Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) is a U.N. body established in 2018. Its mandate is to collect, consolidate, preserve, and analyze evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011. The IIMM's work is designed to prepare files for potential criminal prosecutions to hold individuals accountable in national, regional, or international courts.

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Myanmar security forces have arrested approximately 30,870 people since the Feb. 2021 coup, according to U.N. investigators.

Justice & Accountability

U.N. investigators trace Myanmar atrocities from attacks to suppliers

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Annual report documents deliberate airstrikes, mass detention and torture as evidence builds for prosecutions.

Human Rights

Evidence of escalating atrocities committed by Myanmar military

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The report for the year ending on June 30 observes that armed conflicts increased as challenges to military rule intensified.