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(iv) Strengthen institution-building and structural reforms to uphold the rule
of law, human rights and democratic principles, through a participatory and
inclusive approach – including efforts to ensure the independence of the
judiciary, and reforming the security sector to enhance civilian control;
(v)
Facilitate access by OHCHR to the country, pending the establishment
of an OHCHR office, and engage with OHCHR on technical cooperation;
(vi) Amend the Citizenship Law of 1982, removing links between ethnicity
and citizenship, and restore the citizenship of the Rohingya;
(vii) Ensure sustainable solutions for displaced persons and implement the
national strategy for the closure of camps for internally displaced persons, in
compliance with international standards;
(viii) Ensure that the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission fully
complies with the Paris Principles, that commissioners are appointed through a
transparent process, and that the Commission includes representatives from
civil society and ethnic minority groups;
(ix) Issue a moratorium on land expropriation carried out under the
Farmland Law of 2012, the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Act
of 2012, and the Land Acquisition Act of 1894/Land Acquisition, Resettlement
and Rehabilitation Law of 2019, until a land governance framework, compliant
with the Land Use Policy adopted in 2016, is established;
(x)
Create an enabling environment for the independent media and civil
society, including by publicly acknowledging their value in a democratic society
and by ceasing to criminalize their exercise of rights and freedoms;
(xi) Cooperate and engage meaningfully with the newly appointed Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and relevant
international justice and accountability mechanisms.
(b)
To ethnic armed groups in Myanmar:
Take all measures to end hostilities and violations of international
humanitarian law and abuses of international human rights law.
(c)
To the United Nations in Myanmar:
(i)
Continue to pursue the implementation of the recommendations issued
by the fact-finding mission and continue advocacy for accountability for
perpetrators of serious crimes under international law, in a comprehensive and
multifaceted manner centred on realization of victims’ rights and prevention of
recidivism;
(ii)
Ensure that all in-country programmes incorporate a human rightsbased approach and undergo due diligence processes.
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