The Human Right Council adopts a resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar

In the action on the resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council calls for a full, transparent and impartial investigation into all reported human rights violations including enforced disappearances.

In a resolution (A/HRC/8/L.12) published on the 6th of June on the situation of human rights in Myanmar the Human Rights Council condemns the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Myanmar

In the action the Human Rights Council:

• urges the Government of Myanmar to desist from further politically motivated arrests and to release all political prisoners without delay and without conditions;
• calls upon the Government to fully implement the commitments it has made to the Secretary-General on granting immediate, full and unhindered access by relief workers to all persons in need throughout the country, to cooperate fully with all humanitarian organizations, in particular in the Irrawaddy Delta, to refrain from sending people back to areas where they cannot have access to emergency relief and to ensure that return is voluntary and occurs in safety and with dignity
• condemns the recruitment of child soldiers into both the Government armed forces, contrary to its international obligations, and non-State armed groups and calls for an absolute and immediate stop of this appalling activity
• calls for a full, transparent and effective, impartial and independent investigation into all reports of human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, torture and ill-treatment, forced labour and forced displacement and for bringing those responsible to justice in order to end impunity for violations of human rights
• strongly calls on the Government to engage in a real process of dialogue and national reconciliation with the full and genuine participation of representatives of all political parties and ethnic groups who have been excluded from the political process;
• expresses its strong support for the good-offices mission of the Secretary-General
• encourages the Government of Myanmar to take early steps to admit his Special Representative on Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, to facilitate a genuine and inclusive political process
• strongly urges the Government to receive, as soon as possible, the Special Rapporteur and to cooperate fully with him to implement the recommendations contained in his reports, as well as Council resolutions S-5/1, 6/33 and 7/31; and requests the Special Rapporteur to report to the Council on the fulfilment of his mandate, and in particular, on the implementation of its relevant resolutions.

(source: UNOG Human Rights Council Adopts 13 Resolutions, appoints 13 new mandate holders and extends eight mandates)