Canada played a leading role in establishing the International Criminal Court and has a record of supporting strong action on Burma but is not supporting a UN investigation into crimes against humanity in Burma.
Please send an email to the Canadian Foreign Minister urging him to support a United Nation Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Reports
Driven Away
Report is Trafficking of Kachin women on the China-Burma border, produced by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)
The report is based on 63 verified and suspected trafficking cases that occurred primarily during 2000-2004. The cases involve 85 women and girls, mostly between the ages of 14 and 20. Testimony…
Crimes against humanity in eastern Myanmar
This report by Amnesty International focuses on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in Kayin State and Bago Division between 2005 through 2007. It raises grave concerns that the violations of international human rights and humanitarian law against the Karen described in this report have been part…
Internal Displacement and International Law in Eastern Burma
This report from the Thai Burma Border Consortium argues that the SPDC’s actions in Eastern Burma – forced labor, extortion and land confiscation as well as military campaigns that have displaced over 500,000 people - constitute crimes against humanity. The report concludes by arguing that the international community must move…
Crimes in Burma
A report from Harvard Law School, commissioned by some of the most respected jurists in international law, using the UN’s own reports to highlight how Burma’s generals have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
International crimes committed in Burma: the urgent need for a Commission of Inquiry
This report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma), and the Burma Lawyers Council (BLC) details the serious human rights violations perpetrated by Burma’s military regime, and demonstrates that international crimes have been – and are still being – perpetrated in Burma…
Impunity Prolonged: Burma and its 2008 Constitution
Report by the International Center for Transitional Justice calling on the international community to withhold support for Burma’s 2010 elections and not accept the results of the vote unless the government amends the country’s constitution to end impunity for human rights violations.
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma report to the UN Human Rights Council
Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, to the UN Human Rights Council. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the UN consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.
The report states…
Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas
A report from Irish Centre for Human Rights about the Rohingya in Western Burma. The Report is based on extensive research and on a fact-finding mission to Burma, Thailand and Bangladesh conducted by experts in international criminal investigation. As well as interviewing organisations working in the region, investigators met with…
Crimes against Humanity
For many years the United Nations has ignored widespread and systematic crimes committed by Burma’s military junta, including the destruction of more than 3,500 villages in eastern Burma, widespread use of rape as a weapon of war against ethnic minorities, the forced displacement of over 1 million refugees and internally displaced people, tens of thousands of child soldiers, and the abundant use of forced labour in the country.
For decades the United Nations has been documenting these serious and systematic human rights abuses committed by Burma’s military dictatorship, abuses which break international law. Yet no action has been taken to end the impunity which Burma’s brutal military dictatorship enjoys.
Burma’s new constitution, which comes into force after fake elections on 7 November 2010, will ensure these abuses continue. The constitution even grants immunity from prosecution for those who have committed these crimes. This is why it is up to the international community to take action to end the impunity with which the dictatorship commits these crimes.
In March 2010, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Burma called for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Australia have expressed their support for such an inquiry.
Statements
The following are statements in support of a Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity in Burma.
Nobel Laureates letter to UNSC (PDF Format)
Nobel Women’s Initiative (PDF Format)
Conservative Party supports Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity
- Canada Must Support Burma Crimes Inquiry - Protest At Embassy In London
- USA Backs UN Burma Crimes Inquiry – Now EU Must Support
- Canada Under Increased Pressure To Support UN Inquiry Into War Crimes
- New Burma Army Attacks Target Civilians – Europe Must Support Commission of Inquiry
- Burma Regime Continues to Target Civilians, UK Tells UN Security Council
Click here to view photos from the Eastern Burma Crisis. In the past 15 years the regime has destroyed over 3,300 villages, displacing over 500,000 people.