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Description: "Human Rights Council Fifty-second session 27 February–31 March 2023 Agenda items 2 and 4 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary Prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/1, this report identifies trends and patterns of human rights violations that occurred in Myanmar between 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2023. Two years after launching a coup, the military has brought the country into a perpetual human rights crisis through continuous use of violence, including killing, arbitrarily arresting, torturing, forcibly disappearing, prosecuting, and sentencing anti-coup opponents. Urgent, concrete actions are needed to ensure that all people in Myanmar enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms. Recommendations are made to all parties, including military authorities, the ‘National Unity Government’, and the international community. Introduction and methodology In resolution 47/1, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to monitor and follow up on the implementation of the recommendations made by the independent international fact-finding mission, including those on accountability, and to continue to track progress in the situation of human rights in Myanmar, including of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, with the support of specialist experts and in complementarity to the work of the Independent Mechanism for Myanmar and reports of the Special Rapporteur and to present…a written report at its 52nd session. This report covers human rights concerns documented by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) between 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2023 analyzing verified patterns of human rights violations and of international crimes committed by the Myanmar military and other groups. It highlights relevant trends and patterns in respect of violations of international human rights, humanitarian, and criminal law. OHCHR collected testimonies and information from primary sources, including victims, survivors, witnesses, and satellite images, and verifiable secondary sources – all of which underwent a credibility assessment in accordance with OHCHR’s standard methodology. Without access to Myanmar, OHCHR conducted its documentation activities remotely. A total of 96 interviews were conducted with on-the-ground sources despite significant challenges, including long-term, localized internet shutdowns. OHCHR organized formal and informal consultations with civil society and non-governmental organizations, thematic experts, and other relevant interlocutors. This report also reflects regular collaboration, data and information exchanges within the United Nations (UN) system. OHCHR submitted questionnaires to the Myanmar military authorities and the ‘National Unity Government’; their responses are explicitly referenced in the report. Given the continuous protection and personal safety risks people in Myanmar face daily, OHCHR has prioritized the safety of interlocutors above all other considerations. Factual determinations of incidents and patterns were made where there were reasonable grounds to believe that relevant incidents had occurred. Figures of casualties likely represent an underestimation of realities on the ground..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva)
2023-02-24
Date of entry/update: 2023-03-03
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Description: "The 55th session of the United Nations ('UN') Commission on Human Rights ('CHR') was held over six weeks in March and April 1999, in Geneva, Switzerland. This article provides an assessment of the CHR's 55th session and its relevance to Burma: what human rights issues were raised and what did relevant governments and NGOs say and do. Summarising the relevant parts of the 1999 CHR discussions and decisions, this article presents an overview of the meeting's deliberations on Burma..."
Creator/author: John Southalan
Source/publisher: Legal Issues on Burma Journal No. 4 (Burma Lawyers' Council)
1999-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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