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January 2019

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Press Release

Myanmar: UN expert decries failure to implement democratic reforms

The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said today the Government was consolidating what military governments worked towards over many years, defying a pledge to transition to a fully functioning democracy under civilian control.

January 2019

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Press Release

Statement on Situation in Rakhine State

Note to correspondents - As delivered by the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General at noon briefing in New York

September 2019

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Press Release

Myanmar: UN experts concerned by incommunicado detention and torture of ethnic Rakhine men and boys

UN human rights experts have expressed grave concerns about the use of incommunicado detention by the military in Myanmar, along with allegations of torture and ill-treatment and deaths in custody since the outbreak of armed conflict in December 2018 in northern Rakhine and Chin.

September 2019

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Press Release

Statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator ai, June Kunugi on the situation in northern Shan State

On 31 August, five civilians were killed by mortar fire that landed in their village in Kutkai Township. Three of the dead were children.

September 2019

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Speech

Statement to the Human Rights Council by Mr. Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

Mr. President, Excellencies, It is an honor to present to the Council the initial report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.

September 2019

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Press Release

UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Hands Over to Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, set up by the Human Rights Council in 2017 (resolution 34/22), has handed over its evidence of serious crimes under international law to a new mechanism that is mandated by the Human Rights Council to follow up and prepare files for criminal prosecutions.

September 2019

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Press Release

Myanmar’s Rohingya Persecuted, Living under Threat of Genocide, UN Experts Say

The 600,000 Rohingya remaining inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and live under the threat of genocide, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar says in a new report.

September 2019

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Speech

Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar Oral Update to the Human Rights Council

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