Human Rights
Up one levelSince an army coup overthrew Burma's last democratically elected government in 1962, the country’s military-controlled regimes have been among the world's worst violators of human rights. The United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Burmese organizations and many other groups have repeatedly detailed the extensive and egregious abuses inflicted on Burma’s peoples. This section of the BurmaGuide.Net includes resource summaries regarding Burmese and international human rights groups, many human rights documents, and toolkits for defending and promoting human rights.
A Rights-Based Approach to Development
A rights-based approach to development builds on the experiences and expertise of two significant branches of the women's movement - development and ...
Leveling the Playing Field - Promoting Women's Economic Capabilities and Human Rights
This 40-page report synthesizes findings from several projects that explore women’s economic roles and opportunities and their aspirations for ...
A Desk Study of National Human Rights Action Plans
This study aims at giving an overview of the present situation as well as of the development so far of the National Human Rights Action Plans in six ...
Development of a national human rights action plan -
This report describes Lithuania’s efforts to develop and implement its national human rights plan.
Poverty Reduction and Human Rights
Poverty is a denial of human rights. Human rights refer to rights that are inherent to the person and belong equally to all human beings. Their ...
Human Development Reports- Training
This page from the Human Development Report project of United Nations Development Programme features human development reports on various completed ...
Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission's homepage provides background information on the organization; publications; programs including urgent appeals, ...
UN Millennium Project Task Forces
This site features the different task forces working for the different issues and concerns being covered by the millennium development goals of UN, ...
“Entrenched - an Investigative Report on the Systematic Use of Forced Labor in a Rural Area”
This 26 page report provides a detailed documentation of continued forced labor practices in active conflict areas in Burma, despite international ...
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women “CEDAW”
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (commonly referred to as the "Women's Convention" or "CEDAW") has ...
Police Reform and Human Rights