Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities in Myanmar
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leaders in the country to work towards reconciliation among communities and
national unity through dialogue, and to address hate speech;
(i) To protect all persons and communities, in line with international
humanitarian law and human rights law, including the Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities;
(j) To expedite efforts to eliminate statelessness and the systematic and
institutionalized discrimination against members of all minorities, in particular
relating to Rohingya Muslims, by, inter alia, reviewing and reforming the 1982
Citizenship Law, which has led to deprivation of human rights, by ensuring equal
access to full citizenship through a transparent, voluntary and accessible procedure
and to all civil and political rights, by allowing for self -identification, by amending
or repealing all discriminatory legislation and policies, including discriminatory
provisions of the set of “protection of race and religion laws” enacted in 2015
covering religious conversion, interfaith marriage, monogamy and population
control, and by lifting all local orders restricting rights to freedom of movement and
access to civil registration, health and education services and livelihoods;
(k) To dismantle the camps for internally displaced persons in Rakhine State
with a clear timeline and without further delay, ensuring that the return and relocation
of internally displaced persons is carried out in accordance with international
standards and best practices, in cooperation with the United Nations and the
international community, and affected communities, including as set forth in the
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; 27
(l) To accelerate full implementation of all the recommendations of the
Advisory Commission on Rakhine State to address the root causes of the crisis;
(m) To ensure that Rohingya Muslims, other minorities and internally
displaced persons have an equal opportunity for representation and the full, equal and
meaningful participation as candidates and voters in all general elections;
(n) To end and prevent the unlawful recruitment and use of children, including
by implementing all activities of the joint action plan on children and armed conflict
in coordination with the United Nations, to address protection gaps by engaging with
the task force on monitoring and reporting violations committed against children, to
re-engage with the United Nations for the full implementation of the 2012 joint action
plan on the recruitment and use of children, and to adopt a joint action plan to end
and prevent killing and maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence committed
against children, attacks on schools and hospitals and abductions;
(o) To protect the rights of all children, including Rohingya children, in
accordance with the obligations of Myanmar under the Convention on the Rights of
the Child, 28 including the right to acquire a nationality, to eliminate statelessness, to
ensure the protection of all children in armed conflict and to end the unlawful
recruitment and use of children for forced labour;
(p) To cooperate with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar,
including by facilitating unconditional visits to Myanmar and meaningful engagement
with all stakeholders, including Rohingya Muslims and those arbitrarily detained ;
(q) To cooperate and engage meaningfully with the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in Myanmar, the Independent Mechanism and other United
Nations mandate holders and mechanisms working on Myanmar, including by
facilitating visits and granting unrestricted access throughout the country;
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