Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

A/RES/52/137View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1998.

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46 documents · 1994–2026

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/30	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	7,793	–
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/20	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	8,812	–
2024	A/HRC/RES/55/20	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	8,086	–
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/31	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	7,246	–
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/23	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	5,576	–

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10 subjects

Democracy Detained Persons Elections Human Rights Human Rights Violations Myanmar Political Conditions Political Prisoners Political Representation Refugees

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22 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Myanmar for his interim report,⁶ and urges the Government of Myanmar to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur and to ensure his access to Myanmar, without preconditions, in order to allow him fully to discharge his mandate;

⁶A/52/484, annex.

Also expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report;⁷

⁷A/52/587.

Deplores the continuing violations of human rights in Myanmar;

Notes that Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to travel to the Thaketa township office of the National League for Democracy to peacefully conduct normal political activities on 21 October 1997, but was subsequently prevented from attending party meetings of the League, on 5 November 1997 in Tamwe township and on 13 November 1997 in Hlaing township, and requests the Government of Myanmar to permit unrestricted communication with and physical access to Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders by members and supporters of the League and to protect their physical well-being;

Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to release, immediately and unconditionally, detained political leaders and all political prisoners, to ensure their physical integrity and to permit them to participate in the process of national reconciliation;

Urges the Government of Myanmar to pursue its contacts with the National League for Democracy with a view to engaging, at the earliest possible date, in a substantive political dialogue with the General Secretary of the League, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other political leaders, including representatives of ethnic groups, as the best means of promoting national reconciliation and the full and early restoration of democracy;

Welcomes the visits to Myanmar in the first half of 1997 by the Envoy of the Secretary-General and the Director of the East Asia and the Pacific Division of the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat for the purpose of discussions with the Government and with Aung San Suu Kyi and other political leaders, and encourages the Government of Myanmar to broaden its dialogue with the Secretary-General and to facilitate access by his representatives to the political leaders in Myanmar;

Again urges the Government of Myanmar, in conformity with its assurances given at various times, to take all necessary steps towards the restoration of democracy in accordance with the will of the people, as expressed in the democratic elections held in 1990, and to ensure that political parties and non-governmental organizations can function freely;

Welcomes the holding of the Ninth Anniversary Conference of the National League for Democracy on 27 and 28 September 1997;

Expresses its concern that most of the representatives duly elected in 1990 are still excluded from participating in the meetings of the National Convention, created to prepare basic elements for the drafting of a new constitution, and that one of the objectives of the Convention is to maintain the participation of the armed forces in a leading role in the future political life of the State, notes also with concern that the composition and working procedures of the National Convention do not permit the elected representatives of the people freely to express their views, and concludes that the National Convention does not appear to constitute the necessary step towards the restoration of democracy;

Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to take all appropriate measures to allow all citizens to participate freely in the political process, in accordance with the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to accelerate the process of transition to democracy, in particular through the transfer of power to democratically elected representatives;

Also strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to ensure full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression and assembly, the right to a fair trial and the protection of the rights of persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, to put an end to violations of the right to life and integrity of the human being, to the practices of torture, abuse of women, forced labour and forced relocations and to enforced disappearances and summary executions, to fulfil its obligation to end the impunity of perpetrators of human rights violations, including members of the military, and to investigate and prosecute alleged violations committed by government agents in all circumstances;

Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to implement fully the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur;

Welcomes the accession by the Government of Myanmar, on 22 July 1997, to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;⁸

⁸Resolution 34/180, annex.

Appeals to the Government of Myanmar to consider becoming a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment;⁹

⁹Resolution 39/46, annex.

Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to fulfil its obligations with regard to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,¹⁰ as set out in the concluding comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its report on its fourteenth session;¹¹

¹⁰Resolution 44/25, annex.

¹¹CRC/C/62, paras. 135-182.

Also strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to fulfil its obligations as a State party to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29), and the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87), of the International Labour Organization, and encourages the Government of Myanmar to cooperate more closely with the International Labour Organization, in particular with the Commission of Inquiry appointed in accordance with article 26 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization;

Stresses the importance for the Government of Myanmar to give particular attention to improving the conditions in the country's jails and to allow the competent international humanitarian organization to communicate freely and confidentially with prisoners;

Calls upon the Government of Myanmar and other parties to the hostilities in Myanmar to respect fully the obligations under international humanitarian law, including article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,¹² to halt the use of weapons against the civilian population, to protect all civilians, including children, women and persons belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, from violations of humanitarian law and to avail itself of such services as may be offered by impartial humanitarian bodies;

¹²United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.

Encourages the Government of Myanmar to create the necessary conditions to ensure an end to the movements of refugees to neighbouring countries and to create conditions conducive to their voluntary return and their full reintegration, in conditions of safety and dignity;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his discussions with the Government of Myanmar in order to assist in the implementation of the present resolution and to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session and to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-fourth session;

Decides to continue its consideration of this question at its fifty-third session.

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