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Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu on Monday called for justice for crimes against humanity committed against the forcibly displaced Rohingya people.
He made the call during a meeting with Nicholas Koumjian, head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), at his secretariat office in Dhaka.
Dulu also urged the IIMM to play a stronger role in restoring the legitimate rights of the displaced Rohingyas and facilitating their safe, sustainable and dignified repatriation to Myanmar.
Koumjian said more than 154,000 Rohingyas had crossed into Bangladesh since the beginning of 2024, joining more than one million Rohingyas already living in the country.
He said the newly displaced Rohingyas remained unable to return safely because of continuing violence and insecurity in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
The situation highlights the close connection between developments inside Myanmar and the prolonged displacement of Rohingyas in Bangladesh, he said.
The IIMM was established by United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 39/2, adopted on September 27, 2018. The UN General Assembly subsequently welcomed its establishment through Resolution 73/264.
Based in Geneva, the mechanism began operations in August 2019 under the leadership of Koumjian.
The IIMM collects, consolidates, preserves and analyses evidence of the most serious international crimes and other violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011.
It supports efforts to establish justice and accountability by preparing and organising evidence for use in criminal proceedings before national, regional and international courts.
