Human Rights Council
Tenth Session
Resolution 10/27. Situation of human rights in Myanmar
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, and reaffirming
also previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in Myanmar of the Commission on
Human Rights, Council resolutions S-5/1 of 2 October 2007, 6/33 of 14 December 2007, 7/31 of
28 March 2008 and 8/14 of 18 June 2008, as well as resolutions of the General Assembly, the
most recent being resolution 63/245 of 24 December 2008,
Welcoming the agreement by the Government of Myanmar to the visits of the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar from 3 to 7 August 2008 and from 14
to 19 February 2009, and also the report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/10/19), while urging
the implementation of the recommendations contained therein and encouraging the continuation
of regular visits and the extension of full cooperation of Myanmar authorities to the Special
Rapporteur,
Welcoming also the agreement by the Government of Myanmar to the visit of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General to Myanmar from 31 January to 3 February 2009, as
well as the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
(A/HRC/10/17),
Being concerned that the urgent calls contained in the above-mentioned resolutions and of
other United Nations bodies concerning the human rights situation in Myanmar have not been
met, and further emphasizing the need for significant progress towards meeting these calls of the
international community,
Being concerned also that the violent crackdown on peaceful mass demonstrations of
September 2007 and the ensuing human rights violations, including enforced disappearances,
arbitrary detentions, torture and ill-treatment, have not been investigated and their perpetrators
prosecuted,
Expressing its concern that the drafting process of the Constitution and the constitutional
referendum did not meet the expectations that the political process would be free and fair, and
reiterating its calls to the Government of Myanmar to ensure that the country’s political
processes are transparent, inclusive, free and fair,
Being concerned by the continued arbitrary house arrest of the General Secretary of the
National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and by reports that, despite the recent
release of 29 political prisoners, 2,100 others still remain imprisoned, in harsh conditions, in
unknown locations or without charge,
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