Provision
Summary
Right at stake
References in reports by the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human
rights in Myanmar since 2011
Myanmar National
Human Rights
Commission Law
(2014)
5, 8, 9
Grants authority to a Selection Board containing a significant number of
Government officials to adopt its own undefined procedures for
nominating 30 prospective Commission members. The President, in
conjunction with the speakers of both houses of Parliament, selects up to
15 Commission members from this shortlist and also appoints the Chair
and Vice Chair.
Not fully
compliant with
Paris Principles
on composition,
independence
and pluralism
A/HRC/31/71 para. 74
46
The law is silent on how the Commission’s budget is developed.
A/HRC/31/71
28
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