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

A tribute to a human rights defender killed by Myanmar’s junta

Pu Tui Dim, who was 55 at the time of his death and left behind one son, had spent his entire adult life documenting the Myanmar military’s human rights abuses. During his six years with the CHRO, he had repeatedly put his own life at risk by clandestinely travelling to dangerous areas to collect human rights data. In spite...

February 4, 2022 at 5:31 am read more

Myanmar: One year into the coup, Bachelet urges governments and businesses to heed voices of the people, intensify pressure on the military

January 29, 2022 at 7:52 pm read more

Chain of Command Structure of TOC in Matupi & Mindat

The Chin Human Rights Organization has now been able to piece together the chain of command structure of the military hierarchical set up in southern Chin State under the Tactical Operations Command (TOC) based in Matupi.

January 19, 2022 at 5:04 am read more

CHRO commemorates International Human Rights Day

The Chin Human Rights Organization observes this year’s International Human Rights Day with our full support behind the Silent Strike across the country. On this auspicious occasion, we renew our commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights and democratic ideals, promoting justice and accountability and to ending impunity in Burma/Myanmar. CHRO Team

December 10, 2021 at 4:34 am read more