A/HRC/42/CRP.5 Image of brochure distributed by a Myanmar delegation in Cox’s Bazar in October 2018115 (Page 2) Rights conferred on NVC-holders in practice 74. While the Government has claimed that NVCs “are not for foreigners but for people residing in Myanmar”116 and that it allows for the enjoyment of a wide range of rights, the Mission finds that these various statements do not reflect the facts on the ground. 75. First, the NVCs do not grant automatic citizenship or trigger an automatic assessment of the applicant’s citizenship status. 117 With the NVC, the cardholder may apply for citizenship and will need to undergo a citizenship assessment in accordance with Myanmar’s citizenship law. The card states this explicitly: “the holder of the card is a 115 116 117 24 Copy received from refugees in the camps in August 2019. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar: “Dialogue will make Myanmar stronger”, 30 January 2019, available from https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/special-envoy-secretary-generalmyanmar-dialogue-will-make-myanmar-stronger-enmy, see also Burma Human Rights Network, National Verification Cards - A Barrier to Rohingya Repatriation, 11 July 2019, available from http://www.bhrn.org.uk/en/report/1090-national-verification-cards-a-barrier-to-rohingya-repatriationfull-report.html. The Committee for Implementation of Recommendations on Rakhine State, 13 June 2018, available from http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/the-committee-for-implementation-ofrecommendations-on-rakhine-state-2/, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw puts implementations recommendations on Rakhine State on the record, 15 May 2018, available from http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/pyidaungsu-hluttaw-puts-implementationsrecommendations-rakhine-state-record/, Q and A session of Press Conference in Yangon for repatriation readiness in Rakhine State, 12 November 2018, available from http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/q-and-a-session-of-press-conference-in-yangon-forrepatriation-readiness-in-rakhine-state/.