Countdown to Annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar, ISCI Report Launch + Panel Discussion

The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) based at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is hosting a week of events, talks, film & photography with the aim of drawing attention to the ongoing genocide against the Rohingya, a people the UN has described as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities. The week’s events feature renowned photographer Greg Constantine, Al Jazeera, & leading experts from the field including former UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana.

29 October 2015 18.30 – 20.00 [Exhibition open till 21.00]: Our second event will launch the ground-breaking report Countdown to Annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar, written by ISCI scholars: Professor Penny Green, Dr Thomas McManus, and Alicia de la Cour Venning. The report provides compelling evidence of a coordinated, State-led plan of genocide against the Rohingya. The report is based on ISCI scholars’ unprecedented systematic field research in Myanmar. The launch of the report will be accompanied by a panel discussion with:

• Penny Green, ISCI Director, Professor of Law and Globalisation, Queen Mary University of London
• Tomás Ojea Quintana, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar
• Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK and human rights activist
• Sarnata Reynolds, Senior Advisor on Human Rights at Refugees International