...]
Members of HRDP – Nonviolent Demonstrations in Myanmar
25/09/2007
Reports indicate that on July 24, 2007, six members of a group, Human Rights Defenders and Promoters (HRDP), dedicated to the promotion of human rights in Burma were sentenced to between four to eight years’ imprisonment for “intent to cause public disturbances” in Myanmar. The six members included: … [Read more...]
