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Marzuki Darusman: ASEAN Peace Plan, a tentative starting point, now dead in water

April 25, 2022

SAC-M’s 30 April 2021 statement quoted in op-ed by Bo Kyi published in the Irrawaddy. ASEAN’s Peace Efforts Dead in the Water 25 April 2022 By BO KYI  Burma’s decline into failed sta... Read more

Yanghee Lee: ASEAN must engage NUG to resolve junta-made crisis

April 25, 2022

SAC-M’s 22 April statement quoted by the Irrawaddy. ASEAN’s Myanmar Peace Plan Condemned for No Significant Progress 25 April, 2022 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pea... Read more

SAC-M: ASEAN’s Five Point-Consensus has failed, change in course needed

April 25, 2022

SAC-M’s 22 April statement quoted by Radio Free Asia Malaysia contacts Myanmar’s shadow govt as ASEAN fails to implement 5-point consensus Critics slam ASEAN’s failure to implement... Read more

Chris Sidoti: It is high time for the UK to take action on Myanmar at the UNSC

April 18, 2022

Chris Sidoti writes in Al Jazeera that the UK should use the rest of its United Nations Security Council Presidency for April to table a resolution on Myanmar. This would make clear once and... Read more

Chris Sidoti: Lack of leadership a fundamental problem for UN in Myanmar

March 17, 2022

Chris Sidoti quoted by Pass Blue Follow-Up to UN Probe on Myanmar Isn’t Making a Big Difference for the People There   17 March, 2022 By Damian Lilly In 2019, the independent inquiry... Read more

Yanghee Lee: NUG, not illegal junta, should represent Myanmar at ICJ

February 23, 2022

Yanghee Lee quoted by the Interpreter It’s a mistake to allow Myanmar’s junta to appear in Rohingya case Accepting military representatives in the genocide defence serves to lend the cou... Read more

Yanghee Lee: ICJ should recognise NUG, move swiftly to achieve justice for Rohingya

February 22, 2022

Yanghee Lee quoted by the Guardian Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleg... Read more

Chris Sidoti: It is outrageous for Junta to represent Myanmar at ICJ

February 22, 2022

Chris Sidoti quoted by the Associated Press Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court 22 February 2022 By Mike Corder Lawyers for Myanmar’s military rulers on Monday sou... Read more

SAC-M: Junta representation of Myanmar at ICJ inconsistent with other UN Bodies

February 22, 2022

SAC-M’s 21 February statement quoted by the Diplomat   Myanmar Genocide Hearings Open, Overshadowed by Question of Recognition The International Court of Justice has drawn critici... Read more