Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council
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18 Sep 2018 - Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar
Subject:
Publication of Full Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar and Presentation to the HRC
Speakers:
• Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairperson, Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar
• Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar
• Mr. Christopher Sidoti, Member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Mr. Christopher Sidoti
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United Nations - Human Rights Council
Date of publication:
2018-09-18
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2018-09-18
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The webcast is dated 17 September but I think it might be the 18th (OBL Librarian)...
Interactive dialogue with:
- Fact-finding mission on the situation of human rights in MyanmarA/HRC/39/64
Item:4 - Human rights situations that require the Council?s attention
- 17th Plenary Meeting
39th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.
HRC extranet (information on daily updates, draft documentation, copies of oral statements etc.)
SPEAKERS
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairperson of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Introduction)
Myanmar (Country Concerned), Mr. Kyaw Moe Tun
Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC), Mr. Farukh Amil
European Union, Mr. Peter Sørensen
Liechtenstein, Mr. Peter Matt
Lithuania, Mr. Andrius Krivas
Canada, Mr. Bob Rae
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Braithwaite
Kuwait, Mr. Abdullah Alkhubaizi
Thailand, Mr. Sek Wannamethee
Slovenia, Mr. Tomaz Mencin
Estonia, Ms. Triinu Kallas
Malaysia, Mr. Amran Mohamed Zin
France, Mr. François Gave
Sweden, Ms. Veronika Bard
Pakistan, Mr. Farukh Amil
Switzerland, Ms. Jasna Lazarevic
Germany, Mr. Ralf Schroer
Republic of Korea, Mr. Yoon Sangkuk
Philippines, Mr. Mr. Evan P. Garcia
Indonesia, Mr. Hasan Kleib
Finland, Ms. Terhi Hakala
Denmark, Mr. Morten Jespersen
Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abdulaziz Alwasil
Tunisia, Ms. Intissar Ben Attitallah
Russian Federation, Mr. Evgeny Ustinov
Austria, Ms. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
Netherlands, Ms. Monique T.G. Van Daalen
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairperson of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Comments and answers)
Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Comments and answers)
Mr. Christopher Dominic Sidoti, Member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Comments and answers)
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairperson of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Comments and answers)
Japan, Mr. Ken Okaniwa
Croatia, Ms. Vesna Batistic Kos
Spain, Ms. Estibauz Lopez de Goicoechea
China, Mr. Dahai Qi
Czech Republic, Mr. Ludvik Eger
Australia, Ms. Elizabeth Wilde
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Manuel Enrique García Andueza
Georgia, Mr. Victor Dolidze
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mr. Zolfaghuri
Costa Rica, Ms. Elayne Whyte Gómez
Iraq, Ms. Bushra Al-Nussairy
Bangladesh, Mr. Shameem Ahsan
Belgium, Mr. Thomas Steven
Greece, Mr. Michail Manousakis
Montenegro, Mr. Milorad Šcepanovic
Luxembourg
Iceland, Ms. Edda Björk Ragnarsdottir
Poland, Mr. Zbigniew Czech
Ireland, Ms. Sarah Keating
Norway, Mr. Hans Brattskar
Turkey, Ms. Beliz Celasin Rende
Slovakia, Mr. Igor Kucer
New Zealand, Ms. Jillian Dempster
Jordan, Ms. Saja S. Majali
Viet Nam, Mr. Duong Chi Dung
Lao People?s Democratic Republic, Mr. Kham-Inh Khitchaseth
Nepal, Mr. Deepak Dhital
Algeria, Mr. Mehdi Litim
Maldives, Ms. Aishath Shahula
Afghanistan, Ms. Elaha Ebadi
Human Rights Watch (Joint Statement), Mr. John Fisher
Human Rights Law Centre, Mr. Daniel Webb
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Ms. Wai Wai Nu
Center for Reproductive Rights, Ms. Paola Salwa Daher
Article 19 - International Centre Against Censorship, Ms. Lucy Bye
International Commission of Jurists, Mr. David Abbott
Human Rights Now, Ms. Armi Javier
Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Ms. Claire Denman
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, Chairperson of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Final Remarks)
Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Final Remarks)
Mr. Christopher Dominic Sidoti, Member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar (Final Remarks)
Source/publisher:
United Nations - Human Rights Council
Date of publication:
2018-09-18
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2018-09-18
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"Summary:The present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 39/2, contains the findings of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar
since its previous report (A/HRC/39/64). The mission provides an overview of its activities and the consolidation of its findings with a view to its handover to the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar. It details its findings on conflict-related human rights developments in Rakhine, Chin, Shan and Kachin States, and also provides an update on the situation of the Rohingya. The mission concludes the report with its assessment of the situation of impunity and accountability, and a road map and recommendations for the way forward beyond the mandate of the mission......Introduction: 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/2, in which the Council extended the mandate of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar until the new Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar is
established and becomes operational. The Council requested the mission to present its final report on its activities to the Council at its forty-second session. The present report focuses on the mission’s activities since September 2018, including consolidated findings from its previous report to the Council (A/HRC/39/64), 1 and new findings on developments in the situation of human rights in the country.2
2. In view of its commitment to justice for victims and its handover to the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the mission presents a number of options for the way forward in the pursuit of accountability for gross violations of human rights and serious
violations of international humanitarian law. The mission will also submit further detailed findings and recommendations on the situation in Myanmar to the Council at its present session in the form of four conference room papers. 3. The mission comprised three experts: Marzuki Darusman (Indonesia, chair), Radhika
Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka) and Christopher Sidoti (Australia).
4. The mission regrets the continuing lack of cooperation from the Government of Myanmar, despite the numerous appeals made by the Human Rights Council and the mission. During the reporting period, the mission requested country access on 12 February 2019. It
sent a detailed list of questions pertaining to the mandate of the mission on 28 March 2019. The mission received no official response to either communication. The present report was shared with the Government prior to its public release. No response has been received..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/50) General Assembly...20 pages
Date of publication:
2019-08-08
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2021-06-14
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"Members of the European Parliament discussed the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar at a plenary session in Strasbourg.
Estonian MEP Urmas Paet said in his speech that due to the continued violence of the Myanmarese government and army against the Rohingya, the European Union must make new decisions as to how to put pressure on the state.
"The latest UN fact-finding mission in Myanmar said that some 600,000 Rohingyas remaining in the state are living in fear of a new genocide," Paet said. "The crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmarese army and war crimes against ethnic communities are continuing, and the army and government are enjoying impunity," he noted.
The Estonian MEP said that the Rohingya in Myanmar are being discriminated against and have been deprived of their basic rights.
"They are facing the threat of arbitrary arrest, they have no freedom of movement and only have limited access to healthcare services," he added.
Paet said that some 700,000 Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh to escape the violence of the Myanmarese army are also facing several problems.
"The Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh is overcrowded. The conditions there are unsanitary and the access to healthcare is limited," he said. "Children lack opportunities for receiving an education and human trafficking is on the rise."
The Estonian MEP said that the European Union and other international organizations must make an effort to gain access to the Myanmarese conflict regions in order to provide aid and monitor the system on the spot. Human rights violations in the state must be investigated in depth and the perpetrators have to be held responsible..."
Source/publisher:
"The Baltic Times" (Latvia)
Date of publication:
2019-09-19
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-20
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council
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MYANMAR, WAR CRIMES, JUSTIC, EGENOCIDE, SHAN STATE, RAKHINE STATE, OHCHR, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, RIGHTS, KAREN STATE, UN FACT-FINDING MISSION, MYANMAR MILITARY, 'FLYING TOMATO', UNHRC
Topic:
MYANMAR, WAR CRIMES, JUSTIC, EGENOCIDE, SHAN STATE, RAKHINE STATE, OHCHR, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, RIGHTS, KAREN STATE, UN FACT-FINDING MISSION, MYANMAR MILITARY, 'FLYING TOMATO', UNHRC
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"The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (aka Forum-Asia), Progressive Voice and the Karen Human Rights Group are calling on member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council to take concrete action to ensure justice and accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes perpetrated against ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar.
We are deeply concerned regarding the escalation in conflict, particularly in Rakhine and Shan states, and are urging the UNHRC to broaden the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar regularly to document and report violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in that country.
Shan state has observed an escalation in conflict since the factions of the Northern Alliance’s Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) carried out attacks against the Myanmar military’s Defense Service Technological Academy at Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region, as well as a toll gate, customs house and police security outpost on August 15. The military was quick to retaliate, with some of the worst fighting observed in Lashio and Kutkai. In Lashio, the military used Buddhist temples to fire shells into villages, resulting in the death of a 52-year-old farmer. In Kutkai, parents and family grieved the death of three Kachin children due to heavy shelling between the Northern Alliance and the military..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2019-09-19
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-19
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Individual Documents
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Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups, Genocide, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Non-Ceasefire Groups
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"The UN warns hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar face a "serious risk of genocide"
Two years after Myanmar's military crackdown on the Rohingya, UN Investigators say conditions remain 'deplorable' for the muslim ethnic minority,
600,000 Rohingya living in Rakhine state face a serious risk of genocide and that it is impossible for hundreds of thousands who fled to Bangladesh to return.
Last year, the UN fact finding mission found that military officers carried out a campaign against the Rohingya with "genocidal intent".
The investigators are now calling for Myanmar to be held responsible, and army generals to face trial over rapes and killings.
But would that be enough to end the suffering of one of the most persecuted minorities in the world?..."
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
Date of publication:
2019-09-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-18
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, The rights of non-citizens
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"Myanmar’s civilian leader, a Nobel laureate once extolled as a champion of democracy, could face prosecution for crimes against humanity because of the military’s attacks on Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups, United Nations investigators said on Tuesday.
Their statement was a new sign of how far the leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, had fallen from grace in the three years since she took office, overshadowed by the military’s campaign against the Rohingya.
She was first acclaimed as an icon of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, having won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and endured many years of house arrest. Now she has become an international pariah for her government’s response to brutal oppressions by Myanmar’s military.
In a report to the United Nations top human rights body in Geneva on Tuesday, a panel of investigators, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, said the 660,000 Rohingya people who remain in Myanmar face systematic persecution..."
Source/publisher:
"The New York Times" (USA)
Date of publication:
2019-09-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-18
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council
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"The 600,000 Rohingya remaining inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and live under the threat of genocide, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar says in a new report.
“The threat of genocide continues for the remaining Rohingya”, said Marzuki Darusman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, recalling that a year ago the Mission said it had found “genocidal acts” in Myanmar’s 2017 “clearance operations” that killed thousands and caused more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee for their lives to Bangladesh.
“Myanmar is failing in its obligation to prevent genocide, to investigate genocide and to enact effective legislation criminalizing and punishing genocide,” Darusman said.
The report, published today, will be presented on Tuesday to the Human Rights Council, which created the Mission in 2017. It says Myanmar’s ethnic groups have a common – but not identical – experience of marginalization, discrimination and brutality at the hands of the Myanmar armed forces, the Tatmadaw.
The report includes much new information about human rights abuses resulting from the Tatmadaw’s decades-long fight against the country’s minority ethnic groups. On the Tatmadaw’s conflict with the Arakan Army, the report says: “In an attempt to prevent civilian support to the insurgency, the Tatmadaw has cut the lifelines of ethnic Rakhine communities, restricting both people’s freedom of movement and humanitarian access” so that many cannot make a living or get food.....မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိရိုဟင်ဂျာများ ဖိနှိပ်ညှင်းပန်းခံရ၊ ဂျန်နိုဆိုက် အန္တရာယ်လက်ရောက်တွင် နေထိုင်နေရသည်ဟု ကုလကျွမ်းကျင်ပညာရှင်များကဆို။..."
Source/publisher:
The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/50)
Date of publication:
2019-09-16
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-17
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"1. In its report to the Human Rights Council in September 20181
(hereinafter “the 2018
Report”), the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (hereinafter
“The Mission”) concluded that “rape and other sexual violence have been a particularly
egregious and recurrent feature of the targeting of the civilian population in Rakhine,
Kachin and Shan States since 2011”.
2. The Mission found that sexual and gender-based violence was a hallmark of the
Tatmadaw’s operations in northern Myanmar and in Rakhine. These violations, for most
part perpetrated against ethnic women and girls, were used with the intent to intimidate,
terrorise and punish the civilian population and as a tactic of war. The Tatmadaw was
overwhelmingly the main perpetrator.
3. Two years after the “clearance operations” against the Rohingya population in
Rakhine, and one year since the publication of the Mission’s findings, accountability for
these egregious acts remains elusive. The Mission felt compelled to issue this thematic
report, further exposing these grave violations that the Mission considers amount to war
crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide.
4. In examining the situation of sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar, the
Mission also reviewed the situation of gender inequality in Myanmar more broadly. It
found a direct nexus between the lack of gender equality more generally within the country
and within ethnic communities, and the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence.
Impunity for gender-based violence in Myanmar is exacerbated by underlying gender
inequality. Ethnic women and girls are doubly victimised: as women and girls and as
members of ethnic minority communities.
5. In its 2018 report, the Mission found that men and boys have also been victims of
sexual and gender-based violence by security forces. On 23 April 2019, in its resolution
2467, the Security Council recognized that sexual and gender-based violence also targets
men and boys in armed conflict and post-conflict settings, as well as in the context of
detention settings, and in the context of those associated with armed groups. Violent
conflict impacts men, women, boys, girls and those with diverse gender identities
differently. While there is an increasing awareness of the importance of gender in efforts to
build sustainable peace, much of the focus has been on women and girls. The experiences
of men and boys have not been understood well. Against this background, the Mission
conducted further investigations into the situation of sexual and gender-based violence
against men and boys in the context of Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts and found that they have
been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, especially in the context of detention
settings. The physical and psychological consequences are severe and far-reaching,
exacerbated by the stigma attached to male rape..."
Source/publisher:
The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
Date of publication:
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-23
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Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - UN/Myanmar documents, Sexual orientation - Discrimination based on, Women's rights, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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"မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ နှင့် ကျား/မ အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများနှင့်၊ တိုင်းရင်းသား ပဋိပက္ခများက လိင်အုပ်စုတစ်စုစီကို တမျိုးစီ ကွဲပြားစွာသက်ရောက်ပုံ။ (အကျဉ်းချုပ်)...(၂၀၁၈) စက်တင်ဘာလတွင် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီသို့ ထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့သော အစီရင်ခံစာ (ယခုမစ၍ "၂၀၁၈ အစီရင်ခံစာ") အတွင်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ သီးသန့်လွတ်လပ်သော နိုင်ငံတကာ အချက်အလက်ရှာဖွေရေးကော်မစ်ရှင် (ယခုမစ၍ "ကော်မစ်ရှင်က" "(၂၀၁၁) ခုနှစ်မှစ၍ ရခိုင်၊ ကချင်နှင့်ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်များရှိ အရပ်သားပြည်သူများကို ပစ်မှတ်ထားသော ကျူးလွန်မှုများတွင် မုဒိမ်းမှုနှင့်လိင်ဆိုင်ရာ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများသည် အလွန်အကျွံဆိုးရွားပြီး၊ အဖန်တလဲလဲ ဖြစ်ပွါးနေသော လက္ခဏာတရပ်ဖြစ်သည်"ဟုကောက်ချက်ချခဲ့သည်။..."
Source/publisher:
The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
Date of publication:
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-23
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Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, Myanmar Documents submitted to CEDAW by civil society organisations, Sexual orientation - Discrimination based on, Women's rights, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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"1. In its report to the Human Rights Council in September 20181
(hereinafter “the 2018
Report”), the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (hereinafter
“The Mission”) concluded that “rape and other sexual violence have been a particularly
egregious and recurrent feature of the targeting of the civilian population in Rakhine,
Kachin and Shan States since 2011”.
2. The Mission found that sexual and gender-based violence was a hallmark of the
Tatmadaw’s operations in northern Myanmar and in Rakhine. These violations, for most
part perpetrated against ethnic women and girls, were used with the intent to intimidate,
terrorise and punish the civilian population and as a tactic of war. The Tatmadaw was
overwhelmingly the main perpetrator.
3. Two years after the “clearance operations” against the Rohingya population in
Rakhine, and one year since the publication of the Mission’s findings, accountability for
these egregious acts remains elusive. The Mission felt compelled to issue this thematic
report, further exposing these grave violations that the Mission considers amount to war
crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide.
4. In examining the situation of sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar, the
Mission also reviewed the situation of gender inequality in Myanmar more broadly. It
found a direct nexus between the lack of gender equality more generally within the country
and within ethnic communities, and the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence.
Impunity for gender-based violence in Myanmar is exacerbated by underlying gender
inequality. Ethnic women and girls are doubly victimised: as women and girls and as
members of ethnic minority communities.
5. In its 2018 report, the Mission found that men and boys have also been victims of
sexual and gender-based violence by security forces. On 23 April 2019, in its resolution
2467, the Security Council recognized that sexual and gender-based violence also targets
men and boys in armed conflict and post-conflict settings, as well as in the context of
detention settings, and in the context of those associated with armed groups. Violent
conflict impacts men, women, boys, girls and those with diverse gender identities
differently. While there is an increasing awareness of the importance of gender in efforts to
build sustainable peace, much of the focus has been on women and girls. The experiences
of men and boys have not been understood well. Against this background, the Mission
conducted further investigations into the situation of sexual and gender-based violence
against men and boys in the context of Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts and found that they have
been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, especially in the context of detention
settings. The physical and psychological consequences are severe and far-reaching,
exacerbated by the stigma attached to male rape......မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာနှင့် ကျား/မ အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများနှင့်၊ တိုင်းရင်းသားပဋိပက္ခများက လိင်အုပ်စုတစ်စုစီကို တစ်မျိုးစီ ကွဲပြားစွာ သက်ရောက်ပုံ။..."
Source/publisher:
The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
Date of publication:
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-23
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"The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said the country’s military must stop using sexual and gender-based violence to terrorise and punish ethnic minorities. The Mission said the brutal tactic was still being employed in Kachin and Shan states, and was so severe in Rakhine State, during the “clearance operations” of 2017, that it was a factor indicating the Myanmar military’s genocidal intent to destroy the Rohingya population.
The Mission made its conclusions in a new report, released Thursday in New York, that soldiers routinely and systematically employed rape, gang rape and other violent and forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in blatant violation of international human rights law.
“Extreme physical violence, the openness in which it is conducted … reflects a widespread culture of tolerance towards humiliation and the deliberate infliction of severe physical and mental pain or suffering on civilians,” the report said.
Marzuki Darusman, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, said, “The international community must hold the Myanmar military to account for the tremendous pain and suffering it has inflicted on persons of all genders across the country.”
The Mission conducted interviews with hundreds of survivors and witnesses of sexual violence in Kachin and Shan States in the north, and in Rakhine State in the west, where the military’s “clearance operations” that began on 25 August 2017 led to more than 700,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh. On the second anniversary of the beginning of the operations, this report is an important reminder of the continuing need for accountability...လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာနှင့် ကျားမ အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်ခံရသူများအတွက် တရားမျှတမှုကို ကုလသမဂအချက်အလက်ရှာဖွေရေးမစ်ရှင် တောင်းဆိုချက်..."
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
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2019-08-22
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2019-08-23
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In March 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Council established a Fact-Finding Mission to establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged recent human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar.
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"The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar urged the international community on Monday to sever ties with Myanmar’s military and the vast web of companies it controls and relies on. The Mission said the revenues the military earns from domestic and foreign business deals substantially enhances its ability to carry out gross violations of human rights with impunity.
The report, for the first time, establishes in detail the degree to which Myanmar’s military has used its own businesses, foreign companies and arms deals to support brutal operations against ethnic groups that constitute serious crimes under international law, bypassing civilian oversight and evading accountability.
The Mission said the U.N. Security Council and Member States should immediately impose targeted sanctions against companies run by the military, known as the Tatmadaw. It encouraged consumers, investors and firms at home and abroad to engage with businesses unaffiliated with the military instead.
The Mission also called for the imposition of an arms embargo, citing at least 14 foreign firms from seven nations that have supplied fighter jets, armored combat vehicles, warships, missiles and missile launchers to Myanmar since 2016. During this period the military carried out extensive and systematic human rights violations against civilians in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, including the forced deportation of more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya to Bangladesh..."
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/CRP.3)
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2019-08-05
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2019-08-05
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"လက်ရှိအစီရင်ခံစာတွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ သီးသန့်လွတ်လပ်သော နိုင်ငံတကာအချက်အလက် ရှာဖွေရေးမစ်ရှင်၏ အဓိကတွေ့ရှိချက်များနှင့် အကြံပြုချက်များကိုတင်ပြထားသည်။ ဤစီရင်ခံစာသည် ကုလသမ္မ၏ တရားဝင်ဘာသာပြန်မဟုတ်ပါ၊။ အင်္ဂလိပ်ဖြင့်ရေးသားဖော်ပြထားသောစာအုပ်မှတ်တမ်း (A/HRC/39/64)ကို တရားဝင်မူရင်းအဖြစ်ကြည့်ရှုပါ။ နောက်ဆုံးဖြစ်ပေါ်ခဲ့သော တိုးတက်ပြောင်းလဲမှုများကို ထင်ဟပ်ဖော်ပြနိုင်ရန် လက်ရှိအစီရင်ခံစာကို နောက်ဆုံအနေနှင့် တင်ပြရန်သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ရက်ထက်ကျော်လွန်၍တင်သွင်းခဲ့သည်။ အသေးစိတ်တွေ့ရှိချက်များကိုသိရှိလိုပါက အစီရင်ခံစာ(A/HRC/39/CRP.2) ကိုကြည့်ပါ"
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United Nations - Human Rights Council
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2018-08-27
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2018-09-19
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GENEVA (18 September 2018) ? "The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar on Tuesday released the full 440-page account of the findings of its 15-month examination of the situation in three states in Myanmar. The report also makes dozens of recommendations, including to the United Nations and the international community and to the Government of Myanmar. It reiterates the Fact-Finding Mission?s call for the investigation and prosecution of Myanmar?s Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and his top military leaders for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes..."
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UN Press service
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2018-09-18
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2018-09-18
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Conference Room Paper...
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"The Human Rights Council established the Independent International Fact-Finding
Mission on Myanmar in its resolution 34/22. In accordance with its mandate, the Mission
focused on the situation in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States since 2011. It also examined
the infringement of fundamental freedoms, including the rights to freedom of expression,
assembly and peaceful association, and the question of hate speech.
The Mission established consistent patterns of serious human rights violations and
abuses in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in addition to serious violations of international
humanitarian law. These are principally committed by the Myanmar security forces,
particularly the military. Their operations are based on policies, tactics and conduct that
consistently fail to respect international law, including by deliberately targeting civilians.
Many violations amount to the gravest crimes under international law. In the light of the
pervasive culture of impunity at the domestic level, the mission finds that the impetus for
accountability must come from the international community. It makes concrete
recommendations to that end, including that named senior generals of the Myanmar
military should be investigated and prosecuted in an international criminal tribunal for
genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
The present document contains the detailed findings of the Mission. Its principal
findings and recommendations are provided in document A/HRC/39/64."
Source/publisher:
United Nations - Human Rights Council (A/HRC/39/CRP.2)
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2018-09-17
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2018-09-18
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"...Democracy requires a government that accepts scrutiny. It depends on leadership that actively combats hate speech and harmful misinformation. It requires a legal framework that guarantees these rights for all, without discrimination.
In this regard, the democratic transition in Myanmar had barely begun and now it has come to a standstill. Repressive laws are being used to silence those that seek to scrutinize. We have verified instances of reprisals against individuals for sharing information with the United Nations. Peaceful protests are blocked, sometimes violently, as occurred in the village of Mrauk-U. While voices critical of the Government are muted by threats and arrest, hate speech is thriving, particularly against the Rohingya. Patience will not help Myanmar?s democratization, it will only help those that seek to derail it, as it has for over 70 years.
This is the context in which we have undertaken our work. We have invested our deep, personal dedication, because we believe that Myanmar can change course and that establishing the facts is the first step. The victims have the right to the truth, and so do the people of Myanmar as a whole.
We would have wished to discuss our work with the authorities. We regret that the Government of Myanmar chose not to cooperate with us.
However, we have full confidence in our findings, which are based on a solid body of credible information gathered over an intensive year of work. What we found are crimes that shock the human conscience. We now turn to you, the distinguished members of the Council, to take actions commensurate with the gravity of the facts that we have presented..."
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United Nations Press Service
Date of publication:
2018-09-18
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2018-09-18
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Summary:
"The Human Rights Council established the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar in its resolution 34/22. In accordance with its mandate, the mission focused on the situation in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States since 2011. It also examined the infringement of fundamental freedoms, including the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful association, and the question of hate speech.
The mission established consistent patterns of serious human rights violations and abuses in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in addition to serious violations of international humanitarian law. These are principally committed by the Myanmar security forces, particularly the military. Their operations are based on policies, tactics and conduct that consistently fail to respect international law, including by deliberately targeting civilians. Many violations amount to the gravest crimes under international law. In the light of the pervasive culture of impunity at the domestic level, the mission finds that the impetus for accountability must come from the international community. It makes concrete recommendations to that end, including that named senior generals of the Myanmar military should be investigated and prosecuted in an international criminal tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Council (A/HRC/39/64) Advance Edited Version...19 pages
Date of publication:
2018-08-27
Date of entry/update:
2018-08-27
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Discrimination against the Rohingya, International Criminal Court (Myanmar), Atrocities against Groups - documents, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council
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