ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
INTRODUCTION:
"In July 2016, the UN Committee on
the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) will
examine Myanmar?s combined fourth and fifth periodic report
at its 64th session.
This examination provides
an opportunity to review Myanmar?s progress since its last review in 2008
towards
implementing
in law and
practice the provisions of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (the Convention).
Since a quasi-civilian government came to power in 2011, Myanmar has embarked on a number of political,
economic and social reforms.
However, despite these reforms,
Amnesty International is concerned that
women and girls continue to face barriers
to
the
full exercise of
their human rights in law, policy and
practice.
In this briefing Amnesty International
highlights four areas of concern:
1)
restrictions on the rights to freedom
of expression, association and peaceful assembly, which includes
the situation of women human rights
defenders (WHRDs);
2)
the enactment of four discriminatory laws aimed at ?protecting race and religion”;
3)
the situation of Rohingya women and girls in Rakhine State; and
4)
the lack of access to justice, truth and
reparation for human rights abuses against women and girls in areas of armed conflict.
Please note,
however, that
the concerns listed here are not exhaustive.
In this submission,
Amnesty International also
assess progress made by Myanmar on implementing
the
Convention
and sets
out ways in which the government could better
comply with its obligations under the
Convention. The following
documentation draws on Amnesty International?s ongoing research, which involves
regular contact with local and international non-governmental organizations;
and
interviews with victims of
human rights violations
and abuses
and their families, lawyers, and government officials. It also relies on
daily media monitoring and extensive reading of academic and other
credible
publications..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
Amnesty International
Date of Publication:
2016-00-00
Date of entry:
2016-07-19
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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