Myanmar: international accountability mechanism needed (UN statement)

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''The statement, delivered during an interactive dialogue with the UN International Fact Finding Mission, read as follows: “The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has monitored justice and human rights in Myanmar for more than five decades. The ICJ has an established presence in the country supporting justice actors to protect human rights through the rule of law. With this experience, the ICJ views the Independent International Fact Finding Mission’s conclusions as painting an authoritative picture of the general situation in Myanmar, particularly in its highlighting of the pervasive damage of military impunity upon human rights, rule of law and the nascent democratic process. The rule of law cannot be established, let alone flourish, without accountability for perpetrators of human rights violations and redress for victims and their families. The Fact Finding Mission’s findings of crimes under international law, including crimes against humanity in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan states, and the identification of alleged perpetrators, necessitate immediate action...''

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International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

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2018-09-18

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2019-01-31

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  • Individual Documents

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    • Myanmar

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Myanmar

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English

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text

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    • Good