Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

A former member of the US Congress from Maine, Tom Andrews is a Robina Senior Human Rights Fellow at Yale University Law School, an Associate of Harvard University's Asia Center and has a Washington DC based consulting practice, Andrews Strategic Services. He has worked with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and parliamentarians, NGOs and political parties in several countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Algeria, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine and Yemen.

Andrews served as General Secretary of "The Nobel Peace Laureate Campaign for Aung San Suu Kyi and the People of Burma" in 2001 and was a consultant for the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma and the Euro-Burma Network. He has run advocacy NGOs including Win Without War and United to End Genocide, led an education institute at the University of Maine and served in the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate. He lives with his wife and son in Fairfax, Virginia outside of Washington DC.

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar was first established in 1992 under the Commission on Human Rights Resolution 58 and extended annually. Human Rights Resolution 25/26 adopted 15 April 2014 broadened the mandate to report on the progress in the electoral process and reform in the run-up to the 2015 election. Human Rights Resolution 31/24 adopted 24 March 2016 broadened the mandate to include identifying benchmarks for progress and priority areas for technical assistance and capacity-building. 

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Call for inputs

Call for contributions for the Special Rapporteur’s report on Member State’s policies on arms transfers to Myanmar and their response to the call for an international arms embargo.
Deadline: 6 June 2021

Highlights

Open Letter to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, 27 April 2021

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
(A/HRC/46/56 Advance Unedited Version)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
(A/75/335)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/HRC/43/59 Advance Unedited Version | Myanmar Language Version)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/HRC/74/342)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/HRC/40/68) 

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/73/332)

Annexes to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/73/Slot 45400)

Concept note on accountability framework for Myanmar and supplementary information

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/HRC/37/70)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/72/382)

Special Rapporteur

Thomas Andrews, United States of America, 2020

Previous Special Rapporteurs

Ms. Yanghee LEE
Republic of Korea, 2014 - 2020

Mr. Tomás OJEA QUINTANA
Argentina, 2008-2014

Mr. Paulo Sergio PINHEIRO
(Brazil), December 2000-April 2008

Mr. Rajsoomer LALLAH
(Mauritius), 1996-2000
(resigned on 02/11/2000)

Mr.Yozo YOKOTA
(Japan), 1992-1996