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Monthly Updates

February 2023

The Junta extended the country’s state of emergency by six months, claiming that the “country remains in an abnormal situation and time is needed to prepare for a peaceful and stable election.” The Junta also extended martial law in 37 townships across the country. Rights groups are warning the announcement could foretell a possible increase in arbitrary arrests, torture and executions by Myanmar’s military regime as martial law puts police, judicial and administrative activities in the townships under the regional military’s control.

January 2023

The military junta declared a new, strict ‘electoral law’ on 20 January. The new ‘law’ replaces legislation from 2010 and increases the number and necessary distribution of members and founding thresholds for parties who would attempt to compete in the ‘general elections’ which the junta plans to organize in August 2023. The United Nations Human Rights Council has previously declared the election to be a sham, and an attempt by the junta “to advance its false claim to legitimacy.” The new ‘law’ effectively prevents the National League for Democracy and new opposition parties from participating, while allowing the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party to be the only party able to meet all the requirements. Parties that do not register within 60 days will lose their legal status under the law. 

December 2022

A junta-controlled court in Myanmar concluded the final outstanding show trial of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on 29 December, sentencing her to seven years in prison on corruption charges. Aung San Suu Kyi was already serving a 26-year sentence on numerous other charges. The trials were universally condemned as politically motivated and illegitimate outside the military junta.

August 2022
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The military junta carried out 14 unannounced and closed-door executions of imprisoned pro-democracy leaders and civilians between late July and mid-August. Capital punishment was last practiced in the country in 1987.

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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021

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Basic Information

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54 806 010
Head of government
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (imprisoned since 1 February 2021)
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
First Past the Post
Women in lower or single chamber
15.5%
Women in upper chamber
16.8%
Last legislative election
2020
Head of state
President Win Myint (imprisoned since 1 February 2021)
Selection process for head of state
Indirect election (assembly + regional/local representatives)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
25/01/2021
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Human Rights Treaties

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United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
No Action
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
State Party
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
No Action
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
State Party
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No Action
Convention on the Rights of the Child
State Party
International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
No Action
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 
No Action
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
State Party
International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
State Party
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
State Party
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
No Action
Equal Remuneration Convention
No Action
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
No Action
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
No Action
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
State Party
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
State Party
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GSoD Indices

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