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21 - Ethnic Conflicts in Myanmar: The Application of the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict

from Part III - Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2019

By
Megumi Ochi  and
Saori Matsuyama
Edited by
Suzannah Linton ,
Tim McCormack  and
Sandesh Sivakumaran
Suzannah Linton
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Tim McCormack
Affiliation:
University of Tasmania
Sandesh Sivakumaran
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Summary

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar) has had a long history of military rule where fighting regularly breaks out between the government and ethnic armed groups. Virtually from the time of independence, there have been armed conflicts between State armed forces and various ethnic armed groups, with serious humanitarian consequences. Unlike the other armed conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region, such as in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, the long-running ethnic armed conflicts in Myanmar have drawn only occasional attention from the international community. The situation in Rakhine State is an example. It was only in 2017, after decades of repression, abuse and outright criminality leading to a humanitarian catastrophe, that the situation of the Rohingya captured the world’s attention.

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Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law , pp. 338 - 355
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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