Map of Burma
Detailed Map of Kachin State
Summary and Key Recommendations
I. Armed Conflict in Kachin State
Brief Political History of the Kachin
Armed Conflict and Abuse in Kachin State: 1961-1994
Human Rights Abuses Pre-1994
Events Preceding Renewed Armed Conflict in 2011
Renewed Armed Conflict in Kachin State: June 2011-Present
Major Infrastructure Projects in Northern Burma
Taping Hydropower Dam No. 1
Myitsone Hydropower Dam
The Burma-China Oil and Gas Pipelines
II. Burmese Army Abuses in Kachin State
Torture and Forced Labor of Children
Attacks on Civilians and Civilian Objects
Torture, Beatings, and Other Ill-Treatment
Rape and Sexual Violence
Forced Labor
Extrajudicial Killings
Destruction of Property
Child Soldiers
Antipersonnel Landmines
III. Abuses by the Kachin Independence Army
Child Soldiers
Landmines
IV. Protecting Internally Displaced Kachin in Burma
Plight of Displaced Persons
Food Security
Humanitarian Access
V. International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law
VI. Recommendations
To the Burmese Government
To the Burmese Parliament
To the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Burma
To the National Human Rights Commission
To the Kachin Independence Organization
To International Humanitarian Agencies and the Donor Community
To the UN Country Team and Burma-based UN Agencies
To the International Labour Organization
To the Governments of Australia, China, Russia, United States, European Union, and Japan, and ASEAN Member States
Acknowledgements.