42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 17 September 2019 M. le Président Excellences, Now in its ninth year, the armed conflict in Syria has been a study in crisis and missed...
Madame Vice President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Exactly one year ago, this Mission concluded that the Myanmar authorities, in particular the Tatmadaw, committed crimes against humanity and...
Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building Summary In the present report, the Independent Expert on the situation of...
16 September 2019 16 September 2019 Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Mr. President, Excellences, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I chair...
THE UN INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR As part of its examination of the human rights situation in Myanmar, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar...
THE UN INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR Myanmar’s military must stop using sexual and gender-based violence to punish ethnic minorities, says the Mission’s final report to...
THE UN INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR The Human Rights Council asked the Mission to “ensure that the large and continually increasing amount of evidence of human rights...
THE UN INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR “My wife and I were in our bunker, our faces were in the dirt. We could barely even breathe. The shooting went on for what felt like...
What is the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar? The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar was set up by the Human Rights Council (Resolution A/HRC/RES/34/22) in March 2017, to...
Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9-27 September 2019 Agenda item 2 Human rights situation that require the Council’s attention Compilation of all recommendations made by the Independent...