United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar

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| post = United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

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| incumbent = Thomas Andrews

| incumbentsince = March 2020

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| formation = 1992

| inaugural = Yozo Yokota

| website = {{website|https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-myanmar}}

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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar is a United Nations Special Rapporteur whose mandate is to monitor and investigate human rights violations in Myanmar. The incumbent Special Rapporteur is Thomas Andrews, who was appointed to the role in May 2020, succeeding Yanghee Lee.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-12 |title=New U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar term appointed as Yanghee Lee departs |url=https://www.narinjara.com/tag/UN/detail/5eba3d23a42ab52d4fc9dd0f |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Narinjara |language=en}} The office was established in March 1992 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the aftermath of the 1990 Myanmar general election, and continued deterioration in the country's human rights situation under the rule of the military junta, the State Law and Order Restoration Council.{{Cite web |date=1992-03-03 |title=Commission on Human rights resolution 1992/58: Situation of human rights in Myanmar |url=https://ap.ohchr.org/documents/E/CHR/resolutions/E-CN_4-RES-1992-58.doc |website=OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS}}