Justice For All’s Burma Task Force Welcomes UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Rohingya, Warns of Ongoing Atrocities and Rising Hate

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NEW YORK (July 14, 2026)

Justice For All, convenor of the Burma Task Force, welcomes the adoption of U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/62/20 on the catastrophic human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar.

Introduced by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and adopted by consensus on July 6, the resolution demands systemic accountability, the restoration of legal citizenship for the Rohingya and immediate relief for the 1.2 million refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. The text includes new language highlighting severe cross-border instability and structural funding shortages affecting food assistance. However, its failure to explicitly demand an end to global arms transfers to the Myanmar military has drawn concern from advocates.

The resolution also responds to ongoing legal actions at the International Court of Justice, where public hearings for The Gambia v. Myanmar genocide case have commenced, examining survivor testimony on systematic sexual violence, arson and mass killings. Key accountability mechanisms remain active, including the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) and the Special Rapporteur’s reporting on civilian casualties.

Justice For All remains deeply concerned that the resolution does not sufficiently address the full spectrum of perpetrators. During our December 2024 delegation to the Kutapalong refugee camps, our team documented harrowing accounts from survivors who fled torture at the hands of both the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, including beatings and electric shocks. Additionally, Buddhist ultranationalist groups and Ma Ba Tha-linked militias continue to fan the flames of Islamophobia and Rohingya hate, fueling ongoing atrocities and making dignified, safe return to their ancestral homes with full citizenship rights restored impossible.

“We cannot hold the military junta accountable while ignoring the Arakan Army’s abuses or the rhetoric of ultranationalist groups that laid the groundwork for genocide,’ said Hena Zuberi, Justice For All’s Director of Advocacy.

Imam Saffet Catovic, Director of U.N. Operations, added: “The call for safe return rings hollow without funding. The Joint Response Plan is catastrophically underfunded.”

Justice For All calls for full funding of the Joint Response Plan, economic inclusion for refugees, an emergency resettlement surge and IIMM investigations into all perpetrators.

Contact: Hena Zuberi, Director of Advocacy, hena@justiceforall.org, (202) 922-5878

Justice For All is a human rights organization accredited to the United Nations convening the Burma Task Force, dedicated to accountability, justice, and dignity for the Rohingya and all victims of atrocity crimes in Burma/Myanmar.

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