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A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military j

UN Panel Calls on Int’l Business Community to Take Stand on Myanmar Junta’s Abuses Burma Anti-coup protesters are seen in downtown Yangon in February. / The Irrawaddy 392 By The Irrawaddy 13 May 2021 UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged international businesses to take a stand against the Myanmar regime’s human rights violations and put pressure on the coup leaders to halt their grave human rights violations across the country. Amid pro-democracy supporters’ calls for urgent action to cut off foreign currency flows to the military junta, the human rights experts said that “b...

Myanmar: Time for business to take a stand against human rights violations - UN experts GENEVA (12 May 2021) – As powerful actors in the current fragile and deteriorating context in Myanmar, businesses must uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations, UN experts* said today. The coup of 1 February has placed businesses with operations or business relations in Myanmar in a challenging situation. While some businesses have reiterated their public support for the rule of law and human rights, and cut ties...

OHCHR As powerful actors in the current fragile and deteriorating context in Myanmar, businesses must uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations, UN experts* said today. The coup of 1 February has placed businesses with operations or business relations in Myanmar in a challenging situation. While some businesses have reiterated their public support for the rule of law and human rights, and cut ties with the junta, many continue to engage in business with the military as if nothing has happened, they said. As ...

English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Protection and Human Rights; published on 12 May 2021 by UN HRC