A/RES/73/264
Situation of human rights in Myanmar
Welcoming also the mandate of the independent international fact-finding
mission on Myanmar, established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 34/22
of 24 March 2017, 8 and the decision by the Council in its resolution 39/2 to extend it,
Welcoming further the decision by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution
39/2, to establish an ongoing independent mechanism to collect, consolidate, preserve
and analyse evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of
international law committed in Myanmar since 2011 and to prepare files in order to
facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in accordance with
international law standards, in national, regional or international courts or tribunals
that have, or may in the future have, jurisdiction over these crimes, in accordance
with international law,
Welcoming the work of the independent international fact-finding mission on
Myanmar, deeply regretting that the Government of Myanmar has not cooperated with
the fact-finding mission, and urging the Government to grant it and other human
rights mechanisms full, unrestricted access to all areas and interlocutors,
Strongly regretting the decision of the Government of Myanmar to discontinue
cooperation with the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation
of human rights in Myanmar and to deny her access to Myanmar since January 2018,
and calling upon the Government of Myanmar to resume its cooperation with the
Special Rapporteur without delay,
Welcoming the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in Myanmar, 9
Expressing grave concern at continuing reports of serious human rights
violations and abuses in Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine State, as well as in Kachin
and northern Shan States,
Continuing to underline the need for the armed forces of Myanmar to take
immediate steps to protect all persons within the country, including those belonging
to the Rohingya community, by respecting international law, including human rights
law, and ending the violence, and calling for urgent steps to ensure independent and
impartial investigations into all human rights violations and abuses and that those
displaced by violence are able to voluntarily return in safety and dignity to their places
of origin in a sustainable manner,
Reiterating its deep distress at reports that unarmed Rohingya in Rakhine State
are being subjected to the excessive use of force and violations of human rights by
the military and security forces, including extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
killings, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, arbitrary detention
and the enforced disappearance of Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State, and at reports
of large-scale destruction of homes and systematic evictions in nort hern Rakhine
State, including the use of arson and violence, as well as the unlawful use of force by
non-State actors,
Reiterating its grave concern that, in spite of the fact that Rohingya Muslims
lived in Myanmar for generations prior to the independenc e of Myanmar, they were
made stateless by the enactment of the 1982 Citizenship Law and were eventually
disenfranchised, in 2015, from the electoral process,
Reaffirming that the denial of citizenship status and related rights to Rohingya
Muslims and others, including voting rights, is a serious human rights concern,
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 53
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