Myanmar

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Abduction 28
Abuse of psychiatry 2
Access to procedures 2
Access to water 12
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
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Africans 3
Albanians 4
Anti-terrorism law 6
Arabs 1
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Armed attacks on camps 10
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Asylum policy 2
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Asylum-seekers 28
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Bengalis 2
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Border controls 3
Border crossers 2
Buddhist 89
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Chechen 2
Child labour 1
Child soldiers 31
Children's rights 22
Children-at-risk 14
Chin 18
Chinese 4
Chittagong Hill Tribes 1
Christian 25
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Civil war 7
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Combatants / Former combatants 2
Communal conflict / Social conflict 136
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 20
Conflict situation 46
Constitutional law 1
Contemporary forms of slavery 2
Corruption 16
Coup d'état 6
Crimean Tatars 2
Crimes against humanity 7
Criminal justice 53
Death in custody 6
Death penalty 26
Demobilization / Disarmament 7
Democracy 42
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 21
Disappeared persons 7
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 42
Domestic violence 1
Drug trafficking 13
Druze 4
Economic, social and cultural rights 3
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 6
Election law 3
Elections 164
Equal opportunities 1
Ethnic cleansing 2
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Exiles 9
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Extradition 4
Extrajudicial executions 19
Extreme poverty 4
Family reunification 1
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 27
Freedom of assembly and association 90
Freedom of conscience 14
Freedom of expression 275
Freedom of information 148
Freedom of movement 14
Freedom of religion 48
Freedom of speech 133
Gender discrimination 5
Gender-based persecution 2
Generalized violence 3
Genocide 3
Good governance 65
Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
HIV and AIDS 5
Han 4
Harmful traditional practices 1
Hindu 1
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Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 49
Human Rights Council 6
Human rights activists 112
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 75
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 26
Humanitarian assistance 65
IDP camps 24
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
Immigrants 1
Immigration Detention 7
Impunity 15
Independence of judiciary 3
Internal armed conflict 94
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 157
International armed conflict 4
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 6
Involuntary repatriation 2
Japanese 1
Kachin 124
Karen 32
Koreans 1
Kurd 22
Labour law 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 13
Laws relating to religion 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 19
Livelihoods 9
Maternal and child health care 7
Migrant rights 6
Migrants 34
Military courts 3
Military law 3
Military operations 37
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 10
Minorities 60
Minority rights 15
Mon 7
Muslim 183
National security / Public order 3
Non-refoulement 3
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Older persons 2
One-child policy / Family planning 2
Opposition 134
Palestinian 13
Peace agreements 28
Peace process 63
Peacekeeping 12
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 5
Persecution based on political opinion 100
Persecution of family members 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 15
Persons of concern to UNHCR 3
Persons with disabilities 2
Police 33
Political asylum 4
Political groups 27
Political parties 66
Political situation 185
Polygamy 1
Pre-trial detention 5
Prison or detention conditions 20
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 2
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 16
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 120
Public health 23
Racial / Ethnic persecution 8
Reception 2
Reconciliation 30
Referendum 9
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee camps 24
Refugee identity documents 4
Refugee seamen 35
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
Refugees 141
Registration 1
Reintegration 1
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 26
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 13
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 11
Resettlement 12
Return conditions 6
Returnees 3
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 14
Right to employment 3
Right to family life 2
Right to food 8
Right to health 5
Right to justice 3
Right to life 1
Right to seek asylum 3
Right to self-determination 4
Rights of non-citizens 5
Rohingya (Arakanese) 275
Roma 4
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
SGBV 23
Safe country of origin 4
Salafi 2
Sanctions 25
Secondary movement 2
Security forces 36
Security situation 145
Sexual and reproductive rights 5
Shan 33
Sharia law 1
Shia 19
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 14
Social group discrimination 1
State of emergency 13
State protection 1
Statelessness 10
Sunni 17
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Tamil 6
Tatars 2
Terrorism 68
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 19
Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 2
Visas 4
Voluntary repatriation 5
War crimes 17
Witchcraft 2
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 17
Women-at-risk 8
Work permits 1
Yazīdī 2

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Myanmar: 4000 displaced people receive urgent assistance in Kayin State 21 September 2016 \| Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) \| Document type: Country News
Myanmar at the UN: Keep pressure up on human rights 14 September 2016 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Lots of peace talk but little new hope for Myanmar displaced 9 September 2016 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
As migration continues to accelerate in south-east Asia, UN health agency calls for a focus on migrants' health 8 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Delegates from Myanmar's largest ethnic army walk out of peace talks 1 September 2016 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
Myanmar's promising path to reconciliation to require compromise, Ban tells peace conference 31 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Aung San Suu Kyi begins Myanmar peace conference on hopeful note 31 August 2016 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
In Myanmar, UN chief spotlights country's challenging path towards multi-ethnic democracy 30 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Myanmar government halts operations at Kachin state jade mines 30 August 2016 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News
U.N. chief supports Myanmar advisory commission on Rakhine state 30 August 2016 \| Publisher: Radio Free Asia \| Document type: Country News

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