HRC61 - EU Statement - Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

United Nations Human Rights Council

61^st Session

Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

13 March 2026

EU Statement

Thank you Mr President.

Special rapporteur,

We warmly thank you for your work over the past six years.

The deterioration of the situation in Myanmar, in particular since the 2021 coup, has made this Council ask much of you. Yet you went above and beyond, including through impactful conference room papers.

We welcome your latest report. In it, you call upon the international community to deny Myanmar military access to money, weapons and legitimacy, and to support the humanitarian needs of the people of Myanmar.

The EU is active on all these fronts. We call on all to do the same.

We call for the end to all violence against civilians, full respect of IHL, and accountability for all human rights violations and abuses. While welcoming the recent amnesty and releases of political prisoners, the EU continues to call for the release of all those arbitrarily detained, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint.

The EU rejects the junta-sponsored elections, which were neither free nor fair and only aimed to legitimise military rule.

Special Rapporteur,

The EU will continue to support this mandate, as well as other UN mechanisms, including the UNSG Special Envoy and the IIMM.

Where has the international community been most effective in supporting your work?