A/HRC/39/CRP.2 of Rohingya households to “update” their household list. The stated purpose is to delete the names of those who left or are deceased, and to add new-borns. Although updating the list is a civilian administrative procedure, in northern Rakhine it is jointly conducted with and overseen by security forces. Since 2015 this has been undertaken by the BGP and MaKhaPa.1237 The annual inspections are carried out in a discriminatory manner, targeting the Rohingya in northern Rakhine and providing the authorities unfettered power to add or remove individuals from the list, with no recourse to appeal. Inspections are often accompanied by intimidation, coercion, arbitrary arrests and random deletions from the list.1238 585. The process includes taking photographs of the permanent residents of a household. Family members often have to carry a card representing their “serial number” on the household list. According to the rules annexed to the regional order issued by the NaSaKa in 2008, if there is any suspicion of a child being “substituted” to mislead the inspectors, the mother will “be made to breastfeed the child”, or the children “will be questioned separately”.1239 This violates the right to privacy of the mother and may constitute cruel or degrading treatment. It is certainly not in the best interest of the child. 586. The authorities often conduct checks during the night, waking up the household.1240 One interviewee explained how armed NaSaKa officers would visit her house in the early hours, forcing everyone to wake up, including young children: “If there was anyone in the house that was not on the list, they would be taken away”.1241 During the inspections, Rohingya have to pay arbitrary amounts to get names removed or added to the list. 1242 The experience of one interviewee from Maungdaw demonstrates the arbitrariness and extortion: When immigration officers came to update our household list, my wife had to pay 10,000 Kyat because I had left. Previously, I paid 10,000 Kyat for the inclusion of each of my first four children. For my youngest, I had to pay 30,000 Kyat. Following my departure, whenever the military or the NaSaKa came to my house, they asked for money. So my family joined me in Malaysia.1243 587. According to credible reports, Rohingya who are not at home during the updating exercise may be removed from the list. Additionally, punitive removal of persons allegedly associated with the 2012 violence have reportedly taken place. Once deleted, a person is extremely vulnerable. Effectively denied proof of residence, they face heightened risks of arrest and conviction for immigration offences. 1244 588. A household list updating exercise took place between December 2016 and January 2017, during the “area clearance operations” that followed the 9 October 2016 ARSA attacks. This was earlier in the year than usual. In southern Maungdaw, the displaced were reportedly deleted from the list. Some of those who were absent were reportedly recorded on a separate list as “on travel” or “missing”.1245 Additionally, 1,900 buildings were identified as illegal and marked for demolition. (b) Restrictions related to marriage and children 589. Rohingya in northern Rakhine have faced targeted and discriminatory restrictions related to marriage and birth for many years. These have been implemented by the General 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 K-063.12. CI-061, CI-062, CI-065, CI-073, CI-080, CI-082, CI-090, CI-092, CI-094, DI-001, DI-009, DI-013, DI-025, DI-026, DI-053. NaSaKa, Regional Order on Processes for Controlling Bengali Population (11 February 2008), Addendum on “Drawing maps, making a record of buildings, and reviewing household registrations”; K-076. CI-090, DI-013, DI-026. DI-026. CI-061, CI-062, CI-065, CI-072, CI-073, CI-079, CI-080, CI-082, CI-090, CI-092, CI-094, DI-001, DI-025. CI-073. V-047. K-063.12 139