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The failure of the international community to adequately respond to patterns of discrimination against the ethnic Rohingya minority in Myanmar (Burma) eventually led to a genocide. The so-called "clearance operations" launched by Myanmar's military in August 2017 tested the resilience of the international community's commitment to defending human rights and upholding its Responsibility to Protect (R2P) populations from genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Two years later the UN Security Council has still not adopted a single resolution to name the crime committed against the Rohingya, or to hold the perpetrators accountable. Nevertheless, Rohingya survivors and international civil society have continued to campaign for justice under international law, and to advocate for targeted sanctions to be imposed on those responsible for atrocities. Faced with an inert Security Council, some UN member states have adopted inventive diplomatic measures to uphold their responsibility to protect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on data from archives and fieldwork in Myanmar, a country in political change from a five-decade authoritarian regime to a quasi-civilian one, this study explores the reasons for a prevalence of corporatist aspects at the early stage of reforms. The early introduction of corporatism in Myanmar diverges from other Asian countries that experienced transitions accompanied by labour militancy, and only later embraced corporatism when political power shifted to elected pro-labour parties. This article argues, first, that corporatism prevails in the rhetoric of the labour movement and in Myanmar's industrial relations institutions, while labour militancy has simultaneously increased; second, corporatism in Myanmar has few historical precedents but has recently been promoted primarily by the International Labour Organisation (ILO); and third, while corporatism has failed to bring about industrial peace, the rhetoric and institutions of corporatism may limit the political potential of Myanmar's labour movement by restricting unions' activities to economic concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers various viewpoints about the newly established Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC). The efforts of Myanmar to open up and improve its human rights situation have resulted to improvement in the international relations of the country as well as the lifting and easing of economic sanctions. The MNHRC was formed by the Union Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on September 5, 2011. The declared objective of the commission is to promote and safeguard fundamental rights of citizens who are described in the Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. According to the chairman of the MNHRC, the members of the commission have been chosen by Myanmar's President from various ethnic groups and with different backgrounds.