Vol.: 01 Issue: 01 : International Human Rights Laws and the Forced Migration of the Rohingyas: Can Myanmar’s Military Dictatorship be Criminalized?

Mohammad Shahadat Hossain

Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Bangladesh Islami University, Dhaka. Email: [email protected]

Keywords

violation, discrimination, torture, citizenship, human rights, genocide, convention.

JEL Classification:

K38, F22, H56

Abstract

This paper mainly focuses on denial of citizenship and inhuman torment against civilian Rohingya Muslim minority by the military regime of Myanmar and examines how their heinous acts can be criminalized as genocide and crime against humanity under international law. In this article the researcher investigates how and to what extent the Myanmar Government violated the International human rights laws on Rohingya Muslims in Arakan. It further examines the situation of genocide there, as media showed killing of women and children by slaughtering and digging with sharp weapon. Furthermore, it finds out the way to prosecute Myanmar military regime as a criminal for crime against humanity to a special tribunal. It is to be noted that previous tribunals were established for genocide committed during war and that there is no war in Arakanrather complete peaceful situation is existing. However, the outcome of the article is that the Myanmar Army along with other groups is nakedly involved in massive killing disregarding all human rights norms and committed genocide in a peaceful time. Therefore, it should be criminalized and put on trial for the sake of humanity. In doing research the researcher follows doctrinal method and hence the researcher consults related international laws and conventions and reviews latest literatures relevant to this issue.