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 by AFP Staff Writers Geneva (AFP) Aug 9, 2022
UN investigators said Tuesday there was mounting evidence of crimes being committed in Myanmar, including since a military coup last year. The United Nations' Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said it had gathered lots of evidence of violations as well as elements indicating the most serious international crimes. "The Mechanism has collected a significant amount of information items, including videos, photographs and documents potentially indicative of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed across Myanmar by various individuals since February 2021," a report said. Myanmar's military seized power on February 1 last year, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The junta has waged a bloody crackdown on dissent. "Perpetrators of these crimes need to know that they cannot continue to act with impunity," IIMM chief Nicholas Koumjian said in a statement. "We are collecting and preserving the evidence so that they will one day be held to account." The IIMM was established by the UN Human Rights Council in September 2018 to collect evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law and prepare files for criminal prosecution committed since 2011. Located in Geneva, it started work in August 2019 and reports annually to the Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly.
Nepal laws will leave civil war crimes unpunished: rights groups Kathmandu (AFP) July 25, 2022 Nepal risks letting wartime atrocities committed during the Himalayan kingdom's Maoist insurgency go unpunished with long-delayed reforms to its transitional justice laws, rights groups said Monday. Both security forces and former rebels have been accused of carrying out torture, killings, rapes and forced disappearances during Nepal's decade-long civil war, which ended in 2006 with more than 16,000 people dead. Authorities have been criticised for failing to adequately probe abuses, with two c ... read more
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