The 44th session of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 18 to 22 September 2017, and was requested by numerous national and international social realities close to the cause of the Rohingya and minorities in the country. The requesting organizations asked the PPT jury to examine recurring incidents and patterns of persecution by the State of Myanmar against the Rohingya, which have sparked at least three waves of mass exodus since the 1970s. The call for action was based on compelling evidence of: widespread institutional discrimination; state-sponsored hate crimes; mass killings; mass sexual violence; total destruction of communities and neighborhoods; massive forced displacement; apartheid segregation structures; targeted population control; state denial of Rohingya identity; forced labor; and denial of access to livelihoods, healthcare, freedom of movement, and food.
On the basis of the testimony and documents submitted, the Tribunal finds, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the State of Myanmar is guilty of war crimes perpetrated against the Kachin people, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Rohingya. With regard to other Muslims in Myanmar and the Kachin, even though the implementation of the genocide has not yet taken place, the Tribunal is sounding a clear alarm that the continuation of persecution, together with crimes against humanity and war crimes, could amount to the implementation of the genocide in the near future.
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