The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been visiting detainees to monitor their conditions of detention for more than 140 years. We currently visit detainees in over 60 countries around the world. In line with our mandate and our role as guardian of international humanitarian law (IHL), people detained in connection with armed conflict or other violence are our priority. However, our detention work has expanded, and we strive to support all detainees in a given place of detention, with a focus on those who are most vulnerable. In many cases, the problems faced are common to all detainees, because they are systemic.
In Myanmar, the ICRC has been active for more than 30 years, promoting respect for international humanitarian law and providing assistance to people affected by armed conflict and other violence. As part of our humanitarian activities, we have been visiting places of detention in Myanmar since 1999.
Our visits were suspended at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. However, we continued to provide prisons with assistance related to managing the spread of COVID-19 and maintained dialogue with the authorities regarding the resumption of visits. Regular visits, along with the related bilateral and confidential dialogue with the detaining authorities, resumed in late 2024.
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