Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar

Rohingya refugees fleeing conflict and persecution in Myanmar.
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Genocide threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council

16 September 2019
Human Rights

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to “erase their identity and remove them from the country”, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Monday.

Radhika Coomraswamy, member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar, briefs the press on the humanitarian situation in Myanmar, at the United Nations Office at Geneva, 27 August 2018.
UN Photo/Violaine Martin

Scale of sexual violence in Myanmar shocked me, says UN-appointed rights investigator

27 August 2018
Interviews

Veteran human rights investigator Radhika Coomaraswamy, member of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar, said she was shocked by the horrific sexual violence perpetrated against Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya. She spoke to UN News following the release of the Mission’s report.

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