Myanmar

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Abduction 18
Abuse of psychiatry 2
Access to procedures 2
Access to water 11
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
Adoption 1
Albanians 4
Anti-terrorism law 4
Arabs 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 67
Armed attacks on camps 10
Armed forces / Military 86
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 122
Asylum policy 2
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 28
Bail 1
Bengalis 2
Border conflict 30
Border controls 3
Border crossers 1
Buddhist 84
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
Camp management 1
Ceasefire 59
Chechen 2
Child labour 1
Child soldiers 28
Children's rights 16
Children-at-risk 11
Chin 17
Chinese 4
Chittagong Hill Tribes 1
Christian 24
Civil and political rights 17
Civil war 5
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 3
Combatants / Former combatants 2
Communal conflict / Social conflict 128
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 17
Conflict situation 46
Constitutional law 1
Contemporary forms of slavery 2
Corruption 13
Coup d'état 4
Crimean Tatars 2
Crimes against humanity 7
Criminal justice 52
Death in custody 6
Death penalty 18
Demobilization / Disarmament 7
Democracy 26
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 20
Disappeared persons 7
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 39
Domestic violence 1
Drug trafficking 11
Druze 4
Economic, social and cultural rights 3
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 3
Election law 2
Elections 125
Equal opportunities 1
Ethnic cleansing 2
Evacuation 4
Exiles 8
Expulsion 1
Extradition 4
Extrajudicial executions 17
Extreme poverty 4
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
Flight by land, air or sea 5
Forced labour 22
Forced marriage 2
Foreign occupation 3
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 23
Freedom of assembly and association 72
Freedom of conscience 13
Freedom of expression 249
Freedom of information 137
Freedom of movement 14
Freedom of religion 40
Freedom of speech 123
Gender discrimination 5
Gender-based persecution 2
Generalized violence 1
Good governance 64
Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
HIV and AIDS 5
Han 3
Harmful traditional practices 1
Honour killings 5
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 45
Human Rights Council 6
Human rights activists 94
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 69
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 24
Humanitarian assistance 59
IDP camps 22
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
Immigrants 1
Immigration Detention 7
Impunity 12
Independence of judiciary 2
Internal armed conflict 70
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 149
International armed conflict 2
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
Involuntary repatriation 2
Japanese 1
Kachin 117
Karen 31
Koreans 1
Kurd 12
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 11
Laws relating to religion 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 18
Livelihoods 9
Maternal and child health care 7
Migrant rights 6
Migrants 31
Military courts 1
Military law 3
Military operations 25
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
Minorities 56
Minority rights 13
Mon 7
Muslim 171
National security / Public order 1
Non-refoulement 3
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Older persons 2
One-child policy / Family planning 2
Opposition 124
Palestinian 10
Peace agreements 15
Peace process 56
Peacekeeping 10
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on political opinion 74
Persecution of family members 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 14
Persons of concern to UNHCR 3
Persons with disabilities 1
Police 31
Political asylum 4
Political groups 27
Political parties 50
Political situation 159
Polygamy 1
Pre-trial detention 5
Prison or detention conditions 19
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 2
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 16
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 100
Public health 23
Racial / Ethnic persecution 8
Reconciliation 13
Referendum 7
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee camps 24
Refugee identity documents 4
Refugee seamen 32
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
Refugees 126
Registration 1
Reintegration 1
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 19
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 10
Resettlement 12
Return conditions 5
Returnees 3
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 13
Right to employment 3
Right to family life 2
Right to food 6
Right to health 5
Right to justice 1
Right to life 1
Right to seek asylum 3
Right to self-determination 4
Rights of non-citizens 4
Rohingya (Arakanese) 251
Roma 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 14
SGBV 23
Safe country of origin 2
Salafi 2
Sanctions 20
Secondary movement 2
Security forces 32
Security situation 130
Sexual and reproductive rights 5
Shan 24
Sharia law 1
Shia 16
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 13
Social group discrimination 1
State of emergency 8
State protection 1
Statelessness 10
Sunni 15
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Tamil 6
Tatars 2
Terrorism 53
Threats / Intimidation 1
Tibetan 2
Torture 5
Trafficking in persons 23
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
Tuareg 1
Uighur 17
Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2
Visas 2
Voluntary repatriation 5
War crimes 15
Witchcraft 2
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 16
Women-at-risk 8
Work permits 1
Yazīdī 2

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Cambodia can benefit from lessons learned from Myanmar vote: Analysts 12 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
Myanmar's opposition NLD two seats shy of parliament majority 12 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
Key challenges for Myanmar 11 November 2015 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Aung San Suu Kyi seeks national reconciliation talks with Myanmar leaders 11 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
Myanmar: Future government must usher in new era for Human Rights and Free Speech 10 November 2015 \| Publisher: Article 19 \| Document type: Country News
Senior USDP leader says Myanmar voters to get 'government based on their choice' 10 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
Myanmar's election sparks online calls for elections in China 10 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
Vietnam activists welcome Myanmar elections, yearn for free polls 10 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
UN chief congratulates people of Myanmar on participating in 'momentous' polls 9 November 2015 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Early election results suggest landslide victory for Myanmar opposition 9 November 2015 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News

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