Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 05/2014

Anti-Muslim Violence in Burma/Myanmar and the Responsibility to Protect

January 2014

The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Abstract

In this Policy Brief, entitled "Anti-Muslim Violence in Burma/Myanmar and the Responsibility to Protect," the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect examines the history of crimes committed against the Rohingya and the country's growing anti-Muslim violence. The brief assesses the risk of further mass atrocity crimes in Burma/Myanmar and provides policy recommendations to the government and international community.