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October 2019
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Press Release
Media Statement: UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar calls on UN Member States to remain vigilant in the face of the continued threat of genocide
  • The head of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, Marzuki Darusman, told the General Assembly on Wednesday that Myanmar is failing in its obligations under the Genocide Convention to prevent, to investigate and to enact effective legislation criminalising and punishing genocide.
October 2019
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Press Release
Statement by Ms. Yanghee Lee Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
  • Myanmar continues to deny my access, but human rights issues, abuses and violations are still reported to me, and I must inform you that there is no discernable improvement to the situation in Myanmar for me to report to you, however I must acknowledge Myanmar’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict in September.