M Humayun Kabir: The Australian government is considering options in response to the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s report, including targeted sanctions on Myanmar.
“The full report of the Fact-Finding Mission adds to a large body of evidence indicating the commission of the most serious crimes under international law, particularly against the Rohingya,” Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement issued yesterday, reports The Daily Star.
The Australian government condemned in strongest terms the atrocities committed in Myanmar’s Rakhine, Shan and Kachin states, as detailed in the full report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar.
Following the UN mission’s recommendations, Australia said it will support new international efforts on accountability and justice in Myanmar, including at the Human Rights Council, “of which we are a member.”
According to the report of August 27, the full report documents in detail serious violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, committed primarily by Myanmar’s military against ethnic minorities, the release added.
In the case of Rakhine State, the Fact-Finding Mission concludes that crimes against humanity and war crimes have occurred, as well as finding sufficient evidence to warrant an investigation and prosecutions for genocide perpetrated against the Rohingya.
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