Myanmar comes under renewed pressure to ratify key human rights treaties
Myanmar has come under renewed pressure to lift itself from the bottom rung of countries to have ratified key international human rights treaties.
Speaking at an event in Yangon yesterday to mark International Human Rights Day, Andrew MacGregor, a senior official from the Office of the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, singled out two key covenants on the 50th anniversary of their adoption which he urged Myanmar to enact.
