To:
Forum Council, Asia Pacific Forum (APF)
APF Governance Committee, Asia Pacific Forum (APF)
18 September 2023
Re: Invitation to junta-controlled Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to the 28th APF Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference
We, the CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institution for Burma/Myanmar (Working Group), write to express our rejection of the APF inviting the Myanmar military junta-controlled Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) to the 28th APF Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference, which will take place in India on 20 – 21 September 2023. We strongly urge that the APF disinvite the MNHRC from its upcoming 28th APF Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference pending the outcome of the Special Review of the MNHRC by the GANHRI-SCA.
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