An association of lawyers’ groups in Myanmar has called on the ruling National League for Democracy to strengthen rule of law in the country, RFA reported.

Released on Dec. 6, a report by the Peace Law Academy, comprising 11 groups promoting ethics and professionalism in the country’s legal sector, analysed more than 100 criminal cases from 2017 to 2019 whose handling the group said showed a deteriorating regard for the rule of law.

Though the Attorney General’s Office of the Union of Myanmar issued procedures for fair trials in 2018 that referenced international standards, those procedures have been only weakly complied with, Peace Law Academy spokesperson Aye Mon Thu told RFA’s Myanmar Service.