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Source/publisher: CEDAW
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-16
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Language: English
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Description: The Committee...Text of the Convention...Reporting etc....."The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW Committee consists of 23 experts on women?s rights from around the world. More about the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women...
Source/publisher: United Nations (OHCHR)
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-23
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Language: English
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Source/publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
1979-12-18
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-05
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Language: English (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish also available)
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Description: "1. In its report to the Human Rights Council in September 20181 (hereinafter “the 2018 Report”), the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (hereinafter “The Mission”) concluded that “rape and other sexual violence have been a particularly egregious and recurrent feature of the targeting of the civilian population in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States since 2011”. 2. The Mission found that sexual and gender-based violence was a hallmark of the Tatmadaw’s operations in northern Myanmar and in Rakhine. These violations, for most part perpetrated against ethnic women and girls, were used with the intent to intimidate, terrorise and punish the civilian population and as a tactic of war. The Tatmadaw was overwhelmingly the main perpetrator. 3. Two years after the “clearance operations” against the Rohingya population in Rakhine, and one year since the publication of the Mission’s findings, accountability for these egregious acts remains elusive. The Mission felt compelled to issue this thematic report, further exposing these grave violations that the Mission considers amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide. 4. In examining the situation of sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar, the Mission also reviewed the situation of gender inequality in Myanmar more broadly. It found a direct nexus between the lack of gender equality more generally within the country and within ethnic communities, and the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence. Impunity for gender-based violence in Myanmar is exacerbated by underlying gender inequality. Ethnic women and girls are doubly victimised: as women and girls and as members of ethnic minority communities. 5. In its 2018 report, the Mission found that men and boys have also been victims of sexual and gender-based violence by security forces. On 23 April 2019, in its resolution 2467, the Security Council recognized that sexual and gender-based violence also targets men and boys in armed conflict and post-conflict settings, as well as in the context of detention settings, and in the context of those associated with armed groups. Violent conflict impacts men, women, boys, girls and those with diverse gender identities differently. While there is an increasing awareness of the importance of gender in efforts to build sustainable peace, much of the focus has been on women and girls. The experiences of men and boys have not been understood well. Against this background, the Mission conducted further investigations into the situation of sexual and gender-based violence against men and boys in the context of Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts and found that they have been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, especially in the context of detention settings. The physical and psychological consequences are severe and far-reaching, exacerbated by the stigma attached to male rape..."
Source/publisher: The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-23
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Description: "1. In its report to the Human Rights Council in September 20181 (hereinafter “the 2018 Report”), the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (hereinafter “The Mission”) concluded that “rape and other sexual violence have been a particularly egregious and recurrent feature of the targeting of the civilian population in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States since 2011”. 2. The Mission found that sexual and gender-based violence was a hallmark of the Tatmadaw’s operations in northern Myanmar and in Rakhine. These violations, for most part perpetrated against ethnic women and girls, were used with the intent to intimidate, terrorise and punish the civilian population and as a tactic of war. The Tatmadaw was overwhelmingly the main perpetrator. 3. Two years after the “clearance operations” against the Rohingya population in Rakhine, and one year since the publication of the Mission’s findings, accountability for these egregious acts remains elusive. The Mission felt compelled to issue this thematic report, further exposing these grave violations that the Mission considers amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide. 4. In examining the situation of sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar, the Mission also reviewed the situation of gender inequality in Myanmar more broadly. It found a direct nexus between the lack of gender equality more generally within the country and within ethnic communities, and the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence. Impunity for gender-based violence in Myanmar is exacerbated by underlying gender inequality. Ethnic women and girls are doubly victimised: as women and girls and as members of ethnic minority communities. 5. In its 2018 report, the Mission found that men and boys have also been victims of sexual and gender-based violence by security forces. On 23 April 2019, in its resolution 2467, the Security Council recognized that sexual and gender-based violence also targets men and boys in armed conflict and post-conflict settings, as well as in the context of detention settings, and in the context of those associated with armed groups. Violent conflict impacts men, women, boys, girls and those with diverse gender identities differently. While there is an increasing awareness of the importance of gender in efforts to build sustainable peace, much of the focus has been on women and girls. The experiences of men and boys have not been understood well. Against this background, the Mission conducted further investigations into the situation of sexual and gender-based violence against men and boys in the context of Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts and found that they have been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, especially in the context of detention settings. The physical and psychological consequences are severe and far-reaching, exacerbated by the stigma attached to male rape......မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာနှင့် ကျား/မ အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများနှင့်၊ တိုင်းရင်းသားပဋိပက္ခများက လိင်အုပ်စုတစ်စုစီကို တစ်မျိုးစီ ကွဲပြားစွာ သက်ရောက်ပုံ။..."
Source/publisher: The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-23
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Description: "The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said the country’s military must stop using sexual and gender-based violence to terrorise and punish ethnic minorities. The Mission said the brutal tactic was still being employed in Kachin and Shan states, and was so severe in Rakhine State, during the “clearance operations” of 2017, that it was a factor indicating the Myanmar military’s genocidal intent to destroy the Rohingya population. The Mission made its conclusions in a new report, released Thursday in New York, that soldiers routinely and systematically employed rape, gang rape and other violent and forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in blatant violation of international human rights law. “Extreme physical violence, the openness in which it is conducted … reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation and the deliberate infliction of severe physical and mental pain or suffering on civilians,” the report said. Marzuki Darusman, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, said, “The international community must hold the Myanmar military to account for the tremendous pain and suffering it has inflicted on persons of all genders across the country.” The Mission conducted interviews with hundreds of survivors and witnesses of sexual violence in Kachin and Shan States in the north, and in Rakhine State in the west, where the military’s “clearance operations” that began on 25 August 2017 led to more than 700,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh. On the second anniversary of the beginning of the operations, this report is an important reminder of the continuing need for accountability...လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာနှင့် ကျားမ အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်ခံရသူများအတွက် တရားမျှတမှုကို ကုလသမဂအချက်အလက်ရှာဖွေရေးမစ်ရှင် တောင်းဆိုချက်..."
Source/publisher: The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-23
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Description: ''The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon reviewed the situation of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine state, based on a report submitted by Myanmar under the exceptional reporting procedure. Introducing the report, Win Myat Aye, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar, said that the situation in Rakhine state was highly complex and too complicated for outsiders to comprehend, and that any solution would require a thorough understanding of the local context and historical background, and most importantly, time. Terrorist attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in 2016 and 2017 had undermined the Government’s efforts to bring peace, stability and socio-economic development to Rakhine state. The recommendations from the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, led by former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, helped find a sustainable solution, he said, adding that the process of repatriation for verified residents of Myanmar from Bangladesh continued despite some naysayers. Myanmar was committed to ensuring accountability for human rights violations, including sexual violence, and stood willing and able to investigate allegations of crimes and human rights violations in its territory. In that vein, the Independent Commission of Enquiry had been set up to investigate allegations of human rights violations and related issues following the terrorist attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), with a view to seeking accountability and ensuring peace and stability in Rakhine state...''
Source/publisher: reliefweb
2019-02-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-02-24
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Language: English
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Description: The document contains 56 paragraphs of comments and recommendations regarding the situation of women in Myanmar, based on Myanmar?s 4th and 5th combined report to CEDAW, received in February 2015, the meetings held on the 6th July 2016 and information submitted to CEDAW from civil society organisations and other sources.
Source/publisher: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5) - ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION
2016-07-22
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-28
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Myanmar
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
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Language: English
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Description: Introduction: "Myanmar has been implementing a series of reforms simultaneously in the political, economic and social spheres since 2011, with the aim of building up state peace and stability, development and democracy. A certain extent of success has been achieved. The Government of Myanmar (GOM) has been widely carrying out the eight tasks of rural development and poverty alleviation, macro-economic reform programmes, Framework for economic and social reform, development of the agricultural sector, internal peace and national reconsolidation tasks, national education-reform, enhancement of the health sector and a people- centred budget system. In doing so, the government has enacted necessary new laws, repealed out-of-date laws, and revised existing laws..."
Source/publisher: Union of Myanmar via United Nations (CEDAW /C/MMR/4-5)
2015-03-02
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Myanmar
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
Format : pdf
Size: 340.48 KB
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Source/publisher: Myanmar via CEDAW
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC)
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Myanmar via CEDAW
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: CEDAW
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: CEDAW
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: CEDAW
2016-07-06
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Source/publisher: Govt of Union of Myanmar
2015-03-02
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Women?s Rights
Source/publisher: CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3/Add.2
2010-12-03
Date of entry/update: 2012-02-15
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Participation of Women in Political and Public Life...Women in Northern Rakhine State
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3/Add.3)
2011-09-13
Date of entry/update: 2012-02-15
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Language: English
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Description: 1. The Committee considered the combined second and third report of Myanmar (CEDAW/C/MMR/3) at its 864th and 865th meetings, on 3 November 2008 (see CEDAW/C/SR.864 and 865). The Committee?s list of issues and questions is contained in CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3 and the responses of Myanmar are contained in CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3/Add.1.
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3)
2008-11-07
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-23
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Language: English
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Description: The pre-session working group examined the combined second and third periodic report of Myanmar (CEDAW/C/MMR/3)and produced a list of 29 questionw which was sent to the SPDC. The replies to the questions are contained in CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3/Add.1
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3)
2008-03-06
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-23
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Description: 98 paras in response to the List of Issues CEDAW sent to the SPDC in March 2008.
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/Q/3/Add.1)
2008-10-14
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-23
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Language: English
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Description: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Twenty-second session Summary record of the 450th meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 21 January 2000, at 10.30 a.m.... Chairperson: Ms. González Contents Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention (continued) Initial report of Myanmar
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/SR.450
2000-01-21
Date of entry/update: 2007-12-24
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Language: English
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Description: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Twenty-second session... Summary record of the 451st meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 21 January 2000, at 3 p.m. Chairperson: Ms. González Contents Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention (continued) Initial report of Myanmar (continued)
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/SR.451)
2000-01-21
Date of entry/update: 2007-12-24
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Language: English
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Description: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women... Twenty-second session... Summary record of the 457th meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, on Wednesday, 26 January 2000, at 3 p.m. Chairperson: Ms. González Contents Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention (continued)
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/SR.452)
2000-01-26
Date of entry/update: 2007-12-24
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Language: English
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Description: Conclusion: "...Myanmar women enjoy good life and rights in accordance with the laws or customs since ancient time. The government is carrying out within the limited resources to enable entire Myanmar women to face the challenges of knowledge age and to keep abreast with the world. In so doing, so that all women enjoy full rights and for the comprehensive development of women, conservation of Myanmar traditional culture is also considered seriously."... The report can also be found in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish by searching at http://documents.un.org/ -- paste CEDAW/C/MMR/3 into the Symbol box of the Simple Search.
Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/3)
2007-09-04
Date of entry/update: 2007-12-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English (also Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish on the ODS site -- see Description)
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Source/publisher: United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/1)
1999-06-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: (CEDAW/C/2000/I/CRP.3/Add.2/Rev.1.)
Source/publisher: United Nations.
2000-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: 21 January 2000: 1) U Win Mra?s Statement; 2) Questions from the Committee; 3) Response by Myanmar; 4) Shadow Report by the Women?s Organizations of Burma?s Shadow Report Writing Committee: "Burma: The Current State of Women - Conflict Area Specific". Includes recommendations on health, education, violence against women and poverty.
Source/publisher: "Burma Debate" Vol. VI, No, 4
2000-01-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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