RT Article
T1 Institutional reform in Myanmar: preventing corporate land rights abuses
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 15
IS 1
SP 148
OP 168
A1 Aguirre, Daniel
A2 Pietropaoli, Irene
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845390040
AB In 2011, after five decades of authoritarian rule, Myanmar accelerated its military-guided transition, culminating in partially democratic elections in 2015. While land reform was a central part of protest that led to governmental changes, unlawful land confiscation and forced evictions remain central obstacles to transition in Myanmar. The current government has failed to reform the legal framework, institutions, policy and practice violating Housing, Land and Property (HLP) rights. While civil society has called for participatory and accountable institutions, a perceived need to appease the military, to harness the economic power of ‘crony’ businesspeople and to attract foreign investment has left violations of HLP rights inadequately addressed. This article argues that transitional justice’s guarantees of non-reoccurrence are essential to the protection of HLP rights in Myanmar, and that the best method of preventing reoccurrence is through upholding the state duty to protect human rights by reforming laws and institutions.
K1 business and human rights
K1 Housing
K1 Land and property rights
K1 institutional reforms
K1 Myanmar
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijab003