{"id":2440,"date":"2015-04-15T19:37:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T10:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/?page_id=2440"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:27:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T02:27:58","slug":"empowerment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/empowerment.jpg\" alt=\"Empowerment\" \/><br \/>\nHRN gives full support to grassroots efforts of civil societies based on the firm belief that such activities can make a real difference for human rights situations on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Myanmar (Burma)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Since 2007, HRN has supported a law school called Peace Law Academy (PLA) in Mae Sot, Thailand, near the border of Myanmar, with the aim of providing grassroots support for Myanmar youth who are striving to change their society under the legacy of the military dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>We have been empowering these youth, who are bearers of the country\u2019s future, by providing them a series of lectures and courses to teach on a wide range of topics, including international human rights standards, the international human rights framework for protecting rights on the ground, and comparative studies of various legal systems.<\/p>\n<p>The school has produced three generations of graduates since 2007, with over 75 students, including ethnic minorities and women. Today, many of the graduates have returned to Myanmar and are actively working to promote human rights and democracy in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, HRN has operated a human rights education program inside Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Bar Association (MBA) to provide human rights education to local lawyers and citizens. HRN sends affiliated lawyers roughly 5 times per year to Yangon, where they hold law seminars to the MBA, student law groups, other NGOs, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/32862199_10215141762071848_5002193095043842048_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4510 aligncenter\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/32862199_10215141762071848_5002193095043842048_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/32862199_10215141762071848_5002193095043842048_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/32862199_10215141762071848_5002193095043842048_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/32862199_10215141762071848_5002193095043842048_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Northeast Asia <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>HRN has provided a number of capacity-building programs to human rights defenders in Northeast Asia. HRN actively participates in a series of trainings for human rights NGOs in the region, and works to strengthen networking among human rights defenders there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"box_white\">\n<h2>Activities, Statements and Reports on this topic<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"statement__list\">\n        <article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/statement\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Statements<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2018\/10\/01\/hrc39-cambodia-land-grabbing-oral-statement\/\"><i>39th HRC Session<\/i>: Oral Statement on Technical Assistance to Address Land Grabbing in Cambodia<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">October 1, 2018<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/cambodia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cambodia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/economic-social-and-cultural-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Economic social and cultural rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/strengthen-human-rights-mechanism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Strengthen human rights mechanism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/training-and-empowerment-technical-cooperation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training and empowerment\/technical cooperation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/un-activity\/\" rel=\"tag\">UN Activity<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/report\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Reports<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2016\/11\/22\/myanmar-education-report\/\">First seminar of Myanmar domestic human rights education project in fiscal 2016.<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">November 22, 2016<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/civil-and-political-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Civil and Political Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-defenders-independence-of-judiciary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Defenders \/ independence of judiciary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/training-and-empowerment-technical-cooperation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training and empowerment\/technical cooperation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2016\/05\/30\/hredu-myanmar\/\">Human Rights Education project in Myanmar<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">May 30, 2016<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/civil-and-political-rights\/\" rel=\"tag\">Civil and Political Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/defenders-democratic-space\/\" rel=\"tag\">Defenders Democratic Space<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-defenders-independence-of-judiciary\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Defenders \/ independence of judiciary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/training-and-empowerment-technical-cooperation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training and empowerment\/technical cooperation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2012\/09\/22\/hredu-pla-myanmar\/\">Peace Law Academy: Promoting human rights inside Burma (Myanmar)<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">September 22, 2012<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/human-rights-violation-under-armed-conflictsmilitary-operation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Rights Violation under armed conflicts\/military operation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/training-and-empowerment-technical-cooperation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training and empowerment\/technical cooperation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"article__block article__block--statement\">\n    <div class=\"article__categories\">\n        <ul class=\"post-categories\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/category\/information\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Information<\/a><\/li><\/ul>    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"article__text\">\n        <div class=\"article__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/2009\/09\/27\/support-peace-law-academy\/\">Project Initiated to Support Peace Law Academy<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <div class=\"article__meta\">\n            <div class=\"article__date\">September 27, 2009<\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/countries\/myanmar\/\" rel=\"tag\">Myanmar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/news\/tag\/training-and-empowerment-technical-cooperation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training and empowerment\/technical cooperation<\/a><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/article>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HRN gives full support to grassroots efforts of civil societies based on the firm belief that such activities can make a real difference for human rights situations on the ground. &nbsp; Myanmar (Burma) Since 2007, HRN has supported a law school called Peace Law Academy (PLA) in Mae Sot, Thailand, near the border of Myanmar, with the aim of providing grassroots support for Myanmar youth who are striving to change their society under the legacy of the military dictatorship. We have been empowering these youth, who are bearers of the country\u2019s future, by providing them a series of lectures and courses to teach on a wide range of topics, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5480,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2440\/revisions\/5480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}