GENEVA (16 September 2022) – States must do more to cut the Myanmar military’s access to revenue and arms supplies to halt its repression of the people, a report released today by the UN Human Rights...

GENEVA (16 June 2020) – The agreement by the new coalition Government of Israel to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank after 1 July would violate a cornerstone principle of...

GENEVA (6 March 2020) – A group of UN experts* has called on men around the world to be a part of movements for gender equality and become women´s human rights defenders. "Now more than ever," they...

NEW YORK (23 October 2019) – The head of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, Marzuki Darusman, told the General Assembly on Wednesday that Myanmar is failing in its...

17 September 2019 Madame Vice President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Exactly one year ago, this Mission concluded that the Myanmar authorities, in particular the Tatmadaw, committed crimes...

Myanmar language (မြန်မာဘာသာ) Audio Rohingya language (Abridged version, in case of discrepancy, the English version shall prevail) GENEVA (16 September 2019) - The 600,000 Rohingya remaining inside...

Burmese version Media Advisory GENEVA (9 September 2019) – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, set up by the Human Rights Council in 2017 (resolution 34/22), has handed over...

Myanmar Language (PDF) Audio Rohingya language ( Abridged version, in case of discrepancy, the English version shall prevail ) NEW YORK (22 August 2019) – The U.N. Independent International Fact...

Myanmar Language (PDF) Audio Rohingya language ( Abridged version, in case of discrepancy, the English version shall prevail ) GENEVA (5 August 2019) – The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding...