A/HRC/63/19 that led to close to three quarters of a million Rohingya fleeing their country to shelter in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Since the 2021 military coup against the elected Government, the number of such crimes has increased massively. Tens of thousands have been arbitrarily detained and many tortured, thousands of civilians have been killed in aerial attacks, and thousands of civilians and soldiers hors de combat have been executed or subjected to sexual violence or other serious crimes at the hands of the Myanmar military or non-State armed groups in the country. 7. A financial investigations unit and an open source investigation unit support both teams’ lines of inquiry. These lawyers, investigators and analysts provide critical expertise that is integral to the Mechanism’s investigations and contributes to identifying pathways to accountability. 8. To date, the Mechanism has collected and processed more than 28 million items of information and evidence from over 1,600 sources and information providers, including more than 91,100 items during the reporting period. 9. The Mechanism’s approach to evidence collection integrates traditional, proven criminal investigative techniques with modern technologies. The Mechanism has collected and preserved a wide range of evidence, including witness statements, photographs and video footage, social media content, open source information, geospatial data, forensic material and financial records. Investigative teams systematically collect, verify and analyse such evidence using survivor/victim-centred, gender-sensitive and trauma-informed methodologies. Notably, the Mechanism places great importance on the collection of first-hand witness testimony, through in-person interviews. To date, the Mechanism has obtained 756 witness statements and screening notes from victims and witnesses. In addition, the Mechanism has prepared 644 investigation notes documenting information collected from various sources and leads. The Mechanism has analysed these items to determine their relevance and probative value in proving the underlying and contextual elements of serious international crimes and establishing their links to individual perpetrators through various modes of criminal responsibility including direct perpetration, command responsibility and other forms of criminal liability. A. Investigating crimes committed after the military coup 10. The investigations into crimes committed after the military coup in February 2021 encompass crimes related to the ongoing armed conflicts in Myanmar, as well as crimes linked to the widespread arbitrary detention and imprisonment of civilians following the coup. In connection with these two lines of inquiry, the Mechanism has continued to investigate indiscriminate aerial attacks; civilian casualties resulting from artillery and drone attacks; and the burning and destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, places of worship, and commercial areas, including markets. 11. The Mechanism is using evidence collected in the course of its various investigations on post-coup crimes to produce analysis on: (a) specific priority incidents and locations; (b) the chain of command within specific components of the Myanmar military and security forces; (c) thematic priorities, such as indiscriminate or intentional aerial and artillery attacks against civilians and civilian objects, as well as sexual and gender-based crimes; and (d) contextual elements of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Myanmar. These analytical reports will be made available, as appropriate, to jurisdictions that have opened or may open investigations in relation to serious international crimes committed on the territory of Myanmar. Crimes related to ongoing armed conflicts in Myanmar 12. During the reporting period, the Mechanism continued to investigate serious international crimes connected to the ongoing armed conflicts in Myanmar, including in Chin, Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Kayin, Rakhine and Shan States and in Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay Regions. GE.26-09554 5