Persecution of the Rohingya Muslims: is genocide occurring in Myanmar's Rakhine State?

International Human Rights Clinic

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dc.contributor.author	International Human Rights Clinic	-
dc.coverage.spatial	Southeast Asia; Myanmar; Rakhine; Thailand; Malaysia	en
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-08T19:54:29Z	-
dc.date.available	2017-11-08T19:54:29Z	-
dc.date.issued	2015-10	-
dc.identifier.citation	http://www.fortifyrights.org/downloads/Yale_Persecution_of_the_Rohingya_October_2015.pdf	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2451/40707	-
dc.description	"This legal analysis considers whether the ongoing attacks on and persecution of the Rohingya Muslim population in Myanmar constitute genocide, as defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The paper begins with a detailed, historical account of the human rights situation of Rohingya since Myanmar’s independence. It then uses the Genocide Convention’s definition of genocide to analyze the treatment of Rohingya. This analysis does not conclude definitively whether genocide is occurring. Such a conclusion would require a full and independent investigation by an appropriately authorized institution with investigatory powers and provisions for the accused to respond to allegations. However, assuming that the information to which the Lowenstein Clinic has had access is credible and comprehensive and accurately reflects the Rohingyas’ situation, the paper finds strong evidence that genocide is being committed against Rohingya."	en
dc.publisher	Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic , Yale Law School for Fortify Rights	en
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dc.subject	Rohingya; muslims; genocide; human rights; persecution; sexual violence; ethnic violence	en
dc.title	Persecution of the Rohingya Muslims: is genocide occurring in Myanmar's Rakhine State?	en
dc.publisher.place	United States of America	en
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