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Making ‘Rule of Law’ a Reality in Burma
“Everybody talks about the rule of law but they don’t talk about how to support the judicial system to provide the rule of law,” a senior member of Burma’s judiciary told the International Commission...
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DVB Debate: Constitutional conundrum
Since it was adopted in May 2008, Burma’s Constitution has been widely criticised, and many political groups have called for it to be amended or rewritten. This week the four-person panel of DVB Debate...
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Implementing Rule of Law requires shift in Burmese mindset
Burmese communities have recently paid attention to the media’s widely reported discussion between the nationalist Buddhist monk Wirathu and the National League for Democracy (NLD) co-founder Win Tin....
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Drugs, land and mining issues plague Shan State
A four-day regional development workshop responding to the challenges posed by drugs and environmental degradation— identified by contributors as the main issues plaguing the region – has concluded in...
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Kachin family call for Rule of Law, refuse blood money from Burmese commander
The battalion commander of a soldier who shot and killed a Kachin villager has tried to resolve the issue outside the law, said a family member of the dead man. Dashi Gam Seng, 40, was shot dead last...
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Lower house approves Rule of Law Committee report
Burma’s lower house on Tuesday announced that it approved a report written by the Committee for Rule of Law and Peace and Stability without any reservations. The parliamentary committee is chaired by...
View ArticleDVB Debate: ‘There is no incentive to pay tax’
In DVB Debate’s taxes and services episode, the studio asks if taxation will lead to democratisation. Bad financial habits of the former military regime have led to massive tax evasion in Burma....
View ArticleFearing the Midnight Knock
It’s a right most people in the world can take for granted: if you want to spend the night at a friend’s house, or stay with relatives in another town, there should be no reason for the authorities to...
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Authoritarian policing and the colonial hangover
In the middle of a hot April night, Arkar and two friends were sleeping in their trishaws on central Rangoon’s Hledan Road when they were suddenly woken up and arrested by police. The trishaw drivers...
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Shan lawyer aims for Upper House seat
Nang Htwe Hmone is the only woman in the 11-member Central Executive Committee of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD). Since 1988, she has been working as a lawyer in northern Shan...
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USDP blasts NLD for ‘rampant’ crime
A newspaper published by the former ruling party of ex-generals has claimed that crime has sharply risen under the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and that her efforts to impose...
View ArticleMaking ‘Rule of Law’ a Reality in Burma
“Everybody talks about the rule of law but they don’t talk about how to support the judicial system to provide the rule of law,” a senior member of Burma’s judiciary told the International Commission...
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