Organizations calling for an emergency meeting of the Human Rights Council on Rohingya

Arakan News Agency
Thirty-five non-governmental organizations, including Amnesty International, on Monday called on the international community to convene an emergency meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council devoted to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.
In a letter addressed to the 47 States members of the Council, the organizations requested a special session on “The deterioration of the human rights situation in Myanmar”.
The organizations, including the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues and the International Committee of Legal Experts, added, “We encourage your delegations to support the convening of this session as soon as possible.”
“Based on the serious information about human rights violations, including crimes against humanity, committed by the Myanmar security forces and given the unprecedented displacement of over half a million Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh, we believe a special session should be held to launch decisive action,” she said.
The council called for a resolution urging Myanmar “to immediately stop all violations of human rights” and “immediately allow international and local humanitarian organizations to reach unhindered access to all areas of the country.”
The Human Rights Council rarely holds an emergency session. Twenty-six special sessions have been organized since its inception in 2006.
A special meeting could be convened at the request of at least one third of the Member States, or 16 States.