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MYANMAR (BURMA)
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
June 2012
Accessed Date:
23 September 2013
Title:
Birmanie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
25 October 2016
Title:
Burma. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
17 October 2018
Accessed Date:
25 October 2018
Title:
Birmanie (Myanmar). L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
12 September 2017
Accessed Date:
23 October 2017
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Myanmar
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
10 January 2017
Accessed Date:
21 September 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Burma: Critics of the Government. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
21 September 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Burma: Rohingya. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Myanmar. 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Burma. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
18 March 2019
Title:
Myanmar. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Burma. World Report 2018: Events of 2017.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Myanmar. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Myanmar. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
24 October 2017
Title:
Myanmar Query Response: Chin State
Source:
Asylum Research Consultancy
Date of Document:
31 July 2017
Accessed Date:
21 September 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
Source:
United Nations. General Assembly.
Date of Document:
8 September 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
“The Farmer Becomes the Criminal.” Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 November 2016
Accessed Date:
21 September 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Burma Citizenship Law
Accessed Date:
19 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Re-imagining Myanmar citizenship in times of transition. Statelessness Working Paper Series No. 2017/01.
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Date of Document:
June 2017
Author:
José-María Arraiza
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
A Gender Analysis of the Right to a Nationality in Myanmar
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council et al.
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Myanmar's New Government: Finding Its Feet? Asia Report N°282.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 July 2016
Accessed Date:
25 October 2016
Title:
New Expression Meets old Repression: Ending the Cycle of Political Arrests and Imprisonment in Myanmar
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 March 2016
Accessed Date:
17 August 2016
Title:
Buddhism and State Power in Myanmar. Asia Report N°290.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
5 September 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Myanmar.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
“After release I had to restart my life from the beginning”: The Experiences of Ex-political Prisoners in Burma and Challenges to Reintegration
Source:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma); Former Political Prisoners Society
Date of Document:
25 May 2016
Accessed Date:
17 August 2016
Title:
Union of Myanmar. Election for Pyithu Hluttaw (Myanmarese House of Representatives) of 8 November 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
17 August 2016
Title:
Union of Myanmar. Election for Amyotha Hluttaw (Myanmarese House of Nationalities) of 8 November 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
17 August 2016
Title:
Building Critical Mass for Peace in Myanmar. Asia Report N°287.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 June 2017
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Myanmar. Children and armed conflict. Report of the Secretary-General.
Code:
A/70/836–S/2016/360
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
Accessed Date:
25 October 2016
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Myanmar
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
25 July 2016
Accessed Date:
3 October 2016
Title:
Women's Access to Justice in the Plural Legal Systems of Myanmar
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.; Justice Base
Accessed Date:
25 October 2016
Title:
Myanmar. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
9 October 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
“All of My Body Was Pain”: Sexual Violence against Rohingya Women and Girls in Burma
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 November 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Gender Equality and Women's and Girls' Right to Freedom from All Forms of Violence. Gender Equality and Women's Rights in Myanmar: A Situation Analysis.
Source:
Asian Development Bank et al.
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Myanmar. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review regarding the protection of the rights of LGBTI persons in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Source:
Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation et al.
Date of Document:
March 2015
Accessed Date:
17 August 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Burma (Myanmar). 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
13 June 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Burma: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Myanmar: A New Muslim Insurgency in Rakhine State. Asia Report N°283.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
15 December 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Ethnic Armed Actors and Justice Provision in Myanmar. Policy Dialogue Brief series No.17.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
October 2016
Author:
Brian McCartan; Kim Jolliffe
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Prison Conditions in Burma and the Potential for Prison Reform
Source:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
“All the Civilians Suffer”: Conflict, Displacement, and Abuse in Northern Myanmar
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 June 2017
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Myanmar. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
23 October 2017
Title:
Myanmar. Freedom on the Net 2017.
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Scorecard Assessing Freedom of Expression in Myanmar
Source:
PEN Myanmar et al.
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
22 September 2017
Title:
Burma. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Burma. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2018 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2018
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
29 June 2016
Accessed Date:
25 October 2016
Title:
Mission report of OHCHR rapid response mission
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
23 October 2017
Title:
Myanmar: “We Will Destroy Everything”: Military Responsibility for Crimes Against Humanity in Rakhine State
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 June 2018
Accessed Date:
25 October 2018
Title:
Myanmar: “Caged Without A Roof”: Apartheid in Myanmar's Rakhine State
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 November 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
Title:
Hidden Plight: Christian Minorities in Burma
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
8 June 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Myanmar/Burma. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
17 October 2018
Title:
Myanmar. The Indigenous World 2018.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2018
Author:
Chin Human Rights Organisation
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Refugee and IDP Camp Populations
Source:
The Border Consortium
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
5 October 2018
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 October 2018:
Title:
Burma. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277069
Accessed Date:
25 April 2018
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