A/72/219 Yazidis. The Commission concluded that ISIL had committed and continued to commit the crime of genocide against the Yazidis, crimes against humanity and war crimes. 47 33. In June 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an oral update to the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that the humanitarian an d human rights situation had deteriorated dramatically and various actors were fuelling ethnic hatred, resulting in extremely grave, widespread and apparently planned attacks against the civilian population in the Kasai area. Some 1.3 million internally displaced persons had fled. 48 34. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has reported on attacks and abductions by anti-government elements against persons of Hazara background. The Mission has continued to facilitate dialogue between Hazara leaders and the Government on these issues. 49 35. With regard to Myanmar, the protection of minorities has been addressed in reports by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 50 and by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, includ ing in his report to the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar of June 2016 51 and the report of the OHCHR mission to Bangladesh entitled “Interviews with Rohingyas fleeing from Myanmar since 9 October 2016”, issued in February 2017. 52 In March 2017, the Human Rights Council decided to dispatch an independent international fact -finding mission to establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged human rights violations in Myanmar, in particular in Rakhine State. The Human Rights Council also called upon the Government of Myanmar to continue efforts to eliminate statelessness and the systematic and institutionalized discrimination against members of ethnic and religious minorities, including the root causes of discrimination, in particular relating to the Rohingya minority. 53 36. The ninth session of the Forum on Minority Issues, held in November 2016, focused on minorities in situations of humanitarian crises. Forum participants examined how discrimination and different forms of marginalization increased the vulnerability of minorities in humanitarian crises, including conflict, disaster and pandemics. In its recommendations, the Forum highlighted the primary responsibility of States to protect minorities and, in particular, women, girls and persons belonging to other groups, who are often disproportionally negatively affected by disasters and conflicts and may be exposed to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination. 54 37. Building on the human rights framework, and on progress with respect to accessions to the statelessness conventions, in 2014, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees launched an ambitious 10 -year campaign to end statelessness to bring more attention to the problematic situation of stateless minorities. A side event was organized during the ninth session of the Forum on __________________ 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 10/12 See conference room paper entitled “They came to destroy: ISIS crimes against the Yazidis”, paras. 201-205. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/ CoISyria/A_HRC_32_CRP.2_en.pdf. See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=21782&LangID=E. See A/HRC/34/21 and Corr.1, para. 8. See, for example, A/HRC/34/67. A/HRC/32/18. Available from www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/MM/FlashReport3Feb2017.pdf. Human Rights Council resolution 34/22. See A/HRC/34/68. 17-12826