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1 May 2015, 5:43 pm by Jasmine Joseph
Ethnic Rights and Constitutional Change: The Constitutional Recognition of Ethnic Nationalities in Myanmar/Burma, By Melissa Crouch , Posted on March 30, 2015.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm? [read post]
1 May 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Accordingly, USCIRF’s CPC recommendations reflect that approach.The Report recommends that the State Department redesignate 9 countries as CPC: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 5:30 am by EEM
The Cost of Stemming the Tide: How Immigration Enforcement Practices in Southern Mexico Limit Migrant Children's Access to International Protection (Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute, April 2015) [text]- Note: The report was officially launched at this conference.Forced to Flee: Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma (Burma Visions for Peace, 2015) [info]- See also related World Policy Blog post. [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 2:24 pm by Sarah Hiatt
Exciting opportunities are available in many countries, including but not limited to: Bulgaria: Law Burma: All Disciplines (Law among preferred disciplines) East Asia and the Pacific: Cross-Strait Studies Ghana: Law Jamaica: All Disciplines (Law among preferred disciplines) Jordan: Public Policy and International Relations Nepal: All Disciplines (Law among preferred disciplines) Norway: International Courts and Tribunals Sweden: Fulbright-Lund University Chair in Public International Law… [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 3:00 pm by Karen Tani
Sharafi's book is a compelling study of Parsi legal culture in India and Burma from the late 18th century to India's independence from British rule. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 4:00 am by Ruth Bird
I thought I would follow the thread by providing an overview of the system and legal education in Burma/Myanmar. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 4:12 am by Beth Van Schaack
Unocal, for example, the Ninth Circuit in 2002 confirmed that Unocal could be liable for aiding and abetting violations of international law committed by the Burmese military in connection with the construction of a pipeline in Burma. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 6:45 am by EEM
"Building Communities of Practice for Urban Refugees: Asia Regional Workshop Report (UNHCR, March 2015) [text]Forced Migration and the Myanmar Peace Process, New Issues in Refugee Research, no. 274 (UNHCR, Feb. 2015) [text]"Japan’s Asylum Laws: No Entry," The Economist, 14 March 2015 [text]Meeting the Bare Minimum: Hong Kong's New Screening Process for Protection (Justice Centre Hong Kong, May 2014) [text]Persecution of the Rohingya in Burma/Myanmar and the… [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 6:30 am by EEM
"Assessing the Experiences of Intra-uterine Device Users in a Long-term Conflict Setting: A Qualitative Study on the Thailand-Burma Border," Conflict and Health, 9:6 (Feb. 2015) [open access]"An Assessment of Antenatal Care among Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," Conflict and Health, 9:8 (Feb. 2015) [open access]"Caries Burden and Efficacy of a Referral Pathway in a Cohort of Preschool Refugee Children," Australian Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 1 (March 2015)… [read post]
23 Jan 2015, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
Commission on International Religious Freedom in a press release yesterday strongly condemned a package of race and religion bills being considered by Burma's Parliament. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 1:56 pm by Denis Stearns
  On August 30, a joint press release was issued by SFDPH and Burma Superstar in order to inform the public and assist in case finding. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 8:00 am by Michael Froomkin
It would be OK if it were called the Cuban Python, but Burma is just too remote from Miami. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 9:15 am by EEM
Addressing the Human Rights Impact of Statelessness in the EU’s External Action (European Parliament, Nov. 2014) [text]Advancing Research on "Stateless Children": Family Decision Making and Birth Registration among Transnational Migrants in the Asia-Pacific Region, Migration & Mobility Working Paper, no. 2 (Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, Dec. 2014) [text]"Comparative Perspectives on Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality and Refugee Status," International and… [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Responsibility To Call For an International Investigation Into Crimes Against Muslims in Burma, 28 Emory International Law Review 43-61 (2014).The Multicultural State and the Religiously Neutral State. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 5:32 am by Family Law
From Human Rights Watch: Burmese President U Thein Sein and National Assembly Speaker U Thura Shwe Mann should reject proposals for discriminatory marriage legislation that would strip Buddhist women of the right to freely choose whom they marry, Human Rights... [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 10:57 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
Exiled writers who have been in residence include: 2004-2006: Huang Xiang (China) 2006-2009: Horacio Castellanos Moya (El Salvador) 2008- 2011: Khet Mar (Burma) 2011- present: Israel Centeno (Venezuela) Visiting international writers in residence include: 2007: Vijay Nair (India) 2008: Glaydah Namukasa (Uganda) 2009: Maxine Case (South Africa), Marius Ivaskevicius (Lithuania), Irakli Kakabadze (Georgia) 2010: Billy Kahora (Kenya), Beverly Perez-Rego (Venezuela) 2011: Fabienne Kanor… [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 7:15 am by EEM
"Development-Induced Displacement and Sustainable Development: The Case Study of Slezská Harta Dam in the Czech Republic," Problemy ekorozwoju - Problems of Sustainable Development, vol. 8, no. 2 (2013) [text via SSRN]A Foreseeable Disaster in Burma: Forced Displacement in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (Physicians for Human Rights, Nov. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]The Geography of Post-Eviction Resettlement in Delhi, India (DRAN Blog, Dec. 2014) [text]Mapping the… [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
A court in Yangon, Burma yesterday denied bail to the owner and two managers of VGastro, a new upscale bar and tapas restaurant in the city's embassy area who are charged with insulting religion through an ad on the bar's Facebook page. [read post]
9 Dec 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
In Burma last month, an official of the Department of Immigration in northwestern Chaung-U Township, at the request of local Buddhist clergy, filed a lawsuit against prominent writer and National League for Democracy member Htin Lin Oo, charging him with violation of Burmese statutes prohibiting the causing of religious offense. [read post]
7 Dec 2014, 10:31 am by Bill Marler
The hypothesis-generating questionnaire identified a common restaurant and dates of exposure: Burma Superstar restaurant on August 16 and 17. [read post]