TWO-CHILD POLICY VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS OF BURMA’S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS – UN EXPERT

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TWO-CHILD POLICY VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS OF MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS –
UN EXPERTNew York, May 31 2013 3:00PMAn independent United Nations
human rights expert today urged the Government of Myanmar to respond
unequivocally to the revival of a local order limiting the number of
children Rohingya Muslims can have to two, stressing that this is a
clear violation of their human rights.

Tomás Ojea Quintana, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights
situation in Myanmar emphasized that the Government had an obligation
to review and revoke all orders which violate international human
rights standards.

"This local order is one of many that have been introduced by local
Rakhine state authorities that violate the basic human rights of
Rohingya Muslims, including with regard to freedom of movement,
marriage, and registration of newborn children."

"These orders provide further ammunition to local authorities,
including the border security force Nasaka, to discriminate against
and persecute the most vulnerable and marginalized group in Myanmar,"
he added in a <"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13391&LangID=E">news
release.

Mr. Ojea Quintana noted that the vast majority of the 800,000 Rohingya
Muslims are without citizenship and are stateless, making them
extremely vulnerable to human rights violations.

"This local order in the northern Rakhine state townships of
Buthidaung and Maungdaw is a clear-cut human rights violation
targeting a particular ethnic and religious group," he stated. "The
Central Government must provide an unequivocal response."

Myanmar has ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women, which obliges State parties to
respect and protect the right of women and men "to decide freely and
responsibly on the number and spacing of their children and to have
access to the information, education and means to enable them to
exercise these rights."

Also, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on the
Government not to restrict the number of children of Rohingya people.

"It is the role of the State to provide information to the public on
family planning and to provide contraception and other reproductive
health services to women and men throughout Myanmar," Mr. Ojea
Quintana said. "It is not the role of the State to introduce
discriminatory and coercive measures such as these."

The Special Rapporteur has maintained that discrimination against the
Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state is one of the underlying causes of
the communal violence that erupted there last year, and is fuelling
the spread of anti-Muslim violence across the country.

"Only by addressing this discrimination against religious and ethnic
minorities can the Government of Myanmar hope to forge integrated
communities that live together in equality, peace and harmony," he
underscored.

Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the
Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back on a
country situation or a specific human rights theme. The positions are
honorary and the experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their
work.May 31 2013 3:00PM
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