Burma: Crimes against Humanity

(asked on 28th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the report by Amnesty International We Will Destroy Everything: Military Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity in Rakhine State, Myanmar, published in June; whether they intend to take action in response to those recommendations; and if so, what.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 9th July 2018

Amnesty’s detailed report provides further evidence of horrific human rights violations in Rakhine. The UK agrees with, and has already taken action on, a number of Amnesty’s recommendations. Through the EU, the UK has imposed targeted sanctions on seven senior members of the Burmese military, including six of those named in Amnesty’s report. The UK has been clear that UN Security Council attention should remain on the crisis and has been instrumental in securing regular meetings on the situation. The UK will consider, with international partners, further recommendations the report makes regarding bilateral and multilateral action.

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