Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of investigations undertaken by the Burmese (a) government and (b) military into violence and human rights abuses against the Rohingya since 2012.

The Burmese Government has led or commissioned four investigations into violence in Rakhine involving the Rohingya since 2012. The Burmese military has conducted three investigations since 2012 into its troops' conduct during operations in Rakhine involving the Rohingya, none of which have met international standards. The Foreign Secretary underlined to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in their 20 September meeting the critical importance of holding to account those responsible for atrocities, and called on Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing to cooperate on accountability. The UK is calling on the Burmese authorities to ensure the Commission of Inquiry is a credible, transparent and impartial investigation, drawing on all evidence already gathered, and leading to a process that holds to account the perpetrators of atrocities.