Description:
"The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention warns of certain indicators that
“provide an environment conducive to the commission of atrocity crimes,” including
“increased politicization of identity” and discriminatory “measures or legislation”
targeting protected groups. In addition to certain prohibited acts, such as killing members
of a group, genocidal States often use legal and administrative tools to facilitate the
destruction of a targeted group “in whole or in part.”
In Myanmar, successive governments have implemented measures and legislation to erase
Rohingya Muslims’ identity and rights, creating an enabling environment for genocide.
This report documents how the Government of Myanmar is using discriminatory
administrative measures to deny Rohingya the right to nationality. The government
has forced or coerced Rohingya to accept National Verification Cards (NVCs), which
effectively identify Rohingya as “foreigners,” and Myanmar authorities tortured
Rohingya and imposed restrictions on Rohingya freedom of movement in the context of
implementing the NVC process. This report finds that the NVC process violates
customary international law as well as core human
rights treaties to which Myanmar is a party,
including the International Covenant on Economic,
Social, and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women, and may have contributed to the commission
of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim ethnic
minority group indigenous to Buddhist-majority
Myanmar. Using a citizenship law entered into
force in 1982, the government denies access to full
citizenship for individuals who do not belong to
“national” ethnic groups determined by the State.
The State relies on an arbitrary and disputed list of
135 recognized national ethnic groups. As Rohingya
are not among the “national ethnic groups” specified
by the Myanmar government, the law effectively
strips them of access to full citizenship rights.
Over the years, successive governments in
Myanmar also created a series of administrative
“citizenship scrutiny” processes to progressively
limit rights for Rohingya..."
Source/publisher:
"Fortify Rights"
Date of Publication:
2019-09-03
Date of entry:
2019-09-03
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar, Bangladesh
Language:
English
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