The ILO’s Commission of Inquiry called last year for the country’s military to cease violence, release detained unionists, restore civil rights, and end forced labour practices after it found that government had severely restricted civil liberties and trade union rights. The recommendations urged military authorities “to immediately cease all forms of violence, torture, and other inhumane treatment against trade union leaders and members; to release and withdraw all criminal charges against trade unionists detained in relation to the exercise of their civil liberties and legitimate trade union activities; and to fully restore the protection of basic civil liberties suspended since the coup d’état.” The Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) said possible measures under Article 33…