PERSECUTION OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS: IS GENOCIDE OCCURRING IN MYANMAR?S RAKHINE STATE? - A LEGAL ANALYSIS

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CONTENTS:- I. SUMMARY... II. METHODOLOGY... III. HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST ROHINGYA IN MYANMAR: A. ROHINGYA UNDER MILITARY RULE: FROM MYANMAR?S INDEPENDENCE THROUGH 2011: 1. Denial of Citizenship... 2. Forced Displacement... 3. Forced Labor... 4. Religious Persecution... 5. Marriage Restrictions and Population Control..... B. THEIN SEIN?S ADMINISTRATION: 1. Arbitrary Detention... 2. Forced Labor... 3. Sexual Violence... 4. Restrictions on Freedom of Movement... 5. Marriage Restrictions and Population Control..... C. 2012 UNREST IN RAKHINE: STATE..... D. THE CONTINUED PLIGHT OF THE ROHINGYA: 2013 ? PRESENT: 1. Conditions in Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Camps... 2. Discriminatory Laws and Government Practices Against Rohingya..... IV. APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF GENOCIDE TO THE CASE OF THE ROHINGYA: A. INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF GENOCIDE.... B. THE ?GROUP” ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE: 1. National, Ethnical, Racial, or Religious Group... 2. Rohingya as an Enumerated Group.... 3. Conclusion on the ?Group” Element..... C. THE ?ACTS” ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE... 1. Killing Members of the Group... 2. Causing Serious Bodily or Mental Harm to Members of the Group... 3. Deliberately Inflicting on the Group Conditions of Life Calculated to Bring About its Physical Destruction in Whole or in Part... 4. Imposing Measures Intended to Prevent Births Within the Group... 5. Conclusion on the ?Acts” Element..... D. THE ?INTENT” ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE: 1. Anti-Rohingya and Anti-Muslim Rhetoric... 2. Evidence Indicating Intent to Inflict Conditions of Life on Rohingya Calculated to Bring About Their Physical Destruction... 3. Mass Scale of Acts Targeting Rohingya... 4. Conclusion on the ?Intent” Element..... V. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE: A. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS OF STATE ORGANS... B. STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS OF NON-STATE ACTORS... C. STATE DUTY TO PREVENT GENOCIDE... VI. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION.

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FORTIFY RIGHTS via ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHT S CLINIC, YALE LAW SCHOOL

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2015-10-29

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2015-10-28

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