The 2021 military coup has been a major setback for human rights in Myanmar. Prior to the coup, human rights were enshrined in law and international treaties, but rarely enforced in practice. Myanmar's 2008 Constitution included a Chapter on Fundamental Rights, but after decades of military rule neglecting the equal rights of all remained commonplace. The root cause of widespread human rights abuses, inequality and discrimination – a militarized state that rules over the people, rather than a democratic state that is based on the will of the people and serves them - has never been adequately addressed.

And yet, despite the oppressive and brutal crackdown since the Spring Revolution, the people of Myanmar are resisting against the military junta, and fighting for their rights. And fundamental rights have been put at the core of the emerging constitutional framework for a future federal democratic Myanmar, as reflected in the Federal Democracy Charter and numerous statements by the National Unity institutions.

To learn more about what this could mean in practice, watch the interview by Marcus Brand, the Head of International IDEA‘s Myanmar programme with James Rodehaver, Chief of Myanmar Team at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on the human rights situation in pre- and post-coup Myanmar. What are effective human rights protection mechanisms? During a transition phase, what can Myanmar learn from other countries in establishing an independent judiciary to protect against human rights violations? Where is Myanmar now in ratifying international human rights law, making domestic legislation compatible with international legislation?

Watch the full video with Burmese subtitle.

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