UN urges int'l community to continue to pressure Myanmar

United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, on Thursday urged international community to continue to put pressure on Myanmar to follow whatever decisions come from U.N.'s top court, saying that Buddhist-majority nation could t avoid its responsibility to respect human rights.

On Thursday, court ordered Myanmar to take all measures in its power to prevent gecide against Rohingya people.

Lee criticized Russia, China and U.N. Security Council for ir role and failure in referring case of Rohingya to International Criminal Court.

She said Myanmar failed to respect human rights

Lee, who will end her assignment in March, said she would recommend formation of an international hoc tribunal to try those responsible for crimes against Rohingya.

She criticized Myanmar for t allowing her to visit country in recent years.

In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched what it called a clearance campaign in rrn Rakhine state in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group.

campaign forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Banglesh and led to accusations that security forces committed mass rapes, killings and burned thousands of homes.