Report finds ?reasonable grounds” for ICC arrest warrants, identifies 22 military and police officials...The Myanmar authorities made ?extensive and systematic preparations” for attacks against Rohingya civilians during the weeks and months before militants attacked police on August 25, 2017, Fortify Rights said in a new report released today. The report finds ?reasonable grounds” that crimes against Rohingya constitute genocide and crimes against humanity, and it identifies 22 Myanmar Army and Police officials who should be criminally investigated for their roles in atrocities. In order for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant, the prosecutor must find ?reasonable grounds” that perpetrators committed genocide and/or crimes against humanity. The report calls on the United Nations Security Council to urgently refer the situation in Myanmar to the ICC. ?Genocide doesn?t happen spontaneously,” said Matthew Smith, Chief Executive Officer at Fortify Rights. ?Impunity for these crimes will pave the path for more violations and attacks in the future. The world can?t sit idly by and watch another genocide unfold, but right now, that?s exactly what?s happening.” The dominant narrative about what occurred in Myanmar?s northern Rakhine State in 2017 suggests that Rohingya militants attacked dozens of police outposts, instigating a spontaneous Myanmar Army-led crackdown against Rohingya civilians, forcing the displacement of hundreds of thousands to Bangladesh. The 160-page report, ?They Gave Them Long Swords”: Preparations for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar, documents how the Myanmar authorities committed mass killings, rape, and arson attacks against Rohingya in Maungdaw Township in October and November 2016. When the international community failed to effectively respond to these attacks, Myanmar authorities made preparations to commit another attack that extended throughout all three townships of northern Rakhine State—Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Rathedaung.