Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It was at the Bali process meeting in March, the ministerial meeting that took place in mid March, and I can't remember the exact date. Apparently additional members of the Bali process agreed if there was a future crisis, the Bali process will become basically the regional platf

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  You are welcome.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As you know, this religious law was promoted by the monk-led movement in Ma Ba Tha. I looked into all the laws and I think many of them do not necessarily apply to the Rohingya. For example, I actually have never come across a mixed marriage between a Rohingya and a non-Rohingy

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The law states, just off my head, because I don't have text in front of me, that the government can impose in any region of the country where it deems necessary, a 36-month birth spacing between children. How it could ever implement that in [Inaudible—Editor] that women have to w

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That is a difficult question, but just looking at perhaps the issue of the regional aspect, yes I think there has been a lot of push. As you know, I have also been participating together with UNHCR and I tried to get countries in the region to coordinate a regional response which

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As you know, anti-Muslim tragedies have always been rather widespread in Myanmar, not just now. I have been already more than 20 years here in Thailand and in the past have had a lot of contact also with pro-democracy activists. We were generally [Inaudible—Editor] tragedies that

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  When you look at the violence, monks were absolutely involved in this. Of course they were driving people out of their villages and they would not tolerate the message of monks. So as long as the [Inaudible—Editor] I think they give them hope.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, and it's not only the constitution itself. Actually the constitution basically made no reference to people who are not recognized as citizens in the country. I think there is an absolute need for legislative reform and to review all the laws that are discriminatory and bring

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It's true that in 2010 was the first time the government granted access to the special rapporteur, who at the time was Mr. Quintana, to Rakhine State. However, this access has been stopped at different points. Even Mr. Quintana himself was not able to return in 2011. But since th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sorry, I didn't understand fully the last part of your question. Could you please repeat the last part?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. First of all, I mentioned this group of ambassadors in Yangon, which is called the head of mission group. It includes ambassadors from a number of countries. The group includes also a couple of NGOs, such as Save the Children and the Danish Refugee Council. It seems to me it

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I didn't have time to talk about the actual life in the camp. It's almost impossible. Even in the villages it's so restricted and the clear policy of the government so far to encourage Rohingya to flee is to cut the access to livelihood, and of course the restriction also goes to

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Oh, absolutely. That's why this conflict is so complex and also challenging. So far I see very little movement toward any possible solution. It seems like the previous government, and perhaps even the NLD, is trying to be content just to keep the status quo, but I think that's al

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Oh, it would certainly be of benefit for sure, but whether that would resolve the issue, most likely it would not, I think. The real solution has to be the government. That's why I also focused on the anti-Muslim campaign in the country. Without addressing that first and [Inaudib

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That is a difficult question because I'm not personally [Inaudible—Editor] to the point of pushing for trade sanctions, but definitely increase humanitarian assistance. That's for sure. That would be one of my main concerns at the moment, because during my recent trip to Myanmar,