#Japan’s leadership will be vital in recalibrating a failing international response to the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar, says urging Japanese govt to step up pressure on Myanmar’s military junta
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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar; Robina Senior Human Rights Fellow, Yale Law School; Former US Congressman from Maine; Dad.
Joined September 2020
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In Tokyo to urge Japan to impose sanctions on the Myanmar junta, eliminate a Myanmar military training program, denounce sham elections and help stop food ration cuts for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with critical emergency funding.
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The Myanmar military’s attacks against innocent people, including today’s airstrike in Sagaing, is enabled by world indifference and those supplying them with weapons. How many Myanmar children need to die before world leaders take strong, coordinated action to stop this carnage?
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On route to Geneva to report to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights crisis within Myanmar and how the world is failing those who have been forced to run for their lives from Myanmar. We can and must do better.
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A fire that destroyed 2,000 Rohingya shelters in Bangladesh was extinguished, but hunger continues to rage with 40% of Rohingya children suffering stunted growth. It is unconscionable that the World Food Program is cutting rations due to a lack of funds.
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I am thrilled to release a translation of my recent report: "Illegal and Illegitimate: Examining the Myanmar military’s claim as the Government of Myanmar and the international response." Here is the report: ohchr.org/sites/default/ And infographic: ohchr.org/sites/default/.
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My upcoming report to will highlight the treatment of people fleeing violence and human rights violations in Myanmar. I am seeking written input from those who can provide relevant information. Deadline 27 January 2023.
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The Myanmar junta's 33 year sentence of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi comes a week after a Security Council resolution demanded her release and that of more than 13,000 other political prisoners. They need more than words of condemnation from world leaders. They need action.
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Today I issued the following statement on the UN Security Council resolution on Myanmar. The demands are important, but without consequences for failing to meet them, Myanmar's nightmare will continue. It is past time to act.
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Today’s resolution should not become a dead-end that is followed by more international inaction. It should be a wake-up call for all nations and people of conscience who support a people under siege. A wake-up call to action.
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What today has made clear is that this action will not be forthcoming from the Security Council. Therefore those nations who support the people of Myanmar must immediately step forward with coordinated action to end the carnage.
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As well-meaning as the resolution is, what the people of Myanmar desperately need is action to end the military junta’s relentless attacks and impunity.
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Today's UN Security Council resolution on the crisis in Myanmar expressed deep concern and demanded certain actions be taken. But, without consequences, these important sentiments will not stop the junta from attacking and destroying the lives of the 54 million in Myanmar.
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US President Biden is expected to sign legislation that addresses the need for stronger US action on the deepening crisis in Myanmar. I encourage the administration to heed this call and take the strong, principled action that the people of Myanmar desperately need and deserve.
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For most in Myanmar, Human Rights Day is yet another day of relentless wrongs. They need and deserve world leaders to follow the call and example of Myanmar's courageous human rights defenders and transform lofty rhetoric into strong, sustained, coordinated action.
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Here is my written report to the UN General Assembly:
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Today at 10am US / 8:30pm MMT before the UN General Assembly I will highlight the important work of Myanmar’s civil society in the face of the junta’s atrocities and challenge Member States to take a leadership role in responding to the crisis. Join me:
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War crimes and crimes against humanity continue to escalate in Myanmar with a junta air strike killing more than 60 concertgoers in Kachin. How many atrocities will it take for the world to cut off the junta's capacity to commit these horrific acts?
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World inaction is a death sentence for the children of Myanmar. They do not need more words of concern and condemnation for the junta's relentless, horrific war crimes. They need strong, coordinated action. Now.
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#HRC51 | #Myanmar is spiralling ‘from bad to worse, to horrific,’ Tom Andrews tells the Human Rights Council.
WATCH his full address on our YouTube channel here ▶️ youtu.be/9kqrWAt19Ko
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Here is the correct link for today's session:
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I am about to tell the UN Human Rights Council: The world is failing the people of Myanmar - it is time to turn words into action - deprive the junta of the revenue, weapons, and veneer of legitimacy it is using to hold 54 million Myanmar people hostage.
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Words of condemnation on the occasion of the grim anniversary of the genocidal attacks against the Rohingya ring hollow in the absence of strong, coordinated ACTION by the international community.
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I'm devastated by news that former parliamentarian Zeyar Thaw and longtime activist Ko Jimmy were executed with two others today. UN Member States must honor their lives by making this depraved act a turning point for the world's response to this crisis. My statement attached.
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As the ICJ today ruled that the case against Myanmar for the military’s genocide against the Rohingya will proceed, the BBC reminds the world that the military continues its widespread murder rape and torture of civilians on orders from above.
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Today I will tell ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights that the world is failing the people of Myanmar who do not need more words of "concern", but strong, coordinated action. The hearing starts at 17:30 Yangon time today.
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Today in Geneva I will tell the UN Human Rights Council that the people of Myanmar need decisive action to stop the junta's crimes against humanity and war crimes. Failure to do so will be a death sentence for untold numbers of people. Here is a link -
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Horrified by what I learned about conditions in Myanmar from refugees who just arrived here in Malaysia. Encouraged by my meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin, who is calling for ASEAN to move from its 5-point consensus into action in defense of a people under siege.
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. States should follow #Malaysia's lead in moving from a policy of “noninterference” to one of “non-indifference,” increasing their leadership on #Myanmar's human rights crisis unfolding under military rule, said , after his 🇲🇾 visit. 👉ow.ly/Wpti50JFvkk
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Thank you Minister Saifuddin for your leadership within ASEAN on the Myanmar crisis and for a most productive meeting in KL. I very much look forward to working with you on the challenges ahead.
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In my discussion with UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews @RapporteurUn earlier today, we exchanged notes on the latest developments in Myanmar and agreed to work closely to strengthen engagements with relevant stakeholders.
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Today I am calling for urgent action by Member States of the UN in light of the findings of my special report, released today: "Losing a generation: how the military junta is devastating Myanmar's children and undermining Myanmar's future".
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The price of international inaction rose again in Myanmar when the junta announced it will hang pro-democracy activists while continuing to murder, abduct, and torture people throughout Myanmar. It is past time to step up w strong, coordinated, action.
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Here is a translation of my comment on the latest act of the junta's Theatre of the Absurd that it calls "courts". Their relentless attacks on human rights and imposition of an outrageous system of Injustice continue to demonstrate to the world their illegitimacy.
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The sentencing of ASSK is as outrageous as the continued detention of over 13,000 political prisoners. The junta passes these "verdicts" in the theatre of the absurd it calls "courts" because it wants what brutality and weapons cannot deliver - legitimacy.
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While many focus on the war in Ukraine, I am grateful for a Reuters story of a horror the world must not ignore - the junta's war against the people of Myanmar. Their campaign of terror includes torching well over 100 villages - and counting - in 2022.
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I'm looking for input on how children are being impacted by the junta's attacks on the people of Myanmar. Your information, observations or recommendations will be very much appreciated as I prepare a special UN "conference room paper" report.
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Congratulations to the EU and others who pushed for passage of a Human Rights Council resolution that includes a call to end the flow of weapons to Myanmar. ACTION is now required to penalize those who provide the junta with the means to continue murdering the people of Myanmar.
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Today I told the UN Human Rights Council that the junta is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Myanmar and victims are being betrayed with vague declarations and a tedious, endless wait for a consensus to act. The waiting must end. Now. ohchr.org/en/press-relea
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While targeted by junta forces that have long used gender based violence as a weapon of war, women of Myanmar are playing key leadership roles in the fight for their country. On International Women's Day, let us salute and thank them for their courage, tenacity and inspiration.
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