HRC54 - Interactive Dialogue on report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar - EU Statement
European External Action Service (EEAS)
11.09.2023
Geneva
Press and information team of the Delegation to the UN in Geneva
United Nations Human Rights Council
54th session
Interactive Dialogue on report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
11 September 2023
EU Statement
The EU thanks the Head of the IIIMM for the annual report and his oral update, and reiterates its strong support to this mandate.
The EU strongly condemns the military coup, and is alarmed that the number of incidents bearing the hallmarks of international crimes has only increased.
You describe the increased brazenness of the Myanmar military, stressing their indiscriminate or disproportionate bombings of civilians and their homes , the murders of civilians detained during operations, and the mass executions and displacement of civilians or fighters hors de combat.
Your report establishes the organized command structure of the Myanmar military, and how it may have deliberately prepared and executed international crimes, including sexual and gender-based violence. Your work contributes greatly to accountability efforts.
The EU calls on the Myanmar armed forces to:
- immediately halt the use of violence against civilians, including persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities;
- create the conditions for a safe and dignified return of Rohingya to Myanmar;
- facilitate the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid;
- adopt a moratorium on the death penalty;
- release political detainees , and
- allow the population to exercise their rights, including the human rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
Mr. Koumjian,
How have the Civil Society dialogues most contributed to your work?
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