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Race and Religion Protection Laws

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beyond giving the state more powers to discriminate against women and minorities, they would also ignite further ethnic tension. Human Rights Watched stated that the laws would entrench religious discrimination and expressed concern that the many local boards set up by the laws would be disproportionately or exclusively ethnic Burman Buddhist officials. Beyond discriminatory bias, such local groups could stoke communal tensions. Furthermore, the laws were criticized for relying on gender discriminatory narratives associating women with purity. Furthermore, many regard the language and focus on religion and interfaith marriages as evidence of the bill as an attempt to legalize discrimination.
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or migration is currently or expected to be high. Local governments are given the authority to request this assistance to limit reproductive rates in areas where an "imbalance between population and resources" negatively impacts regional development. Of the provisions applied onto the area, the most
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and requires any citizen of Myanmar wishing to convert to be (1) at least 18 years old, (2) submit a complete application to the Scrutiny and Registration Board and (3) pass an interview with the Board. The Board can have the applicant engage in religious studies up to 180 days from the application
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prohibited the use of '969' for political uses. The committee issued an order on 2 September prohibiting the creation of formal 969 organizations. The committee did not object to the promotion of 969 ideology but found that drafting proposed laws had gone too far. Wirathu rejected the order calling
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to alleviate poverty and provide healthcare relating to "the adjustment of population increase" in socioeconomically underdeveloped regions. The law requires the Ministry of Health to provide assistance, various administrative and healthcare services and medical distribution to areas determined to
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stated that the Population Control Law and the Monogamy Law required significant revisions, including safeguards, to ensure that they would not be used discriminatorily. The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, when asked about whether non-citizens would be burdened with bills only targeting
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and international conventions that Myanmar had ratified. Ma Ba Tha, who lobbied for the laws, defends the laws as a way to protect the country against Muslim whom they accuse of trying to take over Myanmar by outbreeding the Buddhist majority. Organizations like Amnesty International stated that
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The law explicitly aims to protect the rights of Myanmar Buddhist women marrying a non-Buddhist man, defining a Myanmar Buddhist women as a citizen woman who professes the Buddhist faith or is a woman born of parents who profess the faith unless the woman has officially converted through the
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Amnesty International criticized the law for blatantly discriminating on both religious and gender grounds as well as relying on stereotypes that Buddhist women are vulnerable to forced conversion by non-Buddhist husbands. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the violation of Myanmar's
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quickly escalated with mobs attacking and torching Muslim houses, mosques and schools across Mandalay Region. While these riots may not have been incited by the 969 movement, many nationalistic monks "rode the wave" and began to incite greater tensions between Buddhists and Muslims.
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The first of the four laws, the Population Control Law, was passed in the wake of increase pressure from international organizations and foreign governments on the Government of Myanmar to alleviate discriminatory conditions for the persecuted
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before willing converts are given a certificate of conversion. In Chapter 6, the law further prescribes punishments for forced conversions or converts who convert with the intention of "insulting, degrading, destroying or misusing a religion".
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as coercive birth-spacing requirements could violate women's human rights. Furthermore, the law only imposes these restrictions on certain regions and could be triggered discriminatorily towards areas with a high Muslim population.
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on 21 August 2015. The law was criticized for its potential abuse to arbitrarily interfere with privacy and family affairs. The government denied that it was aimed at Muslims, some of whom practice
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The law applies makes it a criminal offense to have more than one spouse or live with an unmarried partner while either has a spouse. The person who enters into another marriage or illegal
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to publicly display the application for interfaith marriage for 14 days and allows any objections to the marriage to go to local court. Beyond the increased administrative burden placed on
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government coming into power shortly after the laws were passed. Many townships do not have the Scrutiny and Registration Boards as required by the Religious Conversion Law set up.
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Many concerns raised were on the grounds of implementation and enforcement. While the laws where still drafts, Amnesty International and the
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The law's requirement for local government officials to approve conversion applications was a cause for concern to many rights groups.
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including the criminalization of extramarital affairs. The law further lacks provisions for children of polygamous marriages or for
338: 1043:[The Health Care in the Adjustment of Population Increase Law] (Law 28/2015) (in Burmese). Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. 19 May 2015. 1056:"Myanmar President Approves Population Control Health Care Law Amid Concerns Over Potential Reproductive, Human Rights Violations" 534: 396: 302: 1270: 557:, the law further requires the non-Buddhist husband to respect the free practice of his spouse's Buddhism, including displaying 1346: 1125: 641:
Amnesty International criticized the law for its unclear purpose since polygamy is already criminalized in Article 494 of the
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expressed concerns that given the rise of religious tensions, authorities could abuse this law and further harass minorities.
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The four laws had been prominent within domestic politics since mid-2013 and reached parliament in late 2014 in the midst of
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requiring signatories to eliminate discrimination against women in matters relating to marriage. The HRW further cites
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Since the laws' passing in 2015, the country has undergone many religious and ethnic conflicts including the 2017
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and as the most explicit law protecting Buddhism specifically. The law passed 524 to 44 in a joint session of the
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citizens, was unable to conclusively dissuade concerns that non-citizens would be targeted by the four laws.
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to have parental consent if the woman is under 20 years of age. The Interfaith Marriage Law further allows
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controversial was that women would be required to space the birth of their children 36 months apart.
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Religious Conversion Law. Unlike the Religious Conversion Law, the Interfaith Marriage Law requires
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on 19 May 2015 despite several objections from domestic activists and international organizations.
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to control the monkhood. Later, the Committee for the Protection of Race and Religion (
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magazine. On 20 March 2013, tensions between Buddhist and Muslim ethnic groups in
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faced pressure to sign them into law from both Ma Ba Tha and his nationalistic
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the committee undemocratic citing that the committee was created by the former
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Amnesty International; International Commission of Jurists (3 March 2015).
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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Myanmar: Parliament must reject discriminatory β€˜race and religion’ laws
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The Health Care in the Adjustment of Population Increase Law (28/2015)
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The Health Care in the Adjustment of Population Increase Law (
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The law establishes Scrutiny and Registration Boards in each
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need healthcare. Areas are determined to need healthcare if
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formed in the early 2010s in opposition to what they see as
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The Myanmar Buddhist Women's Special Marriage Law (50/2015)
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The laws also generally saw criticism on its violations of
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Law Regarding the Practice of One Husband One Wife System
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called the law discriminatory and incompatible with the
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2021 Report on International Religious Freedom: Burma
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will have committed the criminal act of polygamy or
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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The law's objectives, as written, are to enable the
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The Law Relating to the Monogamous System (54/2015)
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The Myanmar Buddhist Women's Special Marriage Law (
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United Nations Population Fund. 9 June 2015. 8: 692:to reject the laws and refuse to sign them. 1300: 1298: 1255:α€α€…α€Ία€œα€„α€Ία€α€…α€Ία€™α€šα€¬α€Έα€…α€”α€…α€Ί α€€α€»α€„α€·α€Ία€žα€―α€Άα€Έα€α€Όα€„α€Ία€Έα€†α€­α€―α€„α€Ία€›α€¬α€₯ပဒေ 1233:"Burma:Reject Discriminatory Marriage Bill" 598: 595:α€α€…α€Ία€œα€„α€Ία€α€…α€Ία€™α€šα€¬α€Έα€…α€”α€…α€Ί α€€α€»α€„α€·α€Ία€žα€―α€Άα€Έα€α€Όα€„α€Ία€Έα€†α€­α€―α€„α€Ία€›α€¬α€₯ပဒေ 589:The Law Relating to the Monogamous System ( 1149: 1147: 1145: 1143: 1141: 1139: 1248: 1246: 1177:α€€α€­α€―α€Έα€€α€½α€šα€Ία€›α€¬α€˜α€¬α€žα€¬α€€α€°α€Έα€•α€Όα€±α€¬α€„α€Ία€Έα€α€Όα€„α€Ία€Έα€†α€­α€―α€„α€Ία€›α€¬ α€₯ပဒေ 1170: 1168: 1110:α€€α€­α€―α€Έα€€α€½α€šα€Ία€›α€¬α€˜α€¬α€žα€¬α€€α€°α€Έα€•α€Όα€±α€¬α€„α€Ία€Έα€α€Όα€„α€Ία€Έα€†α€­α€―α€„α€Ία€›α€¬ α€₯ပဒေ 1103: 1101: 1033: 1031: 492:α€€α€­α€―α€Έα€€α€½α€šα€Ία€›α€¬α€˜α€¬α€žα€¬α€€α€°α€Έα€•α€Όα€±α€¬α€„α€Ία€Έα€α€Όα€„α€Ία€Έα€†α€­α€―α€„α€Ία€›α€¬ α€₯ပဒေ 354:'s expansion in Myanmar, a predominantly 1081: 1079: 1011: 1009: 1007: 677:Several rights organizations, including 366:called "The Face of Buddhist Terror" by 1227: 1225: 1223: 728: 254: 190: 129:The Religious Conversion Law (48/2015) 126: 54: 736: 734: 732: 419:Union Solidarity and Development Party 228: 164: 100: 28: 834:"Buddhists sentenced over Burma riot" 771: 769: 767: 765: 763: 638:and foreigners married to a citizen. 511:Universal Declaration of Human Rights 7: 1321:"Myanmar passes 'anti-polygamy' law" 915:May Sitt Paing (10 September 2013). 671:International Commission of Jurists 1269:Hnin Yadana Zaw (31 August 2015). 1016:Caster, Michael (26 August 2015). 874:from the original on 25 March 2013 388:State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee 14: 1124:Perez, Emelina (31 August 2015). 358:country. 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Index

Anti-conversion law
Anti-miscegenation laws
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Long title
Thein Sein
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Long title
Thein Sein
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Long title
Thein Sein
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Long title
Thein Sein
Myanmar
Ma Ba Tha
969 Movement
Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar
Buddhist nationalist
969 Movement
Islam
Buddhist
Ashin Wirathu
Buddhist monk
Time
Meiktila
Mandalay Region
2013 Myanmar anti-Muslim riots
State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee
military regime

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