Myanmar: UN Security Council must act to end ongoing crimes against humanity in northern...
4 May 2018
We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed that the UNSC...
Urgent call for safe passage of ethnic villagers trapped by Myanmar Tatmadaw offensives throughout...
30 April 2018
From April 11 to 28, 2018, due to fierce offensives by the Myanmar Tatmadaw, people from Tanai township, Awng Lawt village, Kamaing township, Man Wai/Loi Nawng Khu village, Namti township, Kasung village,...
Kachin Communities Worldwide Demand United Nations Security Council Urgently Refers Burma to the International...
23rd April 2018
The Burma military broke the ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Organisation in 2011. Since then, residents of the Kachin region have endured various forms of human rights violation as well as denial...
Six years since resumption of Civil War in Kachin
9th June 2017
Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled,...
Without Justice there can be no Peace
Civil society expectations from the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference
Today the Government will host the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in Naypyidaw. As civil society organizations (CSOs) have been barred...
ND-Burma Statement on the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross...
On the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims ND-Burma calls on the NLD-led government and ethnic armed organizations to publicly acknowledge...
UN Human Rights Council Decides To Urgently Dispatch An International Fact Finding Mission To...
(Geneva, 24 March 2017) - Today, in a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution to urgently dispatch an international fact finding mission to look into gross human rights violations in...
Statement of the Ninth Conference of Women’s League of Burma
Date: March 20, 2017
The Ninth Conference of the Women’s League of Burma, held from March 16 to 18, 2017, was attended by 67 people, including representatives from member organizations, members of the Advisory Board,...
Statement from the Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
24th February 2017
The Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma Border from 20-23 February 2017. 43 members attended the Congress, including staff from...
Kachin Women’s Peace Forum urges an immediate end to Myanmar Tatmadaw offensives in Kachin...
Date: October 1, 2016
The Kachin Women’s Peace forum was held for two days, from September 28 to 29, 2016, in City Park Royal Restaurant, Myitkyina, Kachin State. The forum was attended by 110 women leaders, including...
