Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities in Myanmar
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18. Urges all parties in Myanmar to ensure the full, equal, safe and meaningful
participation of all women, including Rohingya women and women belonging to other
minorities, in promoting social cohesion across different communities and in all
decision-making processes related to conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding;
19. Reiterates the urgent call upon Myanmar or the Myanmar military where
applicable:
(a) To end immediately all violence and abuses and all violations of
international law in Myanmar, to ensure the protection of the human rights of all
persons in Myanmar, including of Rohingya Muslims and persons belonging to other
minorities, and to take all measures necessary to provide justice to victims, to ensure
full accountability and to end impunity for all violations and abuses of human rights
law and violations of international humanitarian law, starting with a full, transparent
and independent investigation into reports of all these violations, and calls for the
release of the report of the Independent Commission of Enquiry established in 2018
in full or to share its findings with relevant international mechanisms;
(b) To engage in inclusive, constructive and peaceful dialogue and
reconciliation, in accordance with the will and interests of the people of Myanmar,
including Rohingya Muslims and other minorities;
(c) To ensure the right to return of all refugees, including Rohingya Muslims,
hosted in other countries, and take concrete actions to create conditions necessary for
voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return and reintegration, regretting the fact
that not a single Rohingya Muslim so far has returned through a bilaterally set up
mechanism for repatriation between Bangladesh and Myanmar owing to the failure
of Myanmar to create such conditions in Rakhine State;
(d) To allow voluntary “go and see” visits to Rakhine State by Rohingya
representatives in order to build trust among Rohingya Muslims in camps in
Bangladesh through confidence-building measures for their voluntary, safe, dignified
and sustainable return to Myanmar;
(e) To ensure full protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms
of all persons in Myanmar, including Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, in an
equal, non-discriminatory and dignified manner, in order to prevent further instability
and insecurity, alleviate suffering, address the root causes of the crisis, including by
repealing or reforming discriminatory legislation, and forge a viable, lasting and
durable solution;
(f) To fulfil its human rights obligations and commitments to protect the right
to freedom of expression, including online, and the rights to freedom of association
and peaceful assembly, to create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for
civil society and independent media;
(g) To lift the shutdown of Internet and telecommunications services fully in
all areas in Myanmar, including Rakhine State, and to repeal article 77 of the
Telecommunications Act in order to avoid any further cutting of Internet and
telecommunications access and the stifling of the rights to freedom of opinion and
expression, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart information, in
accordance with international human rights law;
(h) To take the measures necessary to end discrimination and prejudice and to
combat the incitement of hatred and hate speech against Rohingya Muslims and
persons belonging to other minorities, online and offline, and to publicly condemn
such acts and combat hate speech, misinformation and disinformation, while fully
respecting international human rights law, as well as to promote interfaith dialogue in
cooperation with the international community and encourage political and religious
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