Human Rights Violations in Myanmar and the Role of International Society in Ending Persecutions Against Rohingyas

Year 2019, Volume: 21 Issue: 1, 35 - 56, 01.06.2019

Yasin Yıldırım

Abstract

This article was written to draw attention to the situation in Myanmar which stands as one of the states that has the most systematic, dramatic, and severe human rights violations today; oppressions that Rohingyas became to subject and steps to be taken in order to end to these oppressions were examined. In this context, discrimination based on ethnocentrism that began with the coup in 1962, concrete reflections of this enmity, occurred acts of violence and violated human rights were analysed; illegalities and percussions that defined as examples of “genocide” were presented; attitudes of Myanmar and other nations that made the situation even more marginal and inextricable were discussed; and finally, for dissolving these radicalized problems, reaching an international consensus, taking effective and deterrent steps in the context of international law and diplomacy and acting with a global conscious that will be led by the United Nations were evaluated as the most appropriate and rational methods

Keywords

Human Rights, Violation, Myanmar, Rakhine, International Society

Myanmar’daki İnsan Hakları İhlalleri ve Rohingyalara Yönelik Baskıların Sonlanmasında Uluslararası Toplumun Rolü

Abstract

İşbu makale insan hakları ihlallerinin en sistematik, dramatik ve ağır şekilde ihlal edildiği ülkelerden biri olan Myanmar’daki duruma dikkat çekmek amacıyla kaleme alınmış; Rohingyaların maruz kaldığı baskılar ve bu baskıların son bulması için atılması gereken adımlar incelenmiştir. Bu bağlamda, 1962’de gerçekleşen darbe ile birlikte başlayan yabancı düşmanlığı, bu düşmanlığın somut yansımaları, gerçekleşen şiddet eylemleri ve ihlal edilen insan hakları ele alınmış; “soykırım” kapsamına giren hukuksuzluklar ve şiddet eylemleri ortaya konmuş; Myanmar’ın ve birtakım ülkelerin takındığı ve mevcut durumu daha da marjinal ve içinden çıkılmaz bir hale getiren tutumları tartışılmış; son olarak kökleşmiş sorunların çözümü için uluslararası bir konsensüse varılmasının, uluslararası hukuk ve diplomasi kuralları çerçevesinde etkin ve caydırıcı adımlar atılmasının ve BM rehberliğinde ortak bir bilinç ile hareket edilmesinin en doğru ve akılcı çözüm yolu olduğuna kanaat getirilmiştir

Keywords

İnsan Hakları, İhlal, Myanmar, Arakan, Uluslararası Toplum

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