There have been some 7,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 147 deaths in Myanmar. After weeks without any local transmissions, Myanmar reported an outbreak in the western Rakhine state in mid-August that has since spread across the country. As of September 21, 45,000 people had been quarantined in the country’s attempts to contain the virus. […]
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DETENTION MONITORS
> National human rights monitoring bodies
> National Preventive Mechanisms (Optional Protocol to UN Convetion against Torture)
> Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
> Governmental monitoring bodies
> International detention monitoring
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INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
2004
2004
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2004
2004
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 7/19
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Committee on the Rights of the Child
§ 80. "The Committee strongly recommends that the State party:
(a) Take the necessary measures to eliminate human rights violations against migrant boys and girls;
(b) Implement comprehensive measures to address the root causes of migration , which include armed conflict, discrimination and deprivation of economic, social and cultural rights; and
(c) Allow Rohingya people, including children, who fled Myanmar to return to the country, and assist them in their reintegration...
92. In the light of article 34 and other related articles of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Strengthen its efforts to combat international and internal child trafficking, including by establishing more rigorous border control;
(b) Increase awareness - raising, in particular among children and young people, on the risks associated with trafficking and migration;
(c) Address the root causes of trafficking;
(d) Ensure that adequate measures are taken to hold perpetrators of child sale, trafficking and abduction accountable for their offences;
(e) Strengthen its efforts to ensure physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of children victims of exploitation and trafficking; and
(f) Continue to seek assistance from, among others, UNICEF."
2012
2012
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
§ 50. The State party: (a) Ensure the voluntary return in safety and dignity of Rohingya women and girls and facilitate gender-inclusive consultations in refugee camps to ensure the full participation of women and girls in the repatriation process; (b) Facilitate the repatriation process by not imposing a discriminatory citizenship verification process on refugee Rohingya women and their families and accept a variety of realistic forms of evidence of residence in Myanmar, including sworn statements; (c) Ensure that refugee and displaced Rohingya women and girls are not forced into segregated camps, which could result in the forcible internment of the Rohingya population in the longer term, and that they may freely choose where they are resettled, ensuring that special efforts are made to ensure the full participation of returned Rohingya women and their families in the planning and management of resettlement programmes.
2019
2019
