Collaborations

CHRO works collaboratively with a broad spectrum of partners at local, national, regional, and international levels to address human rights violations in Chin State, as well as issues affecting ethnic and religious minorities across Myanmar. Locally, CHRO strengthens grassroots organizations and civil society actors through capacity-building initiatives and coordinated responses. Nationally, it engages with different

Alliance and Network

CHRO works collaboratively with a broad spectrum of partners at local, national, regional, and international levels to address human rights violations in Chin State, as well as issues affecting ethnic and religious minorities across Myanmar. Locally, CHRO strengthens grassroots organizations and civil society actors through capacity-building initiatives and coordinated responses. Nationally, it engages with different

Program Structure

To adapt to the evolving needs and the new operating and security environment following the February 2021 military coup, CHRO has reorganized its operational structure to better reflect current realities. We have restructured into two primary divisions: the Human Rights Division and the Humanitarian Division, allowing us to address the dual challenges of human rights

Governance

Board of Directors – CHRO is governed by a Board of Directors comprising individuals with expertise in human rights, humanitarian work, governance, finance, and international development. The Board provides strategic and financial oversight, ensuring that the organization remains true to its mission while upholding high standards of accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in its programs and

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

CHRO is pleased to announce the release of the 2019 Annual Human Rights Report covering the situation of human rights facing the Chin people living in Chin State & western Burma/Myanmar over a one-year period. Please share it widely!

5 More Civilians Disappear in Paletwa

Five more persons, including a pregnant woman, are missing in Paletwa Township, a local villager told CHRO. On 5th October 2019, U Ku Hawi (23) and his wife Daw Than Dar Oo (25) from Thaya Kone Village disappeared from their farm, approximately 1 hours walk from their house. Daw Than Dar Oo had gone in search of U Ku...

More Civilians go missing in Paletwa Township

After the victims failed to show up that evening the Namada Village Administrator and the Bawng Wa Village Tract Administrator and I went out in search of them. Midway between Namada and Bawng Wah Villages, we found a motorcycle lying in the ditch on the side of the road. We rushed to inspect the spot but there was no...

Order issued by Mindat General Administration Officer to ask for prior permission before holding religious ceremonies, trainings and workshops

On 24th Jan, 2019 the Township Administration officer from Mindat General Administrative Department, Southern Chin State, issued an order that permission needed to be applied for two weeks in advance in order to hold religious ceremonies and trainings, meetings, workshops by INGO/NGOs, reported by a local to the Chin Human Rights Organization.