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Strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to lift restrictions on
the freedom of assembly, association, movement and freedom of expression,
including for free and independent media, including through the openly available
and accessible use of Internet and mobile telephone services, and ending the use of
censorship;
Expresses grave concern at the continuing practice of arbitrary
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detentions, enforced disappearances, rape and other forms of sexual violence,
torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, and strongly calls upon the
Government of Myanmar to allow a full, transparent, effective, impartial and
independent investigation into all reports of human rights violations, and to bring to
justice those responsible in order to end impunity for such crimes;
Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to undertake a transparent,
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inclusive and comprehensive review of compliance of the Constitution and all
national legislation with international human rights law, while fully engaging with
democratic opposition and ethnic groups, while recalling that the procedures
established for the drafting of the Constitution resulted in a de facto exclusion of the
opposition from the process;
Urges the Government of Myanmar to ensure the independence and
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impartiality of the judiciary and to guarantee due process of law, and to fulfil earlier
assurances made to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
Myanmar to begin a dialogue on judicial reform;
10. Expresses concern about the conditions in prisons and other detention
facilities, and consistent reports of ill-treatment of prisoners of conscience,
including torture, and about the moving of prisoners of conscience to isolated
prisons far from their families where they cannot receive food and medicine;
11. Expresses deep concern about the resumption of armed conflict in some
areas, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar to protect the civilian population
in all parts of the country and for all concerned to respect existing ceasefire
agreements;
12. Strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to take urgent measures
to put an end to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law,
including the targeting of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups, the
targeting of civilians by military operations, and rape and other forms of sexual
violence, and to end impunity for such acts;
13. Also strongly calls upon the Government of Myanmar to end the practice
of systematic forced displacement of large numbers of persons within their country
and other causes of refugee flows into neighbouring countries;
14. Expresses its concern about the continuing discrimination, human rights
violations, violence, displacement and economic deprivation affecting numerous
ethnic minorities, including, but not limited to, the Rohingya ethnic minority in
Northern Rakhine State, and calls upon the Government of Myanmar to take
immediate action to bring about an improvement in their respective situations, and
to grant citizenship to the Rohingya ethnic minority;
15. Urges the Government of Myanmar to provide, in cooperation with the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, adequate
human rights and international humanitarian law training for its armed forces, police
and prison personnel, to ensure their strict compliance with international human
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