As EU Foreign Ministers meet Asian counterparts at the ASEM meeting in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published evidence submitted by Burma Campaign UK which details EU complicity in the current Rohingya Crisis.

Since the new crisis began almost three months ago, the EU has not taken any practical action to try to prevent further atrocities. EU ministers have twice met and discussed the crisis and decided not to act. The only step taken is to suspend invitations to senior military officers to visit the EU.

Burma Campaign UK, along with Rohingya organisations and other human rights organisations, is calling on the EU to implement the following measures:

  • Officially support the establishment of a UN mandated global arms embargo (The EU currently has its own arms embargo).
  • Implement a visa ban on members of the Burmese military entering the EU.
  • Ban the supply of any equipment to the military, not just arms.
  • End all military training and co-operation programmes.
  • Ban investment and business dealings with military owned companies.
  • Support a referral of the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court.
  • Explore options for the application of universal jurisdiction relating to violations of international law in Burma.
  • Review co-operation and support with the government of Burma in light of its denial of human rights violations and continuation of policies of repression against the Rohingya.