Genocide by Attrition
Recommendations
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To the Myanmar Junta
RESTORE relevant authority to those rightfully elected by the people of Myanmar.
ABOLISH immediately the National Verification Card process, cease identifying Rohingya as
“Bengali,” and end all restrictions on freedom of movement for Rohingya people.
ORDER junta operatives, including the Myanmar Police Force, immigration officials,
junta armed forces, and others, to immediately cease requiring Rohingya to hold National
Verification Cards to engage in protected activities.
ANNOUNCE publicly that Rohingya are not required to accept or hold National Verification Cards.
To the National Unity Government of Myanmar
ABOLISH immediately the National Verification Card process and restore equal access to
full citizenship rights for Rohingya through a speedy administrative process developed in
meaningful consultation with the Rohingya community in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the
wider diaspora.
ACCEPT all forms of documentation, including National Verification Cards, National
Registration Cards, White Cards, household lists, and other previous government and U.N.issued identity documents, as well as alternative forms of evidence, such as testimonial
evidence, to support applications for Myanmar citizenship.
REPEAL all laws, policies, and orders that require the possession of a National Verification
Card to engage in activities protected by international human rights law, specifically, in
exercising the rights to liberty, freedom of movement, and livelihoods.
- Work with stakeholders in Myanmar and outside the country to draft a framework of
action to restore citizenship rights for Rohingya and other ethnic minorities.
- Consult Rohingya and other ethnic groups in drafting a new citizenship law that replaces
the 1982 Citizenship Law in Myanmar.
ANNOUNCE publicly that Rohingya are not required to accept or hold National Verification Cards.
APPOINT a ministerial-level ethnic-Rohingya representative to the National Unity Government
to assist in implementing and expanding policies concerning the Rohingya people, including
efforts to achieve justice and accountability for the genocide and other atrocity crimes.
COOPERATE fully with international justice mechanisms regarding past human rights
violations and atrocities against Rohingya, including denying citizenship rights and
restrictions on freedom of movement.
ENCOURAGE “insider witnesses” within the National Unity Government or deserters from the
Myanmar military and police to share with international justice mechanisms any actionable
information, knowledge, or past personal experience in the imposition of restrictions or the
commission of crimes against Rohingya.
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