ADVISORY COMMISSION ON RAKHINE STATE CONTENTS FOREWORD BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION 6 INTRODUCTION 9 1. MANDATE AND CONTEXT OF THE COMMISSION (a) 12 The mandate, structure and composition of the Rakhine Advisory Commission 12 (b) Nomenclature 12 (c) The scope of the report 13 (d) The Commission’s modus operandi: A short overview of the consultation process 13 (e) Context of the Commission’s work 14 (f) Acknowledgements 17 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 18 3. MAIN FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 20 THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RAKHINE STATE 20 CITIZENSHIP 26 1. Citizenship Verification 26 2. 1982 Citizenship Law 29 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT 33 INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) 35 HUMANITARIAN ACCESS 38 MEDIA ACCESS 39 EDUCATION 40 HEALTH 42 DRUGS 45 COMMUNAL PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATION 46 INTER-COMMUNAL COHESION 50 THE SECURITY SECTOR 53 ACCESS TO JUSTICE 56 CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 58 BORDER ISSUES AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH BANGLADESH 59 REGIONAL RELATIONS 61 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS 62 FINAL REPORT 5