The investigators cited six Myanmar military leaders as "priority subjects" for possible prosecution, including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing. A longer list of names is to be kept in the office of the U.N. human rights chief for possible use in future judicial proceedings. The United States and European Union have already slapped sanctions on some Myanmar military leaders, though Min Aung Hlaing is not among them. They called for the creation of a special body, or "mechanism," to keep watch on the still-evolving human rights situation in Myanmar. ———A previous version of this story was corrected to reflect that Myanmar is not a member of the Human Rights Council.

Source: ABC News August 27, 2018 07:32 UTC