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Myanmar: EU mission assesses human rights and labour rights situation

31.10.2018
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EU News 250/2018

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A monitoring mission of experts from the European Commission and the European External Action Service visited Myanmar from 28 to 31 October.

This follows deeply worrying developments highlighted in various United Nations reports, in particular as regards human rights violations in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States and concerns around labour rights.

This week's high-level mission was part of the broader engagement that the European Commission has launched to monitor Myanmar's respect of fifteen fundamental UN and International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions. In order to continue to benefit from duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market through the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, Myanmar must uphold and respect the principles enshrined in these conventions.

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