on Myanmar issued a report stating that there is sufficient information to warrant the investigation and prosecution of senior officials in the Tatmadaw chain of command, so that a competent court can determine their liability for genocide in relation to the situation in Rakhine State . (7) On September 24, 2018, the Department of State released a report that laid out a compelling case for crimes against humanity committed by the Burmese military against Burma’s Rohingya population in Rakhine state, while stopping short of a legal determination. (8) On September 28, 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Council approved the establishment of an independent mechanism to collect and analyze evidence in regard to the serious international crimes committed in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities since 2011 . (9) Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have reported and documented a campaign of violence perpetuated by the security forces of Burma that may amount to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing and includes indiscriminate attacks on civilians