Right to use the Constitution You have a right to ask for your Constitutional rights to be enforced (Nga Pein v The Union of Burma, 1953 BLR (SC) 116a). You have a right to ask a court to test the constitutionality of any law or policy (U Htwe (a) A. E. Madari v. U Tun Ohn & One. 1948 BLR (SC) 541, at 560-61). Right to use international law and standards You have a right for your defence to refer beyond Myanmar’s Constitution to the statements, principles, and doctrine in other countries (Daw Si Si v. Union of Myanmar, (1964) BLR 876). You have a right that your defence and appeal complies with international law and standards (Legal Aid Law 2017 Amendment, Art. 3(b)).

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