Recommendations
38. Based on the above analysis the co-submitting organisations urge reviewing States to make the
following recommendations to Myanmar:
I.
Fully cooperate with the ICJ, ensure that no more crimes against humanity and acts of
genocide are perpetrated and ensure accountability and access to justice through a
transparent legal process in accordance with international standards.
II.
Ensure that the Myanmar report to the ICJ, and all future reports are made public.
III.
Create the right conditions for repatriation of Rohingya refugees, namely, voluntariness,
UN oversight, right to nationality, equality and human rights, normalisation, accountability
and rehabilitation & reintegration, before any further repatriation efforts are carried out.
IV.
Repeal and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law with a nationality law that is not
discriminatory, that protects against statelessness and which prohibits the arbitrary
deprivation of nationality, and is applied with retroactive effect.
V.
Recognise the right to nationality of the Rohingya and other minority communities who
have been arbitrarily deprived of their right to nationality and made stateless.
VI.
Address the significant challenges regarding access to civil documentation including the
excessive evidentiary requirements, challenges linked to data entry, difficulties in accessing
the documentation procedure, language barriers, geographic barriers, unofficial fees and
bribery and undue delays in the decision-making process.
VII.
Immediately end the national verification process and ensure the restoration of citizenship
to all those deemed non-citizens or ineligible for citizenship due to the implementation of
discriminatory measures, including the national verification process.
VIII.
Immediately cease from forcing Rohingya returnees to undergo the discriminatory and
arbitrary national verification process.
IX.
Immediately end the internet blackout in Rakhine and Chin states allowing for freedom of
information and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, access to potentially life-saving
information.
X.
Prioritise public health over security control in all COVID-19 response.
XI.
Allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur unhindered and unlimited access to Myanmar
to enable her to investigate, report and work with the Government in implementing
recommendations.
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