Statement on the Parliamentarian?s Request to the UN Security Council on the Formation of a Commission of Inquiry

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"The Burma Lawyers? Council (BLC) supports the over 400 parliamentarians from 29 countries who singed a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry regarding the heinous crimes that have been occurring in Burma. The BLC was recently invited by the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) to attend the Eighty Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). During a meeting with the Court?s prosecutors at the ASP, civil society groups were urged to continue campaigning for the UNSC to form a Commission of Inquiry. The letter from parliamentarians from all over the world demonstrates the strength of the campaign to end impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma..."

Source/publisher: 

"LawKa PaLa - Legal Journal on Burma" - No. 35 (April 2010) - Burma Lawyers? Council (BLC)

Date of Publication: 

2009-12-11

Date of entry: 

2018-05-26

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English

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