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Darusman

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  1. “Decisive action is needed to halt the destructive dynamics in Myanmar and prevent the further fomenting of hatred, hostility, discrimination and extremism that will inevitably lead to further devastation. Impunity must not be excused and continue to embolden the Tatmadaw in its promotion of Bamar-Buddhist supremacy. National sovereignty is not a license to commit crimes against humanity or genocide. There can be no moving on from this crisis without addressing its root causes, all of which continue to exist today, and primarily the presence of an unaccountable military that acts with complete impunity. The Rohingya and all of Myanmar's people - in fact the entire world - is looking to the Council to take action.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  2. “If anyone were to seek to deliberately foment conflict and extremism, the events in Myanmar could serve as a step-by-step manual. Dehumanizing a population, calling them all terrorists, depriving them of all rights, segregating and attacking them, raping and killing them, crowding them into internally displaced persons camps or driving them out and protecting the killers from justice - those steps can be, and almost certainly will be, learned and deployed in other countries against other populations. The international community must be gravely concerned. Myanmar presents precisely the kind of threat to peace and security that the United Nations - particularly the Council - was created to address. We urge the Council to take action.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  3. “They must cease to benefit from all international support, both institutionally and personally. That includes an arms embargo on Myanmar and a prohibition of all transactions with Tatmadaw-affiliated enterprises. We also call for the Council's support for a comprehensive independent inquiry into the United Nations involvement in Myanmar since 2011. No organization involved in a catastrophe of these proportions should fail to review its engagement and learn lessons for future prevention. The review should include the performance of United Nations organs, agencies, departments, funds and programmes under all three pillars - development, human rights and peace and security. In addressing and preventing human rights violations, the United Nations succeeds or fails in relation to all of those three pillars collectively.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  4. “Myanmar's internal inquiries have proven to be ineffective failures, with no reason to consider that that will change in the foreseeable future. Even if domestic leaders were well-intentioned, accountability at the national level is currently unattainable. The Security Council must refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court or another international ad hoc tribunal. The Council and its individual members should also impose targeted individual sanctions against those most responsible for serious crimes under international law. In our report, we identified six of the Tatmadaw's most senior generals with command responsibility for the clearance operations in Rakhine state, starting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  5. “Can we reasonably expect them to rely for their protection on the same unaccountable security forces who killed, raped and devastated their communities? Thirdly, there can be no just and lasting reconciliation without accountability. The complex issues of citizenship, deep-rooted discrimination, oppression and distrust between communities cannot be overcome without a human rights and rule-of-law- based approach. Impunity is the antithesis of that. We firmly believe that accountability will pave the way towards stability, development and peace and security for all in Myanmar. Unfortunately, accountability in Myanmar must come from the international community. Impunity is deeply entrenched in Myanmar's political and legal system, effectively placing the Tatmadaw above the law.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  6. “A history of atrocity crimes combined with impunity and weak State institutions is a core risk factor for further violations. Sadly, that toxic mix has persisted in Myanmar for a long time. Impunity for gross human rights violations has demonstrably contributed to the validation of deeply oppressive and discriminatory conduct, enabled the recurrence of atrocity crimes, emboldened the perpetrators and silenced the Victims. Unless that impunity is addressed, violence and associated atrocity crimes will continue and recur. Secondly, without accountability there can be no sustainable, safe and dignified return of the Rohingya to Myanmar. How can the Rohingya be expected to return to Myanmar, where their suffering is denied and the perpetrators enjoy complete impunity?”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  7. “It actively pursues an exclusionary and discriminatory vision for the country. It has a clear chain of command, with those in leadership positions in effective control of its operations. It acts with total impunity. The contempt shown by the Tatmadaw for human life, integrity and freedom, and for international law generally, has had a devastating impact on the human rights, security and development of everyone in Myanmar. It is also a threat to regional stability and international peace and security. The Security Council holds the power to break that cycle. The key is a sharp focus on accountability. Apart from accountability for atrocity crimes being a legal and moral obligation, we submit that there are at least three other compelling reasons for such a focus. First, effective prevention is premised on accountability.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  8. “Many of the serious violations described in our report undoubtedly amount to the most serious crimes of concern to the international community, which threaten the peace, security and well-being of the world. War crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states. The mission also found sufficient information to warrant the investigation and prosecution of senior officials in the Tatmadaw on charges of genocide. That means that we consider that genocidal intent - meaning the intent to destroy the Rohingya in whole or in part - can be reasonably inferred. At the core of this situation sits the Myanmar military, which has pursued these strategies and tactics for decades. The Tatmadaw, consistently and as a matter of policy and tactics, targets civilians and rapes women and girls.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  9. “The remaining Rohingya in Rakhine state are at grave risk, and conditions are not in place for a safe, dignified and sustainable return of the Rohingya in Bangladesh. Their return in this situation is tantamount to condemning them to life as subhumans and further mass killing. Although horrific and intense, the situation of the Rohingya must not be seen in isolation. The Mission found similar patterns of serious human rights violations elsewhere in Myanmar, notably in Kachin and Shan states. They were predominantly committed by the Myanmar military following the same policies, tactics and conduct. In those conflict areas, we also found patterns of deliberate targeting of civilians, unlawful killings, torture, rape and sexual violence, arbitrary deprivation of liberty, forced labour and forced displacement.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  10. “The following months were marked by increased intimidation ofthe Rohingya, a surge in hate speech, instilling fear into other ethnic communities, and the mobilization of troops and other military assets into northern Rakhine state. The nature, scale and organization of those events demonstrate preparation and planning. The mass displacement of the Rohingya and the burning of villages were followed by the appropriation of vacated lands. Entire villages were flattened and erased, along with every trace of the Rohingya communities. New structures were built for other communities, while the root causes of the exodus, including the oppression and exclusionary rhetoric, are being denied and continue unabated.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  11. “Those attacks were widespread and systematic, their modus operandi across northern Rakhine state strikingly similar. While the attacks of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army contributed to the escalation and must be condemned, the operations of the security forces were brutal and utterly disproportionate. They were conducted in total disregard for human life and dignity, in violation of human rights and international humanitarian law. That occurred against a backdrop of State policies and practices implemented over decades, steadily marginalizing and dehumanizing the Rohingya - resulting in a State-sanctioned and institutionalized system of oppression affecting the lives of Rohingya from birth to death. Similar clearance operations, albeit on a smaller scale, began in October 2016, with complete impunity.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  12. “We invite anyone who claims that our report is one-sided or based on a single source to read its 444 pages, including a full account of our methodology. Our report characterizes the recent events in Rakhine state as a human rights catastrophe that was foreseeable and planned. It will have a severe impact for many generations to come, if not forever. The report describes in detail the Tatmadaw's so-called clearance operations in six villages, marked by large-scale massacres and other killings of civilians, including women, children and the elderly, as well as mass gang- rape, burning and looting. The Mission verified similar operations in 54 separate locations across northern Rakhine state. Over 725,000 Rohingya fled. At least 392 villages were partially or totally destroyed. Estimates of 10,000 Rohingya deaths are conservative.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source

  13. “Mr. Darusman: On behalf of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar, I thank you, Mr. President, for this timely opportunity to brief the Security Council. The Council is aware of our recent report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/39/64), including our detailed findings of 444 pages, establishing the facts and circumstances of recent alleged human rights violations and abuses in Myanmar, which are based on an investigation that scrupulously adhered to international best practices on human rights fact-finding. We worked for over a year to collect and corroborate information, weighing its validity and analysing it against applicable law in a spirit of objectivity and impartiality.”

    2018-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8381 (2018) · source