Compilation of all recommendations made by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, to the
Government of Myanmar, armed organizations, the UN Security Council, Member States, UN agencies, the business
community and others in English
1.
This conference room paper (A/HRC/42/CRP.6) provides the full list of the
Mission’s recommendations to the Government of Myanmar, armed organizations, the UN
Security Council, Member States, UN agencies, the business community and others. This
document contains the 141 recommendations (excluding sub-recommendations) from the
Mission’s two official reports: A/HRC/39/64 and A/HRC/42/50 and four additional detailed
reports that the Mission produced as conference room papers under its Human Rights
Council mandate (resolutions 34/22 and 39/2).
2.
As the Mission concludes its mandate, it recognizes that the human rights crisis in
Myanmar continues, the military retains enormous unchecked powers, armed conflicts are
taking the lives of civilians, hundreds of thousands of people are displaced from their
homes, and hateful and discriminatory laws and policies are inflicting severe inhumane
suffering.
3.
Most of the Mission’s recommendations, including those made in September 2018,
remain relevant. For this reason, they continue to remain essential in assisting the people of
Myanmar realize their aspirations for a democratic transition from military rule, ending the
country’s structural human rights crises, providing justice to victims, and ensuring that
States, intergovernmental organizations, private actors and others do not directly or
indirectly contribute to the suffering of the people of Myanmar. The Mission therefore
implores in its final report for the Government of Myanmar, the United Nations and the
international community to use the Mission’s recommendations as a roadmap for the
protection of human rights in Myanmar and to monitor progress thereon.
4.
The recommendations in this document originally appeared in:
•
Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar,
August 2018 (A/HRC/39/64)
•
Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar,
August 2019 (A/HRC/42/50)
•
Report of the detailed findings of the Independent International Fact-Finding
Mission on Myanmar, September 2018 (A/HRC/39/CRP.2)
•
The economic interests of the Myanmar military, August 2019 (A/HRC/42/CRP.3)
•
Sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar and the gendered impact of its
ethnic conflicts, August 2019 (A/HRC/42/CRP.4)
•
Detailed findings of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on
Myanmar, September 2019 (A/HRC/42/CRP.5)
5.
Each recommendation in this document is labelled with the relevant document code
indicating in which report it first appeared. The Mission deleted duplicate recommendations
and the few recommendations that are no longer relevant. However, the Mission has not
updated the respective status of implementation of each recommendation.
I. To the Government of Myanmar
6.
The Government of Myanmar, including the civilian authorities and the Tatmadaw
as relevant, should act without delay to re-structure the Tatmadaw and transform its role.
That should begin with replacing the current leadership of the Tatmadaw. Through a
constitutional amendment process, the Government should further pursue the removal of
the Tatmadaw from Myanmar’s political life (A/HRC/39/CRP.2);
7.
Halt all current military and security operations that are unlawful, unnecessary or
disproportionate, especially where they target civilians or take insufficient precaution to
safeguard their wellbeing (A/HRC/39/CRP.2);
8.
Issue clear, public and unequivocal instructions to all branches of the Tatmadaw and
other security forces that torture, rape, sexual violence, grave violations against children
and other human rights violations are prohibited absolutely; order all security forces to
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