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Myanmar’s human rights crisis justifies foregoing neutrality for a solidarity-based approach to humanitarianism

  • Dr Anne Décobert,

The human rights crisis in Myanmar justifies a solidarity-based approach to the provision of international aid.

Speaking no truth to power in a time of coup: Myanmar’s Human Rights Commission

  • Dr Jonathan Liljeblad,

Myanmar’s Human Rights Commission has been noticeably silent which raises issues regarding expectations of human rights institutions against regimes inimical to human rights.

Is the military coup in Myanmar the death knell of democracy and federalism?

  • Dr Michael Breen and Dr Anne Décobert,

The coup has major potential consequences for a country that was struggling to emerge from decades of military oppression and conflict.

Look right: The conservative elites opposing Thailand’s protesters

  • Emeritus Professor Kevin Hewison,

Right-wing royalists and a bureaucratic and ideological system have for decades lauded the monarchy and rejected criticism as “un-Thai”.

Myanmar’s military: Its power over business and human rights and the UN’s Guiding Principles

  • Professor Catherine Renshaw,

The difficulties of implementing the UNGPs on business and human rights in a ‘pervasive culture of immunity’.

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