August 25, 2021 “Impunity ferments a cycle of violence” – Statement by Mr. Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar I want to thank you, Dr. Zarni, for this invitation. And I thank the organisers of this event for inviting me to speak on behalf of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, but most of all, for organising this event, which is so important, so timely, to remember after four years what happened in 2017 and the violence that was inflicted on so many human beings, so many individuals. The consequences of that violence continue today. The