Supporting Civil Society in Exile
In Myanmar, civic space drastically contracted after the February 2021 coup. Stringent registration and operating constraints, as well as threats…
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Assessment of Myanmar Civic Space
This updated monitoring assessment from a working group of local Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs) and networks explores the challenges…
Civic Freedom Violations Committed by Myanmar’s Military Junta
After claiming voting irregularities in the 2020 General elections, the Myanmar military staged a coup on February 1, 2021, and…
Myanmar’s 2022 Registration Law
On 28 October 2022, the State Administration Council (“SAC”) enacted the Organization Registration Law (“ORL”), replacing the former Association Registration…
The Impact of Counterterrorism Measures in Myanmar
The Myanmar military has a history of viewing civil society as an adversary. The military sees it as a distraction…
Impact of Myanmar’s New Association Law and FATF Blacklisting on Media
Myanmar’s media has historically been overburdened with vague, inconsistent, and overlapping laws that make up an oppressive legal framework packed…
Young Leaders For Myanmar’s Inclusive Democratic Future
To encourage and enable the participation of Rohingya in advancing reconciliation efforts and crafting the foundations of Myanmar’s inclusive democratic…
Hundreds of global MPs call for immediate release of Myanmar colleagues, democracy to be restored
Almost 300 sitting parliamentarians from around the world have signed a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of…
Sanctions Relaxation and Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Past Sanctions Regimes
This report begins with a brief survey of the relationships between sanctions and conflict resolution. Next, elements of sanctions relief…
Community-level Survey on Perceptions of Rohingya Refugees and Social Cohesion in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
The survey was conducted on behalf of the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR) by Innovative…