The UN report on violence inflicted on the Rohingya and other minorities is damning, but whether the guilty will ever face justice is open to serious question, says the Guardian. Much now depends on the willingness of the UK and other UN security council members to forcefully pursue the allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity.
“It is simply not credible for the British government to claim it supports justice and accountability and then refuse to support referring Burma to the ICC, which was specifically set up for cases like this,” said Mark Farmaner of Burma Campaign UK. “It doesn’t get worse than genocide.”