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Summary: Burma acceded to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1991.
Since then, however, there has been
little progress toward the
implementation of the convention, and
the underlying problems which impede
implementation have not changed.
Human Rights Watch Summary of the Publication
Burma acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in
1991. Since then, however, there has been little progress toward the
implementation of the convention, and the underlying problems which
impede implementation have not changed. These include a total lack of
the rule of law and accountability of the government, as well as
draconian restrictions on freedom of expression, association and
peaceful assembly, which prevent local reporting and monitoring of
the human rights situation of children. Events of October and
December 1996 in Burma, which saw hundreds of high school and
university students take to the streets to demand the protection of
their rights, especially the right to form student unions, highlight
the urgent need for reform. Over three hundred students and youths
were arrested during the December demonstrations, at least fifty of
whom remain unaccounted for.