Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should immediately refer the situation in Myanmar, including the widespread and systematic abuses against ethnic Rohingya, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). It also barred Yanghee Lee, the UN-appointed human rights expert on Myanmar, from entering the country after she publicly reported on military abuses. Security Council members should not repeat empty promises by government officials that they will investigate abuses. Because Myanmar is neither a party to the ICC nor has accepted the court’s jurisdiction, the Security Council needs to refer the situation to the court. “Security Council members should stop deferring to China and Russia and make the victims of atrocities the top priority.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 09, 2018 09:11 UTC