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Repeal or amend to bring in line with international law the Official Secrets Act, the Unlawful Associations Act and sections 124A, 153, 499, 500 and 505 of the Penal Code

Eliminate statelessness and institutionalized discrimination against minorities by repealing the 1982 Citizenship Law

Replace the 1982 Citizenship Law with a law that protects against statelessness, prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of nationality and recognizes that right for the country’s minority communities

Comprehensively revise the 1982 Citizenship Law to prevent discrimination against the Rohingya and other minorities

Reform the 1982 Citizenship Law with a view to combating racial discrimination, guaranteeing the right to citizenship and reducing and preventing the risk of statelessness

Reform the 1982 Citizenship Law to eliminate citizenship requirements that discriminate on the basis of race, religion or ethnic origin

Reform the 1982 Citizenship Law by aligning it with international standards and re-examining the current linkage between citizenship and ethnicity

Amend the 1982 Citizenship Law and ensure the protection of the human and civil rights of the Rohingya and other disenfranchised groups as citizens of Myanmar

Amend the 1982 Citizenship Law to avoid statelessness and remove provisions that grant citizenship on the basis of race or ethnicity

Amend the Citizenship Law of 1982, which is still in effect, to include all religious and ethnic minorities, including the Rohingya

Amend or repeal the 1982 Citizenship Law, to eliminate legal discrimination on the basis of ethnic, racial or religious identity, and fully implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State

Amend the Citizenship Law of 1982 to ensure that citizenship is granted free from discrimination based on ethnicity or other grounds prohibited by international human rights commitments

Amend the Citizenship Law of 1982, removing links between ethnicity and citizenship, and restore the citizenship of the Rohingya

Repeal immediately the Citizenship Law of 1982 and grant Rohingya people citizenship

Repeal and amend the 1982 Citizenship Law, in accordance with international human rights standards, with a view to eliminating requirements for citizenship that discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity or any other status

Repeal laws and policies that perpetuate discrimination on the basis of ethnic, religious, cultural or language identity, including the Citizenship Law and the Land Ownership Law

Review and repeal laws and policies that perpetuate discrimination on the basis of ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural identity, including those related to citizenship and the four “race and religion” laws

Repeal provisions that discriminate on the basis of ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural identity, including in the 1982 Citizenship Law and the 2015 “race and religion” laws

Repeal the Four Laws for the Protection of Race and Religion and review and reform all other laws, policies and practices that restrict freedom of religion or belief to bring them into conformity with international human rights obligations

Enact an anti-discrimination law and revise laws and policies that perpetuate discrimination based on ethnicity and religion, in particular the citizenship law

Guarantee access to the country for international human rights and accountability mechanisms, in particular by collaborating with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Fully implement the recommendations of the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar and pursue accountability through credible, independent national and international criminal justice mechanisms

Allow the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and the members of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar access to the country

Restore full cooperation with human rights entities and mechanisms, including by granting access to the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Engage in full cooperation with international mechanisms, including by removing access restrictions for the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and the International Criminal Court

Cooperate fully with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

Fully cooperate with international experts and accountability mechanisms and remove any restrictions on their access to the country

Fully cooperate with all human rights entities and mechanisms, including the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, as well as with the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice

Fully cooperate with United Nations mandates and international accountability mechanisms, including by granting access to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, and establish a clear time frame for the opening of a fully fledged OHCHR country office