"This statement on the situation of stateless Rohingya in Myanmar and Bangladesh represents the views of Minority Rights Group (MRG) and partner organisations, the Equal Rights Trust (ERT) and The Cordoba Foundation (TCF). The Rohingya are an ethnic, religious (Muslim) and linguistic minority in Myanmar. Approximately one million Rohingya live today in Rakhine state of Myanmar, of which over 700,000 are concentrated in the northern region of the state. The 1982 Citizenship Law of Myanmar stripped them of nationality, making them stateless.1 This law has been the legal basis for systematic arbitrary and discriminatory treatment against the Rohingya community. Their human rights and freedoms have been routinely violated and eroded through a series of draconian policies, arbitrary taxes and controls. Notably, Rohingya do not have the freedom to move within Myanmar, those who leave Myanmar are denied the right to return and face long-term imprisonment if captured upon re-entry, and severe controls are placed on Rohingya marriages.2 The Myanmar security forces have a long history of discrimination and systematic human rights abuses against the Rohingya including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrest and detention, restriction of movement, and forced labour.3...".....Written NGO statement to the 21th Session of UN Human Rights Council.