ABSTRACT States often use forms of denial to suppress the pain and suffering of minority groups. In 2015, the international community celebrated the electoral success of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar. Yet through legislative reform, the Rohingya were disenfranchised prior to the election. This is an example of legal denial, that is, the use of law and legal institutions to enact denial. The article traces three uses of legal denial against the Rohingya. One act of legal denial is constitutional reform through the creation of Rakhine State in 1974 and the making of the Rohingya as a minority within Rakhine State. Another act of legal denial is legislative reform through the removal of the right to vote and run for office in 2015. A further means of legal denial occurs through judicial decision-making and the use of political trials related to the conflict in Rakhine State. As the global community struggles with how to respond to the violence, displacement and humanitarian crisis, it is suggested that there is a need to understand the acts of legal denial – constitutional, legislative and judicial – that led to this crisis and how these acts of denial are employed to deny suffering and violence.

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法律否认国家：缅甸国家如何使用法律排除罗兴亚人

摘要 国家经常使用否认的形式来压制少数群体的痛苦和苦难。2015 年，国际社会庆祝缅甸全国民主联盟选举成功。然而，通过立法改革，罗兴亚人在选举前被剥夺了公民权。这是一个法律否认的例子，即利用法律和法律制度来制定否认。这篇文章追溯了对罗兴亚人进行法律否认的三种用途。一项法律否认行为是通过 1974 年建立若开邦和将罗兴亚人设为若开邦内的少数民族进行宪法改革。另一项法律上的否定行为是立法改革，取消了 2015 年的投票权和竞选权。通过司法决策和使用与若开邦冲突有关的政治审判，是进一步的法律否认手段。随着全球社会努力应对暴力、流离失所和人道主义危机，建议有必要了解导致这场危机的法律否认行为——宪法、立法和司法——以及这些行为如何否认被用来否认痛苦和暴力。