My upcoming report to @UN_HRC will highlight the treatment of people fleeing violence and human rights violations in Myanmar. I am seeking written input from those who can provide relevant information. Deadline 27 January 2023.

Today I am calling for urgent action by Member States of the UN in light of the findings of my special report, released today: "Losing a generation: how the military junta is devastating Myanmar's children and undermining Myanmar's future". https://t.co/LzvxgRktYa

#Myanmar @RapporteurUn Tom Andrews calls for humanitarian protection of 🚸from 🇲🇲 military junta's brutal attacks & #humanrights abuses vs. #children, which "constitute #crimesagainsthumanity and #war crimes.” https://t.co/S9HU7i74kd His report @UN_HRC 👉 https://t.co/VF5I8LDEqC

#Thailand lacks a legal framework to protect #refugees & bars UNHCR from registering refugees from #Myanmar. The situation along the Thailand-Myanmar border has (predictably) devolved into pushbacks, police extortion rackets, and bribery. @FortifyRights:

...and following Thailand's lead should hardly be a policy that India (a democracy) should endorse or that either India or China should see as a path to stability. It's certainly not an outcome the people of Myanmar would accept at this point.

Min Aung Hlaing may have eyed Prayut's 2014 coup, 2017 constitution, and 2019 elections in #Thailand as a model. The popularity of the NLD and ASSK, disdain of the military, severity of armed conflict, and commission of atrocity crimes make the situations non-comparable.

#China and #India see elections as a possible exit from #Myanmar's coup-induced crisis. They should note the certainty of a boycott and continued violence. Any plan that doesn't start with a new federal, democratic constitution is dead in the water.

Interesting read on the potential of #Myanmar's National Unity Consultative Council. NUCC's prioritization of diversity and dialogue stands apart from previous hierarchical (and military-led) approaches to peace-making and nation-building. Int'l community should get on board.

Solid recs from @SpecialCouncil's Chris Sidoti on steps UN Security Council should take on #Myanmar: 1. informal "Arria Formula" meeting 2. formal debate in open session 3. vote on a binding resolution: arms embargo, targeted sanctions and ICC referral https://t.co/z5wzpxLwNP

#Myanmar @RapporteurUn Tom Andrews is seeking information on violations of children's rights. Statistics, analysis, important cases would all be helpful. Format is not important... send documents you have already developed. DM me with questions. https://t.co/BbRwGiCZEG

I'm looking for input on how children are being impacted by the junta's attacks on the people of Myanmar. Your information, observations or recommendations will be very much appreciated as I prepare a special UN "conference room paper" report.

#Myanmar @RapporteurUn calling for submissions on violations of children's rights in Myanmar. Key topics: killings, detention, landmines, forced labor, child soldiers, education, health, sexual abuse, trafficking, child marriage. DM me if you have Qs. https://t.co/BbRwGiCZEG

Ko Thura Aung a strike leader of Mandalay who was forcibly arrested by SAC on Feb9 , is widely reported to have been killed or concerned for his life during a brutal interrogation. @ICRC #ICRC_HelpYouthActivists #ReleaseTheDetainees #2022Apr11Coup #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

More important than the Thai spin... refugees say they were forced back, a clear violation of international law. Background on Thailand's repeated violations of the principle of non-refoulement: https://t.co/cNiuF0lZ3B @amnesty @AmnestyThailand

Mixed messaging in Thai officials' account of refugee returns along #Thailand #Myanmar border. MFA - "Thai authorities facilitated their voluntary return." Provincial governor - "We had to send them back." @AP: https://t.co/8nAFUURkgG

New @CrisisGroup report on Pyusawhti militias in #Myanmar warns about a potential spiral of violence given the breakdown of rule of law and lack of official remedies for violence by non-state armed groups, whether pro- or anti-junta. https://t.co/44JcxTGnCu

BURMA Act just passed in US House authorizes establishment of new @StateDept post: "US Special Coordinator for Burmese Democracy". Could it help prevent can-kicking on #Myanmar policy, like happened with the recent (& long-awaited) genocide determination regarding the #Rohingya?

Russia's crimes in Ukraine are good reason to expel it from the Human Rights Council. Russia also does not appear to believe in core functions of the Council. E.g., it ritually objects in principle to the existence of country-based HRC mandates.

@hrw's findings are consistent with @RapporteurUn Tom Andrew's conclusions following a December trip to the Cox's Bazar camps and Bhasan Char, described in an annex to his March report to the UN Human Rights Council. https://t.co/ydMsxz7U33

The resolution is non-binding. The Security Council has the power to impose a global arms embargo, but has failed to do so, or even to table a resolution for debate and a vote.