AFTERNOON The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, heard the presentation of an oral update on the...

GENEVA (21 March 2022) – In the face of what he described as war crimes and crimes against humanity in Myanmar, a UN human rights expert today said the victims of these crimes see the international...

The present report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 46/21.

The Myanmar junta is committing gross human rights violations against the people of Myanmar.

GENEVA (22 February 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, issued a report to the UN Human Rights Council today that identifies States, including...

GENEVA (1 February 2022) – One year after the Myanmar military launched a coup, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar released a video * featuring the voices of some of...

DHAKA (19 December 2021) – Speaking at the end of his first official visit to the country, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, thanked and commended the...

I. INTRODUCTION I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Government of Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry and all those who made this visit possible and who offered me every consideration...

GENEVA (13 December 2021) - The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today started his first mission, visiting Bangladesh from 13-19 December. “The world must...

A UN human rights expert derided the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint to four years in jail by a military-controlled court in Myanmar as the “theatre of the absurd”, saying the hearing...