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From Sovereignty To Responsibility: An Emerging International Norm And Its Call To Action In Burma, Alison Mccormick
From Sovereignty To Responsibility: An Emerging International Norm And Its Call To Action In Burma, Alison Mccormick
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
"[O]ur struggle for democracy is a struggle for our everyday life." This, in the words of long-detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, describes the isolated pariah state of Burma. Under brutal military rule since 1962, Burma is still desperately trying to change its deplorable circumstances through the leadership of Suu Kyi, but continues to fail due to the regime-written "new" constitution that guarantees the regime's continued leading role in the state apparatus.2 Illegitimate elections and continued repression of the democratic opposition allow for the regime's violations of basic human rights to continue. Rights violations that include displacement, forced labor, …