Historically strained,Myanmar's foreign relations,particularly with Western nations,have improved since 2012. Relations became strained once more in 2017 with the Rohingya genocide and due to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Myanmar has generally maintained warmer relations with near states and is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Michael Donald Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia,serving from 1996 to 2009. He has remained active in retirement;in May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea,which reported in February 2014.
The Party of Functional Groups,often known by its abbreviation Golkar,is a centre-right big tent political party in Indonesia. Founded in 1964 as the Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups,it is the oldest extant political party in Indonesia. It first participated in national elections in 1971 as Functional Groups. Since 2009,it has been the second-largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR),having won 102 seats in the latest election.
Wiranto is an Indonesian politician and retired army general,who is serving as the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council,since December 2019. Previously,he was the Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces from February 1998 to October 1999 during Indonesia's transition from authoritarian rule to democracy,he ran unsuccessfully for President of Indonesia in 2004 and for the vice-presidency in 2009. On 27 July 2016,Wiranto was appointed Coordinating Minister for Political,Legal,and Security Affairs,replacing Luhut Binsar Panjaitan.
Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris,Baron Naseby,is a British Conservative Party politician.
Sudharmono,also known by his nickname,Pak Dar,was an Indonesian Army officer and politician,who served as the fifth vice president of Indonesia from 1988 until 1993 under the New Order regime. Previously,he served in several positions in the government and military,including as the Chairman of Golkar,State Secretary of Indonesia,and a Lieutenant General in the army.
The National Unity Cabinet was the Indonesian cabinet which served under President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri from 29 October 1999 until 23 July 2001. The Cabinet was formed after Wahid and Megawati were elected President and Vice President by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). The cabinet was originally designed to look after the interests of the various political parties and the Indonesian National Armed Forces,but this notion quickly disappeared as Wahid's presidency began to break down.
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 23 April 1987,to elect 400 of the 500 members of the People's Representative Council (DPR),the national legislature. The election was the fifth legislative election in the country since independence and the fourth legislative election under President Suharto's New Order. The election resulted in an outright majority for Golkar,which retained its status as the ruling party of the country.
Legislative elections were held in Indonesia on 9 June 1992,to select 400 of the 500 members of the People's Representative Council (DPR). The election was the sixth legislative elections since Indonesian independence and the fifth legislative elections under the New Order regime of president Suharto. The election resulted in a clear victory for Golkar,which retained its status as the ruling party,although the opposition,under the United Development Party (PPP) and the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI),saw their vote shares rise.
Siti Hardiyanti Hastuti Rukmana,known as Tutut Suharto,is an Indonesian politician who is the eldest daughter of former Indonesian president Suharto and the wife of Global Mediacom co-founder and former RCTI's commissioner Indra Rukmana. She is a former Minister of Social Affairs and a former member of the People's Consultative Assembly representing Golkar from 1992 to 1998.
The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the secret police agency of North Korea. It is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader. In addition to its internal security duties,it is involved in the operation of North Korea's concentration camps,prisons and various other hidden activities. The agency is reputed to be one of the most brutal secret police forces in the world,and has been involved in numerous human rights abuses.
Baharuddin Lopa was an Indonesian Minister of Justice and Human Rights and later Attorney General of Indonesia. He was the student of Dr. Ernst Utrecht.
Mullivaikal Hospital was a makeshift hospital located in the Safe Zone in northern Sri Lanka. An alleged series of shellings and aerial attacks began on 23 April 2009 when the Mullivaikal Hospital was hit by three artillery shells. It continued on 28 and 29 April when the Mullivaikkal Primary Health Center was hit multiple times over two days with six killed and many injured including one medical staffer. On the 29th and the 30th the Mullivaikal Hospital was again hit multiple times with nine more killed and fifteen injured. There were two attacks against the Mullivaikal Hospital on 2 May,one at 9 a.m. and a second at 10.30 a.m. resulting in sixty-eight killed and eighty-seven wounded,including medical staffers. On the morning of 12 May 2009 it was hit by an artillery mortar,killing at least forty-nine patients and injuring more than fifty others. All of these attacks were allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army;however,the Sri Lankan Government denied the allegation stating there is no evidence.
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) [previously known as Forum-Asia] is a membership-based regional human rights organisation with 85 member organisations in 23 countries across Asia. It is committed to the promotion and protection of all human rights including the right to development.
The enlargement of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations is the process of expanding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) through the accession of new member states. This process began with ASEAN's five original members,who founded the association through the signing of the Bangkok Declaration in 1967. Since then,the ASEAN's membership has grown to ten with the accession of Cambodia in 1999.
The Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka was a 2011 report produced by a panel of experts appointed by United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Ban Ki-moon to advise him on the issue of accountability with regard to any alleged violations of international human rights and humanitarian law during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The report is referred to by some as the Darusman Report,after the name of the chairman of the panel.
Benedict Richard Victor Rogers is a British human rights activist and journalist based in London. His work focuses on Asia,particularly Burma,North Korea,Indonesia,the Maldives,East Timor,Pakistan and Hong Kong. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal,The New York Times and The Huffington Post and has appeared on BBC,CNN,Sky,Al Jazeera and other television and radio stations.
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar is a special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations created in 2018 to respond to the Rohingya genocide starting in August 2017 and its effects in Myanmar. According to the mandate established by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 72/248 in 2017,the Special Envoy "works in close partnership with all stakeholders including local communities and civil society,and regional partners,notably the Government of Bangladesh and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),regional countries,and the broader membership of the United Nations."
The Indonesian Democratic Union Party,,was a political party founded by Sri Bintang Pamungkas in 1995 and one of the political parties in Indonesia that participated in the 1999 general elections.
