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By Irwin Cotler and Brandon Silver | Published by MACLEANS on September 21, 2018 In the wake of a UN report detailing atrocities against the Rohingya by Myanmar’s authorities, here are the ways Canada can step up in their defence Irwin Cotler is a former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, professor emeritus of international law at McGill University, and the founding chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Brandon Silver is the centre’s director of policy and projects. What we solemnly swore would occur “never again,” has happened yet again. And on Wednesday, Canada formally recognized the nature

Published by OHCHR on 18 September 2018 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar after hearing an oral update by the Mission’s Chair Marzuki Darusman. Mr. Darusman reminded that the attacks launched on August 2017 against the Rohingya people in Rakhine state had led to a mass exodus of three-quarters of a million people to Bangladesh and deaths of at least 10,000 people.  At the core of every incident was the extreme brutality of the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, which enforced a vision of a Bamar-Buddhist nation

Published by International Criminal Court on September 6, 2018 Today, 6 September 2018, Pre-Trial Chamber I (the “Chamber”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”), composed of Judge Péter Kovács, Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Judge Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou, decided by majority that the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh. This ruling was delivered following a request submitted by the Prosecutor pursuant to article 19(3) of the Statute, who argued that, although the coercive acts underlying the alleged deportation of members of the Rohingya people occurred

Links of the published stories on the Rohingya Remembrance Day [22 – 28 Aug. 2018] by Anadolu Agency Rohingya returnees tortured by Myanmar police: HRW Turkey at forefront of giving aid to Rohingya refugees Turkish group distributes meat to Rohingya in Myanmar UN complains of impeded access into Myanmar’s Rakhine Rohingya in Bangladesh pray to return home during Eid Myanmar deprives Rohingya of their identity Security remains ‘major’ concern for Rohingya: NGO head UNICEF urges to invest in Rohingya children’s education Turkish facility treats nearly 100,000 Rohingya refugees Canada to host Rohingya genocide remembrance events Rohingya mourn first anniversary of Rakhine