Basically, #Myanmar doubts that the #FFM for #Myanmar did a decent job. They discredit the work of this #UN organ as well as those of #NGO s working on the issue. In regard to the #IIMM, they then argue that even they could not come up with more than 42 witness statements in 7 years ... #Rohingya
#Myanmar is criticising that so many #IIMM witness statements were provided anonymously. "How can one know if the statements are not contradictory?" asks the counsel. I understand the point and think #TheGambia should clarify why it was necessary to protect anonymity in these cases.
"The #IIMM reports do not deal with events on the ground in 2016-17" Staker doubts the witness statements by #IIMM (only 42 provided to #TheGambia after 7 years of work) out of which only 12 were put into the case). The Gambia "simply has no case"; aka: discrediting the fact-finding reports.
screenshot from ongoing ICJ hearing in which the agent of The Gambia quoted (via PPT) from an Amnesty International Report "Myanmar. New Evidence Reveals Rohingya Armed Group Massacred Scores in Rakhine) 2018
The agent of The Gambia is ALSO quoting @amnesty.org reporting - alongside the #IIMM and #FFM #UN reports. It is additional information that is used to corraborate evidence gathered elsewhere. So these reports are used as sources to which the #ICJ gives evidential weight! #Myanmar
chart provided by IIMM on the ongoing public hearings The Gambia vs Myanmar at the ICJ. https://iimm.un.org/sites/default/files/2026/01/ICJ%20QA%20EN.pdf
very useful chart provided by the #IIMM on how the #ICJ operates, what the case #TheGambia vs #Myanmar is about, what happens after the hearings are over and why the case matters! iimm.un.org/sites/defaul...
Six analytical reports by fact-finding commissions of the UN
The Gambia mentions six #UN #FFM and #IIMM analytical reports in particular which have been products by fact-finding commissions, commissions of inquiry - they emanate from “disinterested witness”. Only #Myanmar objects to that, says the agent of The Gambia.
UN's #IIMM warns of increasing reports of serious int'l crimes committed in #Myanmar ahead of the junta's planned elections.
IIMM is investigating reports of arrests under a new junta law criminalising all election criticism & escalating airstrikes on civilians.
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🚨"The Mechanism has received worrying reports of actions in the context of elections which may amount to persecution and spreading terror in a civilian population as crimes against humanity," reports #IIMM on #Myanmar
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Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar's Koumjian warns that, due to funding cuts, #IIMM "risks losing 1/3 of personnel by early next year - including experts in #SGBV and crimes against children, as well as open-source investigation specialists"
#Myanmar #UNGA80 #3C
🚨NEW IIMM report details the destruction & seizure of #Rohingya homes, farms, mosques & other property in 2017.
#IIMM identifies #Myanmar authorities, corporations & others involved in repurposing land to erase all traces of the Rohingya’s long presence.
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Myanmar army razed Rohingya villages to build security outposts, UN-backed report says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Myanmar #Myanmarmilitaryjunta #UN #Rohingya #Rahkine #IndependentInvestigativeMechanismforMyanmar #IIMM
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New report from the IIMM, detailing the destruction and seizure of Rohingya homes, farms, mosques and other property in 2017 and the repurposing of the land to erase all traces of the Rohingya’s long presence.
#IIMM #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
#Myanmar - “I’ve worked on five separate #genocide cases before and this was some of the most compelling evidence I’ve ever seen,” says a former senior member of the NGO Commission for International Justice & Accountability (CIJA).
#Rohingya #UNreport #IIMM
🚨"Unless more funding is received by year-end, the #IIMM will have to stop both an open-source project & one investigating sexual violence and crimes against children" says Independent Investigative Mechanism for #Myanmar on #UN funding cuts www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"The more than one million #Rohingya forcibly displaced to #Bangladesh will not be able to safely and sustainably return to #Myanmar until the violence against them ends and perpetrators can be brought to justice" says Head of #IIMM
📰 iimm.un.org/en/rohingyas...
Annual report of UN's #IIMM:
♦️Systematic #torture in detention facilities by security forces: beatings, electric shocks, gang rape
♦️#WarCrimes, #CrimesAgainstHumanity by multiple parties escalating
♦️Aerial assaults after #earthquake caused death, destruction, displacement
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🚨"The crimes detailed include burning of sexual body parts, other forms of sexual violence and summary executions of captured combatants or civilians accused of being informers."
#IIMM reveals more atrocities against #Myanmar people, including women. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Notable final question from @emmafarge.bsky.social. The IMM has a unit conducting open-source investigations, which has collected thousands of videos of suspected crimes. If additional grants are not secured, the IIMM will have to close this vital unit by end of year.
#IIMM #OSINT
🚨UN #IIMM uncovers significant evidence of systematic torture—incl' beatings, electric shocks, strangulations & gang rape—of people in #Myanmar military detention.
Perpetrators include high-level commanders. They must be held accountable. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar security forces involved in systematic torture, UN report says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Myanmar #torture #IIMM #IndependentInvestigativeMechanismforMyanmar #Myanmarmilitaryjunta #NicholasKoumjian
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Through the #UNHRC, the US has condemned the junta, supported the UN Special Rapporteur, and backed accountability mechanisms like the #IIMM. The US withdrawal from the UNHRC is a setback for human rights in #Myanmar and globally.
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On Thursday, the UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said serious international crimes had been committed in the four years since the coup. #IIMM #UNSC #UN_HRC
#EndRohingyaGenocide #wewantjusticerightnow
#wewantdemocracyinmyanmar
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Now at ICC ASP 23 side event chaired by amb stephen rapp on UN investigatory mechanisms and their relationship w ICC OTP #IIIM #IIMM #UNITAD #ICC
🆕"This application for an arrest warrant for the person who holds the highest military position in #Myanmar sends a strong message to perpetrators that no one stands above the law," says #IIMM on #ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan's decision: iimm.un.org/en/reaction-...
#Burma #Rohingya #Rakhine #ICC
🆕 #IIMM issues statement on executions in #Myanmar, saying "imposing death sentence, even period of detention, on basis of proceedings that do not satisfy basic requirements of fair trial may constitute one or more crimes against humanity or war crimes"
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ICYMI 🎯
#Myanmar may have fallen off the world’s agenda, but the UN’s #IIMM is still busy investigating atrocities. Check out our recent debrief with Nick Koumjian👇
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How is the #UN collecting human rights atrocities in #Myanmar? Nick Koumjian #IIMM talks us through coordination + sharing evidence about #SGBC + #Rohingya + post-coup.
Listen now👇
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Social media + atrocities: #IIMM found 43 Facebook accounts linked to the #Myanmar military – all posted hate speech against #Rohingya during attacks in 2017. Our interview with Nick Koumjian drops tomorrow.
With @janethanderson.bsky.social @svdberg.bsky.social
#IIMM has found that #WarCrimes committed by #Myanmar's military, including the bombing of civilians, burning of civilian homes, & killing of detainees have become "increasingly frequent and brazen". #intlaw #IHL ...
