"GENEVA (12 March 2018) ? The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, told the Human Rights Council on Monday she was increasingly of the opinion that the events in Rakhine State bear the hallmarks of genocide and called in the strongest terms for accountability. Lee, who was informed late last year that her access to the country was denied, also expressed serious concern that ?the repressive practices of previous military governments were returning as the norm once more” in Myanmar, describing the situation faced by civil society across the country as ?increasingly perilous”. Delivering her report to the Council in Geneva, Lee said that to date accountability for the crimes committed in Rakhine State following 25 August 2017, and 9 October 2016, was elusive, adding that this must now be the focus of the international community?s efforts to bring long-lasting peace, stability and democratization to Myanmar..."