Myanmar: UN investigators call for experts to determine whether Aung San Suu Kyi could be legally implicated in human rights abuses

The Fact Finding Mission warns that the roughly 600,000 Rohingya who remain in Myanmar still face a “serious risk of genocide” and calls for Myanmar to be held responsible for the violence against the Rohingya. [UN]

State Counsellor responds to the remarks made by the UN Secretary General on Rakhine issue

11 April 2019 - State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi responded to the remarks made by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres regarding the Rakhine issue. She underscored that Myanmar will not shirk its responsibility to take care of the rights and security of all those whom it must protect. (Via OCHA)

Ukraine at UN calls for immediate release of journalist Aseev

Ambassador-at-Large at the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleh Herasymenko made a respective statement at a meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, calling for Stanislav Aseev, columnist of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Donbas, to be released. Aseev has been detained since May or June 2017. First, it was reported that he had disappeared and …

Nearly 400 Rohingya return to Myanmar from Bangladesh, embassy says

Myanmar’s embassy posted photos on Facebook that purported to show “46 more voluntary returnees” being “warmly received” in Myanmar, taking the total number going back to 397 in an unspecified timeframe. However, in a statement on Wednesday, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry said the return of a “handful” of refugees did “not testify (to) any improvement of …

U.N. Urges Myanmar to Resolve Rohingya Refugee Crisis

November 3, 2019 - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern over the plight of the 730,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, calling on Myanmar’s government to take responsibility by dealing with the “root causes” of their flight to Bangladesh and working toward their safe repatriation. (Via Time)

UN human rights expert calls for targeted sanctions for Myanmar

23 October 2019 - Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, has called for sanctions against military-run companies and commanders responsible for serious violations since she sees no discernable improvement to the situation in Myanmar. Lee called for targeted sanctions against the Tatmadaw’s companies and its commanders most responsible …

UN mission head says risk of genocide recurring in Myanmar

The head of a U.N. fact-finding mission on Myanmar warns that "there is a serious risk of genocide recurring" against the estimated 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority still living in the country. Marzuki Darusman tells the General Assembly's human rights committee that "if anything, the situation of the Rohingya in Rakhine state has …

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar handes over its evidence to a new mechanism

11 September 2019 - The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, set up by the Human Rights Council in 2017, hands over its evidence under international law to a new mechanism that is mandated by the Human Rights Council to follow up and prepare files for criminal prosecutions. The Mission’s evidence has been preserved and …