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Highlights from the twelfth issue: 

• The Mechanism’s investigations into sexual and gender-based crimes, including the under-reported and under-documented crime of reproductive violence.
• How the Mechanism examines weapons to establish links between the weapons, the perpetrators and specific criminal acts.

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Highlights from the eleventh issue:

• The Mechanism’s second in-person Civil Society Dialogue held in May 2024.
• Developments in universal jurisdiction cases related to serious international crimes in Myanmar.

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Highlights from the tenth issue:

• An update on the Mechanism’s sharing of information and analysis to support ongoing investigations and proceedings, particularly at the International Court of Justice. 

• The release of three graphic novels that explain how the Mechanism works.

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Highlights from the ninth issue:

• The production of three analytical reports regarding crimes committed against the Rohingya shared with the relevant authorities in the ongoing proceedings at the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and in Argentina.

• The Mechanism’s approach to investigating sexual and gender-based crimes. 

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Highlights from the eighth issue:

• The Mechanism’s first Civil Society Dialogue with 20 representatives of civil society organizations held in May 2023.

• An outline of the Mechanism’s financial investigations into those that may have contributed to or benefitted from serious international crimes in Myanmar since 2011; and its open-source investigations to locate, analyze and verify publicly available information found online. 

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Highlights from the seventh issue:

• An increase in in-person witness interviews following the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

• The Head of the Mechanism’s official visit to Bangladesh, including six interactive dialogues with over 150 Rohingya representatives in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar.

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Highlights from the sixth issue:

• The integration of open-source and financial information into the Mechanism’s investigations. 

• Meetings with Member States, civil society organizations and media in New York and Washington DC during an official visit to the United States.

Highlights from the fifth issue:

• How the Mechanism prioritizes its investigations based on the nature, gravity and scale of the crime and its impact on victims, among other key criteria.

• A detailed account of the Mechanism’s participation in the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council.