Special Rapporteur calls for increased focus on human rights in Myanmar

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Reforms are moving at a rapid pace in Myanmar, according to Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in that country, Tomas Ojea Quitana.

But while considerable progress has been made, including in the country's human rights situation, he says, it is clear that addressing long-standing human rights concerns needs to be an integral part of the reform process.

“This is demonstrated no more clearly than by the situation in Rakhine State, which I visited in August, and where violence between communities had resulted in 88 people dead, 858 people detained and 7,000 persons displaced.” (Duration: 18″)