Myanmar: UN Rights Body Should Advance Justice

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Smoke rises from burning buildings in Karenni (Kayah) State, Myanmar, February 18, 2022. © 2022 Free Burma Rangers via AP (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should adopt a strategy for accountability in Myanmar to end abuses by the military junta, Human Rights Watch said today. The council will discuss Myanmar and the new report by the UN Human Rights Office at its meeting on March 21, 2022. The Human Rights Council resolution should call for all UN member states to prevent the flow of weapons into Myanmar and impose stronger, targeted economic sanctions…

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