"The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), in association with Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB), Burma Partnership, and the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma), urges the United Nations Human Rights Council to remain seized of the serious and on-going human rights abuses occurring in Myanmar. In the past two years, the Myanmar government has undertaken several important steps towards democratic reforms, however, serious human rights violations have continued to take place in an environment of impunity where the rule of law and an independent and impartial justice system are still largely absent. Most pre-existing repressive legislations remain in place with several new laws providing a justification for more restrictions...".....Written NGO statement to the 22th Session of UN Human Rights Council.