Tag: Child Rights
Myanmar military still uses rape as a weapon of war: rights group
Washington: A women's group says the military in Myanmar is still using rape as a weapon of war, with more than 100 women and girls raped by the army since a 2010 election brought about a nominally civilian government that has pursued rapprochement with the West. The Thailand-based Women's...
Rape still weapon of war in Myanmar
A women's group says the military in Myanmar is still using rape as a weapon of war, with more than 100 women and girls raped by the army since a 2010 election brought about a nominally civilian government that has pursued rapprochement with the West.
The Thailand-based Women's League of...
The Philippines: Child-rights treaty long overdue — CHR
The Commission on Human Rights urged the government to ratify the treaty known as the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (OP3 CRC) so more Filipino children can access international justice for rights abuses.
“This development marks a milestone in the progress...
Report: Burma army still using rape as a weapon of war
By Mark Inkey
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) published a report on the Burmese Army’s use of rape as a weapon of war this week, just as reports emerged of soldiers raping a 13-year-old in Mon State and raping and killing a Rohingya woman in Rakhine State.
The report entitled...
Burma Military Investigates Alleged Rape of 13-Year Old Girl
RANGOON — The Burmese military has launched an investigation into allegations that a soldier raped a 13-year-old girl in the country’s southeast, amid continued reports by civilians that sexual abuse by armed forces remains a dire problem despite political reforms.
A soldier from the Burma Army’s Infantry Battalion 31 has...
International pressure on Burma, Thailand to deal with Rohingya issues
Following an international statement last week calling for the Burmese government to allow immediate humanitarian access to an impoverished Rohingya refugee camp in Arakan state, US-based international watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report in which it called on Thailand’s authorities to take greater care of...
ANZ monitors Cambodian sugar client accused of human rights abuses
ANZ says it is carefully monitoring the situation at a Cambodian sugar plantation linked to child labour, forced evictions and land grabs backed by the military.
The Financial Review is reporting that ANZ's Cambodian joint-venture, ANZ Royal Bank, is financing the Phnom Penh Sugar plantation in Cambodia, which has been...
SUHAKAM: Childrens dignity violated in ‘eat grass’ incident
KUALA LUMPUR: The punishment allegedly meted out against two students of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Khai Meng in Sungkai, Perak, was in violation of international standards on children’s rights.
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) said that the way the punishment was conducted— with the two students wearing bells...
Gender-Based Violence in Cambodia: The Intersection of Rights and Poverty
To some, the trafficking, exploitation, and physical abuse of women and girls in developing countries are such obvious social problems that the solution seems simply to stop it through tighter laws and crackdowns in enforcement.
Yet news of a new report published the Phnom Penh Post reinforces a picture of...
CHR putting together ‘Martial Law Files’
MANILA, Philippines - The government has started documenting human rights violations during the martial law years under dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The government of Switzerland and the Swiss Peace Foundation are assisting the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the documentation of human rights violations during martial law. Among other...
