Press Release for Immediate Publication Jakarta 11 August, 2023: A leading Burmese Human Rights organisation and a group of lawyers from the Philippines and Indonesia have presented a petition to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta demanding accountability and justice for the people of Myanmar. The main complainant, Salai Za Uk, Deputy Director of the ChinContinue reading “Rights Officials and Lawyers Petition ASEAN to Establish an Individual Complaints Mechanism and Fact-Finding Mission for Myanmar”
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ASEAN & AICHR Petition: Application Against Myanmar on the Gross Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity
MAP’s Director talks about strategic litigation in the ASEAN region
Chris Gunness & Simon Billeness, of the Campaign for New Myanmar, discussing the Sagaing massacre which killed over 100, including children and pregnant women
Linking the law and public advocacy: a win-win for legal scholars and activists – Blog of the Law School of the National University of Singapore
Al Jazeera report on the “Guns on UN Boats Scandal”
UN Secretary-General: Intervene in Rohingya Repatriation ‘Pilot Project’ and Investigate UNHCR and WFP’s Involvement
Leaked Email Shows UN Participating in Rohingya Repatriation Pilot Despite Fears for Refugee Safety
On 16 March, 2023, the following email was leaked to the Myanmar Accountability Project, MAP. It is from Ramanathan Balakrishnan, the UN’s Resident Coordinator in Myanmar, to members of the UN Country Team. In it, he confirms that UNHCR and WFP were taking part in a pilot scheme to repatriate Rohingya Refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar,Continue reading “Leaked Email Shows UN Participating in Rohingya Repatriation Pilot Despite Fears for Refugee Safety”
UN controversially helping Myanmar junta to repatriate Rohingyas
Leaked Document Shows UN Participating in Rohingya Repatriation Pilot Despite Fears for Refugee Safety
Top UN Official Admits UN Markings Removed from UN Boat Used to Transport Junta Officials Press Release from the Myanmar Accountability Project London, 16 March 2023: The Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) has obtained an internal communication from the UN’s top official in Myanmar, the Resident Coordinator, Ramanathan Balakrishnan, which reveals a shocking double standard. In it, MrContinue reading “Leaked Document Shows UN Participating in Rohingya Repatriation Pilot Despite Fears for Refugee Safety “