Myanmar Should Face the Hague Over Atrocities, UN Mission Says
- Treatment of Rohingya in violation of the Genocide Convention
- Over 40,000 structures destroyed since crisis began in 2017
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Myanmar’s powerful military should be brought before the International Court of Justice for its continued role in grave violations against ethnic groups including Rohingya Muslims, the United Nations fact-finding mission concluded on Monday following a two-year investigation.
The final report -- to be presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday -- details the ongoing systematic use of murder, rape, gang rape, torture and forced displacement in armed conflicts throughout northern Myanmar. It also highlights the persecution of some 600,000 remaining Rohingya in western Rakhine State living “under the threat of genocide” while their villages were razed to the ground.