Three Decades of Advocacy: CHRO’s Role in Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief in Myanmar/Burma

CHRO's advocacy extends to high-level international platforms. CHRO has periodically testified before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, as well as Canadian, UK, and Australian Parliaments. CHRO’s expertise in religious freedom issues has been widely sought after by global leaders. The organization has provided multiple briefings to the UK Prime...

March 6, 2025 at 3:50 pm read more

Written Testimony of CHRO at U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing

The U.S. Government could consider increasing support for the investigation and documentation of human rights abuses committed by the SAC toward religious minorities in Burma, including abuses targeting Christians, and support ongoing attempts to hold the SAC accountable under universal jurisdiction.

March 1, 2025 at 8:21 am read more

Joint Statement: Myanmar: Four years after coup, world must demand accountability for atrocity crimes

The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) is proud to stand alongside 45 other organizations in endorsing the joint statement on the four-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. This statement is a powerful call for international action to hold the junta accountable for the heinous atrocities it has committed against the people of Myanmar,

January 31, 2025 at 7:42 am read more

UN Advocacy Program

CHRO’s Engagement with the United Nations (UN) Human Rights System The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) has been a leading advocate for the rights of the Chin people and other marginalized communities in Burma/Myanmar, consistently engaging with the United Nations (UN) human rights system. Over the past three decades, CHRO’s engagement has evolved to encompass

September 20, 2024 at 3:28 am read more

Legal Analysis Related to Sanction Designations on Members of Northwestern Command of the State Administrative Council (SAC)

Legal-Analysis_final (1) Legal Analysis Related to Sanction Designations on Members of Northwestern Command of the State Administrative Council (SAC) Introduction This briefing outlines the key legal arguments pertaining to crimes against humanity and war crimes carried out by the State Administrative Council (SAC) in the context of the ongoing non-international armed conflict (NIAC) in Chin

October 20, 2023 at 11:12 am read more

Submission to US Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Hearing on Burma

Joint Submission to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission by the Center for Justice and Accountability; Chin Human Rights Organization; Karen Human Rights Group Submitted for the Record

October 20, 2023 at 9:34 am read more

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee

CHRO_ACF_Submission_Final (1) December 16, 2022 Committee Secretary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PO Box 6021 Parliament House Canberra ACT, 2600 Australian Chin Federation and Chin Human Rights Organization Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee Introduction 1. The Australian Chin

October 20, 2023 at 6:51 am read more

Representatives of six Myanmar CSOs hold dialogue with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Saifuddin Abdullah

The CSO representatives raised grave concerns regarding the recent signing of new agreements and the presenting of credentials to the illegitimate junta by some of the UN Agencies working inside Myanmar, including the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN International Children's Emergency Fund and UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

September 7, 2022 at 10:06 am read more

Testimony of CHRO at the 4th Hearing of International Parliamentary Inquiry on Myanmar

Chin State with a Christian majority and a population of just below half a million, or one percent of the country’s population, has not escaped the kinds of atrocities and terrors at the hands of the Myanmar Army. In fact, the state has been one of the primary targets of military’s campaign of annihilation.

July 20, 2022 at 1:37 pm read more

Collective Punishment: Implementation of ‘Four Cuts’ in Mindat Township

This report details human rights abuses that took place in Mindat Township, Chin State from the period of April to December 2021. In May 2021, Martial Law was imposed on Mindat Town, pre-empting a large-scale assault by air and on the ground in order to engage with the Chin Defense Force – Mindat (CDF-M) and establish military control of...

March 8, 2022 at 5:50 pm read more