Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

A/HRC/RES/7/31View PDF

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2008.

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46 documents · 1994–2026

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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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Arbitrary Detention Constitutions Democratization Displaced Persons Fact-Finding Missions Freedom of Expression Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Myanmar Plebiscites Political Participation Political Prisoners Reconciliation Religious Freedom Right of Assembly Rule of Law Special Rapporteurs

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12 operative paragraphs

Strongly deplores the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Myanmar;

Strongly urges the Government of Myanmar to receive, as soon as possible, at his convenience, a follow-up mission by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, as requested by the Council in its resolution 6/33, to cooperate fully with him and to follow up and implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (A/HRC/6/14);

Strongly calls upon the Myanmar authorities:

To make the constitutional process, including the referendum, fully inclusive, participatory and transparent in order to ensure that the process is broadly representative of the views of all people of Myanmar and meets all international norms;

To engage urgently in a reinvigorated national dialogue with all parties with a view to achieving genuine national reconciliation, democratization and the establishment of the rule of law;

To ensure to its people basic freedoms and to desist from further denial of basic freedoms, such as the freedom of expression, assembly and religion or belief;

To cooperate fully with humanitarian organizations, including by ensuring full, safe and unhindered access of humanitarian assistance to all persons in need throughout the country;

To take urgent measures to put an end to violations of human rights and humanitarian law, including forced displacement and arbitrary detention, and to release all political prisoners immediately, without condition;

Invites the Special Rapporteur to continue to discharge his mandate in a coordinated manner with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to report on the implementation of Council resolutions S-5/1 and 6/33 to the Council at its next session;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the Special Rapporteur with adequate support, including expert human resources, to facilitate the fulfilment of the mandate entrusted to him by the present resolution;

Decides to remain seized of this matter.

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