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the mandate and the denial of access to Myanmar since December 2017, and urging Myanmar
to extend full cooperation to the Special Rapporteur,
Noting with appreciation the work of the successive special envoys of the SecretaryGeneral on Myanmar and, in this regard, the appointment of the new Special Envoy,
encouraging her engagement and inclusive dialogue with all relevant stakeholders and
affected populations and her collaboration with the Special Envoy of the Chair of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Myanmar, and urging Myanmar to extend full
cooperation to the Special Envoy,
Welcoming the ongoing work and reports of the Independent Mechanism for
Myanmar, established by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 39/2, to collect,
consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of the most serious international crimes and
violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law,
committed by Myanmar since 2011, including its fifth report submitted to the Human Rights
Council,3 while expressing regret at the continued lack of access for and cooperation with the
Mechanism,
Expressing concern at the findings of the Independent Mechanism for Myanmar that
a coordinated and organized hate speech campaign on Facebook by the Myanmar Armed
Forces and other parties against Rohingya Muslims helped fuel mass violence and
subsequently the mass exodus of Rohingya in 2017, expressing concern also that that
campaign on social media, notably Facebook, is continuing unabated, and condemning all
instances of hate speech, notably against Rohingya,
Expressing deep concern about the rise of misinformation, disinformation and hate
speech against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including through the use of
emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and recognizing the severe general and
humanitarian consequences for affected populations and humanitarian personnel,
Recalling the significant work done by the independent international fact-finding
mission on Myanmar and its reports, including its final report4 and its papers on the economic
interests of the Myanmar Armed Forces and on sexual and gender-based violence in
Myanmar and the gendered impact of its ethnic conflicts, 5
Alarmed at the findings of the independent international fact-finding mission on
Myanmar of evidence of gross human rights violations and abuses perpetrated against
Rohingya Muslims and other minorities by the security and armed forces of Myanmar that,
according to the fact-finding mission, undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under
international law, expressing deep concern at the lack of progress in the implementation of
the fact-finding mission’s recommendations to conduct prompt, effective, thorough,
independent and impartial investigations and to hold perpetrators accountable for crimes
committed across Myanmar, and deeply regretting the lack of cooperation of Myanmar with
the fact-finding mission,
Condemning strongly the gross human rights violations and abuses perpetrated by the
security and armed forces of Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, as
evidenced by the findings of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar,
and regretting the lack of tangible progress in Myanmar in creating conditions conducive to
the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims
from Bangladesh to Myanmar,
Reiterating its deep concern over the continued violence as well as violations and
abuses of human rights against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, and the continuing
internal forced displacement of civilians, including of Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic
minorities, thus still posing challenges to the creation of conditions conducive to the
voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all refugees and forcibly displaced persons
to Myanmar, including Rohingya Muslims and other minorities,
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A/HRC/54/19.
A/HRC/42/50.
Available at www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/session42/Pages/ListReports.aspx.