International Development Grant
Advancing the Fight Against Impunity in Myanmar
Project Number: CA-3-P008200001
Status: Operational
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $500,000.00
Start Date: March 13, 2020
End Date: May 31, 2023
Duration: 3.2 years
Project Description
This project aims to improve Myanmar’s ability to reform laws policies and judicial practices as well as strengthen national capacity to promote rule of law and address accountability for human rights violations. Project activities include: (1) conducting and supporting research and legal analysis of country specific cases to raise awareness and draw broader support on identified barriers to redress and accountability; (2) building national capacities of judges prosecutors investigators lawyers civil society organization and victims’ representatives on the rights to remedies and redress for serious human rights violations; and (3) promoting and engaging local national and international advocacy efforts aimed at achieving accountability or remedies and reparation for victims and their families.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved conformity with international obligations to respect and protect human rights for Myanmar; (2) increased capacity of local stakeholders including judges prosecutors investigators media and civil society organizations to promote the rule of law and address accountability for human rights violations; and (3) increased knowledge on legal issues related to justice and accountability for the general Myanmar population.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (December 2024) include: (1) produced 7 research outputs and 48 legal briefings and statements that informed advocacy efforts including thematic reports documentation of human rights violations and detailed submissions to international accountability mechanisms. In total over 2 000 cases of torture ill-treatment and fair trial violations are documented providing critical evidence to support international accountability processes; (2) over 2000 participants (1981 in Myanmar and 34 in Bangladesh) attended online and in-person capacity development workshops and dialogues for lawyers civil society organisations and victims’ representatives. These efforts strengthened the skills and knowledge of key stakeholders enabling them to contribute effectively to documentation and accountability processes; and (3) produced a report on gender-inclusive justice provided a first of its kind legal analysis of accountability mechanisms addressing gender-based crimes in Myanmar. This work laid the foundation for strengthening gender responsiveness in international and transitional justice processes and more focused dialogues with women’s rights groups operating in exile on legal accountability for gender-based crimes and gender justice.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
International Commission of Jurists
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs