ScholarLens Back to search
2019•eYLS (Yale Law School)Open access

Elusive Justice: The Rohingya Chronic Crisis and the Responsibility to Protect

Sumangala Bhattacharya

Open full text 0 citations

Abstract

The military junta changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, after a brutal military campaign that killed thousands in suppressing a pro-democracy movement.The United Nations has recognized the name Myanmar, but the two names continue to be used by different ethnic groups internally.Some argue Myanmar lacks legitimacy since it was imposed by the military government, especially because the country continues its brutal treatment of minority populations.I have chosen to use the form Burma/Myanmar throughout this essay to respect both the traditional and official versions of the name.See Matt Schiavenza, President Obama Is In Burma -Or Is It Myanmar?, ATLANTIC (Nov.

Open-access reader

About this research paper

What this paper is about

The military junta changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, after a brutal military campaign that killed thousands in suppressing a pro-democracy movement.The United Nations has recognized the name Myanmar, but the two names continue to be used by different ethnic groups internally.Some argue Myanmar lacks legitimacy since it was imposed by the military government, especially because the country continues its brutal treatment of minority populations.I have chosen to use the form Burma/Myanmar throughout this essay to respect both the traditional and official versions of the name.See Matt Schiavenza, President Obama Is In Burma -Or Is It Myanmar?, ATLANTIC (Nov.

Why it matters

A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

The military junta changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, after a brutal military campaign that killed thousands in suppressing a pro-democracy movement.The United Nations has recognized the name Myanmar, but the two names continue to be used by different ethnic groups internally.Some argue Myanmar lacks legitimacy since it was imposed by the military government, especially because the country continues its brutal treatment of minority populations.I have chosen to use the form Burma/Myanmar throughout this essay to respect both the traditional and official versions of the name.See Matt Schiavenza, President Obama Is In Burma -Or Is It Myanmar?, ATLANTIC (Nov.

Key concepts: Economic Justice, Responsibility to protect, Political science, Criminology, Law, Sociology, Human rights

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
Elusive Justice: The Rohingya Chronic Crisis and the Responsibility to Protect — Research Paper | ScholarLens