Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities in Myanmar
A/RES/79/182
repatriation has been leading Rohingya Muslims temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh
to despair, and may be having spillover effects on regional peace and stability,
Condemning in the strongest terms the arbitrary detention, arrest and politically
motivated convictions, sentencing and executions, including of opposition activists,
as well as violent acts including extrajudicial killings, sexual and gender-based
violence, and torture committed against the population, including medical doctors,
teachers, students, lawyers, artists, journalists and other media workers, trade union
members, humanitarian workers and many others, which exacerbates the polarization
and violence and worsens the humanitarian situation in the country,
Underlining the urgency for the Myanmar military to immediately end all acts
of violence, to unconditionally and immediately release all those arbitrarily detained
and to refrain from further violence and arbitrary detentions, and to abide by
international law, including international human rights law and international
humanitarian law,
Expressing its unequivocal support for the people of Myanmar, including
Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and their democratic will, interests and
aspirations for peace, as well as for the need to rebuild and strengthen democratic
institutions and processes and to respect fully human rights, fundamental freedoms
and the rule of law,
Noting with appreciation the appointment of the new Special Envoy of the
Secretary-General on Myanmar, reiterating the importance of her mandate and
encouraging her to continue the work, engagement and inclusive dialogue with all
relevant stakeholders, including civil society and affected populations, in particular
women and youth, including Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and urging the
Myanmar military and encouraging all Member States to extend full cooperation with
the Special Envoy,
Noting with appreciation also the work of the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights in Myanmar, while deeply regretting the non -cooperation
of the Myanmar military with the mandate, and urging them to extend full cooperation
to the Special Rapporteur,
Welcoming the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights on human rights violations and abuses occurring in Myanmar since the
declaration of the state of emergency and its subsequent extensions, violations of
international humanitarian law and denial of humanitarian access, 21 and on the root
causes of the human rights violations and abuses Rohingya Muslims and other
minorities in Myanmar are facing, 22 and reiterating the importance of fully
implementing the recommendations contained in these reports,
Recalling the work done by the independent international fact-finding mission
on Myanmar, including its final report 23 and all its other reports, including the reports
on the economic interests of the Myanmar military and on sexual and gender -based
violence in Myanmar and the gendered impact of its ethnic conflicts, alarmed by its
findings of evidence of the most serious human rights violations and abuses suffered
by Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and deeply regretting the lack of
cooperation of Myanmar with the fact-finding mission,
Concerned that, contrary to the recommendations of the fact-finding mission,
which ended its mandate in September 2019, laws, orders, policies and practices at
all levels limiting freedoms of movement, expression, association and assembly, or
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A/HRC/42/50.
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