Myanmar National Human Rights Commission

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Myanmar National Human Rights Commission
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်
Commission overview
Formed 5 September 2011; 12 years ago (2011-09-05)
Preceding commission
  • Human Rights Committee
Jurisdiction Myanmar (Burma)
Headquarters No.27, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon
Commission executives
  • Win Mra, Chairman
  • Sitt Myaing, Vice-Chairman
Website mnhrc.org.mm

The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်, abbreviated MNHRC) is Burma's (Myanmar) independent national human rights commission, consisting of 11 retired bureaucrats and academics.

Analysts have questioned the panel's will and ability to challenge the government,[1] but the commission has challenged the President's claims that there are no political prisoners in Burma, calling for all political prisoners' release and amnesty.[2] In February 2012, its chairman, Win Mra, ruled out the possibility of investigating human rights abuses in ethnic minority areas, calling it premature to investigate in conflict areas.[3][4]

According to NHRC's chairman Win Mra, the commission was formed under the Paris Principles, as an independent body, to investigate complaints of possible human rights violations.[5]

The former commission was formed on 5 September 2011 under Notification No. 34/2011 by President Thein Sein with 15 commissioners.[6] The commission was reformed on 24 September 2014 under Notification No. 23/2014 because of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Law with 11 commissioners. The commission's office is located in Hlaing Township, Yangon.[7] Its formation, which is not mandated by the Constitution of Burma, has been a source of controversy, especially when it requested a share of the national budget (K 547,208,000) for 2012 to 2013, as the NHRC is not a Union-level body.[8]

Its predecessor, a human rights committee under the Ministry of Home Affairs, was formed on 26 April 2000.[9]

Members

The 11-member body largely consists of civilians from academia (3 retired professors), foreign affairs (3 retired ambassadors), and civil servants.[6] While the previous iteration of the Commission had several members who are from ethnic minority groups including Shan, Kachin, Mon and Karen, its current composition has fewer ethnic minorities. Its chairman, Win Mra, is an ethnic Rakhine.[5]

  1. Win Mra (Chairman)
  2. Sit Myaing (Vice-Chairman)
  3. Zaw Win
  4. Myint Kyi
  5. Yu lwin Aung
  6. Nyunt Swe
  7. Nyan Zaw
  8. Than Nwe
  9. Khin Maung Lay
  10. Daw Mya Mya
  11. Soe Phone Myint

See also

References

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