7 Minutes To ReadAn anonymous Myanmar-based contributor details the junta’s recent efforts to undermine the organizing of protests.
February 4, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll examines the multifaceted challenges to mental health services in Myanmar. (With additional research by Hsu Myat Yadanar Kyaw Soe).
Tags: law, mental health, military coup
June 28, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadAndrew M. Jefferson, Tomas Max Martin, Hannah Russell, and Ergün Cakal launch a research-focused post-coup essay series.
Tags: call for submissions, detention, law, military coup, Tatmadaw
May 24, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadAxel Harneit-Sievers cautions against a problematic argument made in a new publication.
Tags: Book Review, colonialism, development, human rights, international law, law, Rohingya
April 19, 2021
11 Minutes To ReadSeik Nyan and Ye Yint Khant Maung explore the difficulties of women workers and discuss how political parties should address it.
Tags: election, employment, feminism, garment factories, gender, gender violence, human rights, labour rights, law, workers' rights
October 15, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadAung Lin Oo and Tomas Max Martin show how the pandemic reveals perennial problems of prison governance but also strengthens rationales for reform.
Tags: COVID-19, law, prison, prison reform, public health, rule of law
July 16, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadHtet Aung Shine discusses how a PPP framework should balance economic interest with environmental and social safeguarding.
Tags: energy, environment, finance, investment, law, policy, water supply
November 6, 2019
12 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses trade unionism and labour disputes in Myanmar.
Tags: labour rights, law, trade unions, workers' rights
October 14, 2019
7 Minutes To ReadGabrielle Maginness writes about challenges to Myanmar’s transition to federalism.
Tags: federalism, law, rule of law, transition
November 7, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon discusses the importance of constitutional conversation and how it can foster more informed public debate in Myanmar.
Tags: constitution, constitutional reform, federalism, law
June 18, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadDaniel Aguirre discusses how the failures of the legal system in Myanmar result in impunity for human rights violations and allows the State – and military – to rule by law.
Tags: human rights, international law, law, rule of law
June 4, 2018
11 Minutes To ReadYaw Bawm Mangshang analyzes the status of press freedom under the NLD-led government.
Tags: freedom of expression, law, media, National League for Democracy (NLD), press freedom, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), Year in Review
May 30, 2018
11 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery discusses some of the legal and constitutional changes in Myanmar over the last year. Editor’s Note This post is part of Tea Circle’s “2018 Year in Review” series, which looks back […]
Tags: constitutional reform, democracy, law, National League for Democracy (NLD), Panglong Conference, Year in Review
May 24, 2018
7 Minutes To ReadRenaud Egreteau assesses what Myanmar’s Union legislature has (and has not) achieved over the past year.
Tags: law, legal reform, National League for Democracy (NLD), parliament, Year in Review
May 14, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadAlice Dawkins argues that foreign lawyers should not overshadow the work of Myanmar’s activist lawyers.
Tags: freedom of speech, journalism, justice, law, media, Rakhine State, Rohingya
April 5, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery outlines some of the institutional barriers to federalism in Myanmar.
Tags: constitutional reform, federalism, law, legal reform, military
January 25, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadEMReF researchers consider the role of Myanmar’s local parliaments.
Tags: civil society, democracy, federalism, law, research
May 17, 2017
3 Minutes To ReadReshmi Bannerjee reviews Nick Cheesman’s latest book on rule of law in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, law, rule of law, transition
March 15, 2016