State Responsibility Of Myanmar Government Toward Rohingya Case In The Perspective Of International Human Rights Law

Abstract

This Papper discuss about Rohingya conflict in Myanmar. They are regarded as people who do not have citizenship and unrecognized by the government of Myanmar. Rohingya people are considered as temporary resident and do not receive the full rights of citizenship. The military regime routinely turned them into slave labor, severely restricted their rights to travel and marry, and denied their access to both medical care and education. Many parties remain silent toward fate of Rohingya Muslims. Even Myanmar as the owner of Rohingya territory also ignores it. The aim of this thesis to analyze human rights violations which committed by the government of Myanmar toward Rohingya ethnic, and also for learning further on the State Responsibility of Myanmar Government toward Rohingya Case in The Perspective of International Human Rights Law. It explained about state responsibility which should be conducted by the government of Myanmar to Rohingya ethnic. The method in obtaining legal materials was using library studies and documentation. Data collected from books that related to the human rights violation and state responsibility especially for Rohingya case, and the research used case approach by analyzing the issues from the point of view of case. The Myanmar government committed human rights violations in Rohingya case, including systematic prosecution, massacres, stateless, marriage ban, religious and ethnic discrimination. The violation by Myanmar government has been violated provision in some International Instrument, like instument are regulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights related to the basic of the human rights protection; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 related to the right of freedom from slavery and servitude and forced or compulsory labor; and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966 related to the right to work and to enjoyment of just and favorable conditions of work, right to social protection, to an adequate standard of living and to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, right to education and to participation in cultural life. Caused by some facts and any circumstances was conducted by Myanmar government toward Rohingya Ethnic, Myanmar government should be responsible for Rohingya case. Keywords: Human Rights, Violation, State Responsibility