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to the International Criminal Court. The mission again recommends that the Council
resolve to refer the Myanmar situation to the Court or to establish an ad hoc
international criminal tribunal. The Council should also impose an arms embargo and
targeted sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans against alleged perpetrators
of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. It is incumbent
upon the Council, as the United Nations body with primary responsibility for peace and
security, to act.
124. Myanmar should turn to the international community for assistance, and the
international community should continue to provide its support for genuine efforts to
address impunity and to promote justice in Myanmar.
125. The mission reiterates the recommendations it made in its previous report, as
well as those made in its complementary papers on the economic interests of the military
and on sexual and gender-based violence, and the gendered impact of ethnic conflicts
in Myanmar.9
126. In addition, the mission is cognizant of the fact that with the termination of its
mandate, an important investigation, monitoring and reporting function will be left
unfulfilled. It therefore calls upon the Human Rights Council to exercise its prevention
role, to contribute, through dialogue and cooperation, towards the prevention of human
rights violations and respond promptly to human rights emergencies.10
127. In this spirit, the mission also calls upon the Human Rights Council to continue
to monitor the situation in Myanmar, including progress on accountability, to react
promptly and decisively to early warning signs of impending human rights crises, and
to take all steps necessary to prevent violations of international human rights law and
international humanitarian law, including by creating new mandates or expanding
existing ones. Similarly, the mission calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to continue to monitor the situation in Myanmar closely, to advocate
for accountability and to consider issuing regular public reports, in accordance with
the global mandate of the High Commissioner.
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A compilation of all the recommendations made by the fact-finding mission will be circulated in
document A/HRC/42/CRP.6.
See General Assembly resolution 60/251, para. 5 (f).
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