Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

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A document of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2025.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/30	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	7,793	–
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/20	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	8,812	–
2024	A/HRC/RES/55/20	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	8,086	–
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/31	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	7,246	–
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/23	Situation of human rights in Myanmar	5,576	–

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Condemns in the strongest terms all violations and abuses of human rights committed by all parties against civilians in Myanmar, including Rohingya and other minorities, before and after the military coup and the declaration of the state of emergency on 1 February 2021;

Also condemns in the strongest terms the military coup carried out in Myanmar and the deposition of the elected civilian Government by the Myanmar military on 1 February 2021, which constitutes an unacceptable attempt to forcibly overturn the results of the general elections of 8 November 2020, a halt in the democratic transition of Myanmar and a serious threat to the respect for and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance and democratic principles;

Recalls Security Council resolution 2669 (2022), in which the Council demanded an immediate end to all forms of violence, urged all parties to respect human rights, reiterated its call to uphold democratic institutions and processes in accordance with the will and interests of the people of Myanmar, urged the Myanmar military to immediately release all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and called for concrete and immediate action, noting the military’s commitments to the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to effectively and fully implement the five-point consensus reached at the Leaders’ Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations held on 24 April 2021, and expresses deep concern over the lack of progress in its implementation by the Myanmar military;

Reiterates its full support for the people of Myanmar and their aspirations for democracy and a civilian government;

Condemns unequivocally all executions of political prisoners, and calls upon the Myanmar military to immediately cease and refrain from all other use of the death penalty contrary to international human rights law;

Condemns the increasing deliberate, widespread, indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force against civilians, including by air strikes, and the indiscriminate and continuous use of lethal force and misuse of less-lethal weapons by the Myanmar military, and the abuses, including killings, torture and other ill-treatment and bodily injury, as well as sexual and gender-based violence, committed against the people of Myanmar, including against peaceful demonstrators exercising their rights to freedom of expression, of peaceful assembly and of association, which have led to deaths and many injuries, including of children and medical staff, across the country;

Calls upon the Myanmar military to end the declaration of martial law and a state of emergency, to return to the democratic transition in Myanmar, in line with the will and aspirations of the people of Myanmar, and to end all obstruction to the democratic process in Myanmar, ensuring free and fair democratic process, including by accepting that all national institutions, including the military, must serve under a democratically elected fully representative civilian government;

Urges the swift establishment of constructive, inclusive and peaceful dialogue among all parties, in accordance with the will and interests of the people of Myanmar, aimed at restoring democratic governance;

Recalls the obligations of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty in relation to international humanitarian law and international human rights law, in particular those arising from articles 6 and 7;

Calls upon all States to respect their international commitments and all relevant United Nations resolutions and to cease the illicit transfer and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to Myanmar in order to prevent further violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights, and to refrain, in accordance with applicable national procedures and international norms and standards, from the export, sale or transfer of jet fuel, surveillance goods and technologies and less-lethal weapons when they assess that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that such fuel, goods, technologies or weapons might be used to violate or abuse human rights;

Condemns the production and use in Myanmar of anti-personnel landmines, which indiscriminately kill and injure civilians long after they are laid, imperil the return of internally displaced persons and refugees and threaten access to livelihoods, food and shelter, and calls upon all parties to immediately end their use in violation of international humanitarian law;

Expresses alarm at the rapidly increasing use of anti-personnel landmines and unexploded ordnance and their disproportionate impact on children, and also expresses alarm over reports of the criminalization of amputees, as well as the systematic denial of access by victims and survivors to life-saving aid, including medical care and prosthetics, recognizing that these actions are contrary to international law, including article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Security Council resolution 2475 (2019) of 20 June 2019 on protecting persons with disabilities in situations of armed conflict;

Calls upon all parties to the conflict in Myanmar, in particular the Myanmar military, to immediately cease the use of anti-personnel landmines and unexploded ordnance, ensure that amputees are not criminalized as a result of their injuries and take urgent steps to ensure that victims and survivors have access to life-saving aid, as part of broader, urgent measures to protect the rights of persons with disabilities in situations of armed conflict;

Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of President Win Myint, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and all those who have been arbitrarily detained, charged, arrested, convicted or sentenced on specious grounds, in particular since 1 February 2021, including government officials and politicians, human rights defenders, journalists and other media workers, civil society representatives, legal practitioners, religious and community leaders, healthcare workers, aid workers, academics, teachers, local and foreign advisers and members of student unions and trade unions, and for the military to refrain from future reprisals against released detainees;

Also calls for an end to the unjustified use of military tribunals to try civilians and for the right to a fair trial, which includes the right to a public trial by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law, the presumption of innocence, the prohibition of being tried or punished again for offences of which one has already been convicted or acquitted, the right to be brought promptly before a judge to exercise judicial power, the right to be present at trial and to review of one’s sentence or conviction by a higher tribunal according to law, and the right to adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence, and recalls the absolute prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;

Further calls for the Myanmar military to fully respect and protect the human rights of all persons in Myanmar, including Rohingya and other persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, to refrain from excessive use of force, to exercise the utmost restraint and to seek a peaceful resolution to the crisis, recalling that the Myanmar military has a responsibility to respect democratic principles and is obliged to respect the rule of law and human rights, in accordance with international human rights law;

Expresses grave concern at continuing serious human rights violations and abuses by the military and security forces, as well as violations of international humanitarian law in Myanmar, notably against Rohingya and other persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, including those involving arbitrary arrests, deaths in detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the deliberate killing and maiming of children, the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict, including as human shields, as well as for child labour and forced labour, the use of schools and universities for military purposes in contravention of international law, attacks on schools and universities, hospitals and houses of worship and protected persons in relation to schools, hospitals and houses of worship, indiscriminate shelling in civilian areas, the destruction and burning of homes, the deprivation of economic, social and cultural rights, the forced displacement of more than 923,000 Rohingya and other persons belonging to minorities to Bangladesh, trafficking in persons, forced labour and rape, sexual exploitation and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence;

Also expresses grave concern at human rights violations and abuses against Rohingya, including in conflict settings, and at the reported forced recruitment of Rohingya and other persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities by the Myanmar military and other armed groups;

Calls upon the Myanmar military to immediately cease all air strikes, the use of anti-personnel landmines and the use of arson attacks, and condemns in the strongest terms the various attacks and killings that have ended civilian lives all across Myanmar, as well as any attacks directed against civilians and civilian infrastructure, and indiscriminate attacks;

Condemns in the strongest terms the indiscriminate attacks against children by the Myanmar military, and calls upon all parties, in particular the Myanmar military, to end violations and abuses against children, including the six grave violations against children during armed conflict, to ensure accountability for these violations and abuses, to guarantee protection to all children in armed conflict, including by stopping and preventing their recruitment into armed forces and ensuring the immediate and safe release of those who have been recruited, and to provide survivors with access to adequate assistance, including access to education and psychosocial and mental health support, justice and reparations;

Calls upon the Myanmar military to cease the arbitrary and unlawful arrest and detention of children, to release immediately and unconditionally all children detained in interrogation centres and prisons and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into their families and communities;

Also calls upon the Myanmar military to cease targeting Myanmar citizens outside of Myanmar for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including through the cancellation of passports, surveillance and harassment, and threats to and reprisals against family members remaining in Myanmar;

Calls upon all parties to the conflict in Myanmar, in particular the Myanmar military, to immediately end violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, and all violations of international law, including of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and human rights abuses in Myanmar, to hold perpetrators of violations and abuses accountable, including in independent and impartial domestic accountability processes ensuring justice and reparations to victims and survivors, to respect and protect civilians, to allow humanitarian access to affected populations, to show restraint, to cease the conflict and to show readiness to re-engage in dialogue and constitutional reform;

Also calls upon all parties to the conflict in Myanmar, in particular the Myanmar military, to cease, investigate and prosecute, where appropriate, all attacks on schools, universities and other education facilities, and attacks against students, teachers and education personnel, in contravention of international humanitarian law, and to mitigate and avoid the use of schools by armed forces, as appropriate, including through the implementation of Security Council resolution 2601 (2021) of 29 October 2021, noting in this regard the relevance of the Safe Schools Declaration, and by taking measures, such as considering implementing the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict, and ensuring safe, non-violent, inclusive, effective and enabling learning environments and quality education for all;

Calls upon the Myanmar military to cease targeting trade union leaders and members for exercising their right to freedom of association, including through the use of arbitrary arrests, detention, torture, intimidation, the surveillance of workers negotiating wage increases and the deprivation of basic civil liberties, due legal process and institutional recourse, and to fully cooperate with the International Labour Organization and the Commission of Inquiry for Myanmar and implement its recommendations without delay;³

³International Labour Organization, Towards Freedom and Dignity in Myanmar (October 2023).

Expresses deep concern at the enforcement by the Myanmar military of forced conscription for all men aged 18 to 35 years and women aged 18 to 27 years, and at reports that the Myanmar military, in order to coerce them to join its ranks, has abducted individuals, threatened communities with burning their villages and offered money, food and citizenship to Rohingya youths and threatened them with punishment;

Urges all parties in Myanmar to ensure the full, equal, safe and meaningful participation of all women, including Rohingya women and women belonging to other minorities, in promoting social cohesion across different communities and in all decision-making processes related to conflict prevention, resolution and peacebuilding;

Urges Myanmar, in accordance with the order of the International Court of Justice of 23 January 2020 in relation to Rohingya in its territory, to take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, to ensure that its military and any irregular armed units that may be directed or supported by it and any organizations and persons that may be subject to its control, direction or influence do not commit, inter alia, any such acts, to prevent the destruction and ensure the preservation of evidence and to report to the Court as ordered on all measures taken to give effect to the order;

Stresses the need to effectively address the root causes of human rights violations and abuses against persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, including Rohingya, reiterates the importance of the full implementation of all recommendations made by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, including those on access to citizenship, freedom of movement, the elimination of systematic segregation and all forms of discrimination and inclusive and equal access to health services, education, livelihood opportunities, basic services and birth registration, in full consultation with all ethnic and religious minority groups, including Rohingya, and persons in vulnerable situations, as well as civil society;

Also stresses the need to expedite efforts to eliminate statelessness and systematic and institutionalized discrimination against members of ethnic and religious minorities, in particular relating to Rohingya, by, inter alia, reviewing and reforming the 1982 Citizenship Law, which has led to the deprivation of human rights, complete disenfranchisement and forced displacement, by ensuring equal access to full citizenship through a transparent, voluntary and accessible procedure and to all civil and political rights by allowing for self-identification, amending or repealing all discriminatory legislation and policies, including discriminatory provisions of the set of “protection of race and religion” laws enacted in 2015, covering religious conversion, interfaith marriage, monogamy and population control, and by lifting all local orders restricting rights to freedom of movement and access to civil registration, health and education services and livelihoods;

Further stresses the need to restore full citizenship status and related civil and political rights of Rohingya and other ethnic and religious minorities, including voting rights and their free and fair participation in elections and other democratic processes, to combat the incitement of hatred and hate speech against Rohingya and persons belonging to other minorities, online and offline, and to publicly condemn such acts and combat hate speech, misinformation and disinformation;

Calls for the establishment of conditions that would allow for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of internally displaced persons to their places of origin or places of their choosing and for a guarantee of unrestricted humanitarian access to persons in need, including all internally displaced persons, throughout the country, in full consultation with the persons concerned and the local population, and in consultation also with the United Nations system and relevant civil society organizations, and encourages efforts to ensure consultation with and the representation of women at all levels of decision-making relating to the camp-closure strategy and its implementation;

Calls upon all parties, in particular the Myanmar military, to ensure full respect for international humanitarian law and to allow and facilitate free, unhindered access to the entire country for local and international staff members of humanitarian and other relevant international agencies, including in order to properly assess needs and to allow for the unhindered procurement of the necessary supplies and equipment, to repeal the so-called Organization Registration Law, which hampers the delivery of humanitarian assistance, to cease any penalization of individuals and organizations under this framework and to respect and protect humanitarian personnel, including medical personnel, facilities, transport and equipment so that humanitarian organizations are able to offer principled and inclusive humanitarian assistance, including age-, disability- and gender-responsive assistance, to all persons in need, including internally displaced persons;

Expresses deep sympathy to all the victims and survivors of the March 2025 earthquakes, which resulted in mass casualties, injuries and significant destruction of infrastructure, welcomes the aid provided to date, urges the further provision of principled humanitarian aid to all in need, including through organizations already operating in affected areas, in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence, and calls upon the Myanmar military and other parties to cease all hostilities and to facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to all victims and survivors in all affected regions;

Condemns the suspension and obstruction by the Myanmar military of humanitarian access to affected areas of Myanmar after Typhoon Yagi and to Rakhine State after Cyclone Mocha, and expresses deep concern that international access to Rakhine State, where the risk of starvation is increasing, and other areas affected by conflict and violence remains severely restricted for the international humanitarian assistance community, including United Nations agencies, humanitarian actors and the international media;

Calls for the establishment of concrete steps towards the creation of an environment conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all refugees and stateless persons, including Rohingya and other forcibly displaced persons, residing in Bangladesh, and recalls in this regard the bilateral arrangement of return concluded between Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2017, as well as those residing in other host States, and for access to accurate and reliable information, as corroborated by the United Nations and other relevant actors, on the conditions in Rakhine State and in other parts of the country in order to reasonably address the core concerns of all refugees, including Rohingya and other forcibly displaced persons, thereby enabling them to return to their places of origin or places of their choosing in a voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable manner;

Welcomes the decision by the General Assembly, in its resolution 79/182 of 17 December 2024, to hold a high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, and expresses hope that the high-level conference will propose a comprehensive, innovative and concrete plan for a sustainable resolution of the crisis, including efforts to create a conducive environment for the timely, voluntary, safe, sustainable and dignified return of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar;

Encourages the international community, in the true spirit of interdependence and equal burden- and responsibility-sharing, to assist Bangladesh in providing assistance to Rohingya refugees and forcibly displaced persons until a sustainable solution to the crisis is found and such time as they are voluntarily repatriated to Myanmar in safety and dignity, and to assist in the provision of assistance in Myanmar to all affected persons of all communities displaced internally in Myanmar, including in Rakhine State, taking into account the vulnerable situation of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, including by adequately funding the Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis;

Calls for immediate, full, unrestricted and unmonitored access for all United Nations mandate holders and human rights mechanisms and international and regional courts, tribunals and human rights bodies to independently monitor the situation of human rights, including by ceasing Internet shutdowns and lifting all other Internet restrictions, which hinder the flow of information essential for accountability, and to ensure that civil society organizations, human rights defenders, lawyers, victims, survivors, witnesses and other individuals have unhindered access to and can communicate with the United Nations and other human rights entities without fear of reprisals, intimidation or attack;

Also calls for an end to the reclassification of villages where Rohingya and other ethnic minorities were previously located and to the removal of the names of villages from official maps and potential alterations to how the land may be used, and for the ceasing, without any delay, the construction of military facilities in those villages;

Further calls for full and unhindered access to be granted to the diplomatic corps, independent observers and representatives of the national and international independent media so that they may conduct their work without fear of reprisals, intimidation or attack;

Stresses the role and the importance of the involvement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in facilitating and launching political dialogue, encourages regional players to work in that direction, and calls upon all States Members of the United Nations to protect Myanmar nationals within their borders, as appropriate, and to respect the principle of non-refoulement;

Expresses its deep concern at the lack of progress made by the Myanmar military in the implementation of the five-point consensus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, reiterates the urgent call upon Myanmar to fully, swiftly and effectively implement the five-point consensus, including through constructive dialogue among all relevant parties, and to facilitate a peaceful solution in the interests of the people of Myanmar and their livelihoods, to that end calls upon all stakeholders in Myanmar to cooperate with the Association and the Special Envoy of the Chair of the Association on Myanmar, including by granting him access to all stakeholders, and expresses its support for these efforts;

Expresses its support for further efforts to implement the five-point consensus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in this regard welcomes the Association Leaders’ review of and decision on the implementation of the five-point consensus, welcomes the work of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, and encourages engagement with her, allowing the fulfilment of the mandate as set out by the Secretary-General, including by travelling to the country;

Calls for a more active role of the United Nations, notably through the timely designation of a resident coordinator of United Nations local agencies in Myanmar on a permanent basis so as to ensure greater coherence and efficiency of action on the ground and to continue taking action to hold the military accountable for its crimes;

Stresses the urgent need to safeguard those who report violations and abuses and to immediately cease the killing, torture and other ill-treatment, bodily injury and arbitrary detention of all civil society actors, including journalists and media workers, human rights defenders, casualty recorders, lawyers, environmental and land rights activists, health and humanitarian workers, trade union leaders and members, and other civilians;

Encourages the commencement of an inclusive dialogue, involving all relevant stakeholders, to resolve the crisis and achieve sustainable peace and stability in Myanmar, and in this regard underlines the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations, including through the Special Envoy of the Chair of the Association on Myanmar and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, as well as the importance of the international community’s support for processes led by the Association;

Calls for continued steps and necessary measures to be taken to promote the inclusion, human rights and dignity of all people living in Myanmar, to address sexual and gender-based violence, discrimination and the spread of prejudice, including the spread of disinformation, hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric, including on online platforms, social media and messaging services, and to combat incitement to hatred and violence against ethnic, religious and other minorities, including Rohingya, in accordance with the Rabat Plan of Action on the prohibition of advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, also in line with recommendation 9 of the executive summary of the Independent Commission of Enquiry, including by refraining from engaging in hate speech or encouraging others to engage in hate speech and refraining from implementing measures purported to address hate speech that do not comply with international standards;

Also calls for action to address and document conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar, with the full participation of civil society, particularly women’s rights organizations and women and girls from conflict-affected communities, to prevent such violence, to end impunity, to hold perpetrators accountable and to provide survivors with access to adequate assistance, support services, justice and reparations;

Underlines the importance of consulting with survivors and the families of victims and survivors, including Rohingya and persons belonging to other minorities, and of including them in advancing justice and accountability, as appropriate;

Calls for appropriate action to eliminate child and forced labour, including to respond in full to the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry for Myanmar of the International Labour Organization, to protect the rights of workers in natural resource extraction and to demilitarize mining regions, and for action to establish an inclusive land governance framework and to resolve issues of land tenure, including by amending relevant legislation, in particular the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, in full consultation with relevant groups and ethnic communities, including Rohingya;

Encourages all business enterprises, including transnational corporations and domestic enterprises operating in Myanmar or that have parts of their supply chain in Myanmar, to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the recommendations made by the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar on the economic interests of the Myanmar military, encourages all transnational enterprises to responsibly divest from economic dealings with Myanmar military-owned businesses, and requests the home States of those enterprises to take enhanced measures so that those businesses conduct enhanced human rights due diligence so that their activities do not contribute to or cause any human rights violations or abuses, in accordance with the Guiding Principles;

Calls for enhanced regional cooperation, including by involving the United Nations, with a view to addressing the rise and increase of transnational crimes, such as trafficking in persons, drug trafficking and online scams;

Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar for a further period of one year, requests the Special Rapporteur to present, during an enhanced interactive dialogue, also including the presentation of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights mandated by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 55/20 of 4 April 2024, an oral update to the Council at its fifty-ninth session and to submit a report to the Third Committee of the General Assembly at its eightieth session and to the Council at its sixty-first session, in accordance with its annual programme of work, and also requests the Special Rapporteur, supported by additional human rights experts, to continue to monitor the situation of human rights in Myanmar and the implementation of the recommendations made by the mandate holder and by the independent international fact-finding mission and to make recommendations on additional steps necessary to address the ongoing crisis, including through thematic reports and conference room papers;

Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to engage with relevant stakeholders, in the region and beyond, through meetings and conferences relating to human rights in Myanmar;

Calls for immediate and full cooperation by Myanmar with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the mandate, including by facilitating visits and granting unrestricted access throughout the country, and invites all States to facilitate cooperation with the Special Rapporteur, where requested;

Calls upon the United Nations to ensure that the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar is afforded the support and resources in terms of staffing, location and operational freedom necessary to deliver on its mandate, urges all United Nations bodies to collaborate fully with the Mechanism, where possible, and to share evidence to be used in future prosecutions, and all relevant actors in Myanmar and States to cooperate with the Mechanism, to grant it access, including access to witnesses and other information providers, and to provide it with every assistance in the execution of its mandate, and the appropriate protection of confidentiality, security and support for victims, survivors and witnesses in order to fully respect and comply with the principle of “do no harm”, and calls for close and timely cooperation between the Mechanism and any future investigations or proceedings by national, regional or international courts or tribunals, including by the International Criminal Court or the International Court of Justice;

Requests the High Commissioner, with the support of specialized experts, to continue to monitor and assess the overall situation of human rights in Myanmar, maintaining focus on accountability regarding alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as well as the rule of law, to monitor the implementation of the present resolution and previous resolutions with the same title, to make recommendations on additional steps necessary to address the current crisis and to submit to the Human Rights Council, at its sixty-second session, a comprehensive report thereon, also examining efforts made by pro-democracy actors and civil society, among others, to develop institutions and policies on human rights protection, inclusive governance and transitional justice, at the local and national levels, and outlining actions the international community can take to support these efforts;

Also requests the High Commissioner, with the support of experts and in follow-up to the comprehensive report of the Office of the High Commissioner, to continue and strengthen technical assistance to persons belonging to those groups in order to increase their protection capacities, and to present updates in the context of his regular reporting to the Human Rights Council;

Recommends that the General Assembly submit the reports of the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur to the relevant United Nations bodies, including the Security Council, for their consideration and appropriate action, taking into account the relevant conclusions and recommendations therein;

Reiterates the need to establish a country office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Myanmar and to issue a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council;

Calls upon the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur to monitor patterns of human rights violations that point to a heightened risk of a human rights emergency, where possible, to share evidence of violations with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar to support future prosecutions, to continue to bring that information to the attention of the Human Rights Council in a manner that reflects the urgency of the situation, including intersessionally through ad hoc briefings, to advise on what further steps may be needed if the situation continues to deteriorate, in furtherance of the Council’s prevention mandate, and to inform other United Nations bodies as necessary on progress in this regard;

Recalls the Secretary-General’s initiative to take concrete action based on the recommendations contained in the report entitled “A brief and independent inquiry into the involvement of the United Nations in Myanmar from 2010 to 2018”, and invites the Secretary-General to support this work by offering relevant recommendations to enable more effective work in the future and to strengthen the prevention capacity of the United Nations system;

Requests the Secretary-General to call the continued attention of the Security Council to the situation in Myanmar and to continue as necessary with concrete recommendations for action towards resolving the humanitarian crisis, establishing the conditions for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of all refugees and forcibly displaced persons, including Rohingya, and ensuring accountability for those responsible for mass atrocities and human rights violations and abuses;

Also requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur, the High Commissioner and the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar with the increased assistance, resources and expertise necessary to enable them to discharge their mandates fully;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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