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Myanmar statement on the panel discussion on the Rohingya and other minorities (HRC50)
Myanmar will:
• submit a motion to its legislature – the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw – seeking the repeal of the Race and Religion Protection Laws of 2015

• prioritise the amendment or replacement of the Citizenship Law of 1982 with a law that bases citizenship on birth in Myanmar or birth anywhere as a child of Myanmar citizens
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• ensure that all new national laws and policies are developed in consultation with the Rohingya and other minority communities and their representatives
• advocate for the formal acceptance of Myanmar’s Article 12(3) Declaration under the Rome Statute,

granting the International Criminal Court jurisdiction with respect to international crimes committed in the country since 1 July 2002
• cooperate with the International Court of Justice in The Gambia v. Myanmar case under the Genocide Convention,

and accept and fully comply with whatever the Court decides
.continue to share evidence and materials with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
.support states that exercise universal jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for atrocity crimes committed in Myanmar.

Myanmar will also partner with Rohingya and ethnic organisations, affected communities and their representatives, neighbouring states and UN entities to create conditions conducive for the voluntary return in safety and dignity of Rohingya and all other Myanmar communities driven

from their homes and villages by multiple waves of violence.
The sustainability of these actions, however, remains contingent on democracy being cemented, on violence being stopped, and on impunity being ended.

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