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On November 6, 2014, the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School released a legal memorandum, “War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in Eastern Myanmar,” which states that at the close of a four-year investigation on the conduct of the Myanmar military during an offensive to clear and forcibly relocate civilian populations from conflict zones in eastern Myanmar in 2005–2006, they determined that the Myanmar military committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. According to a press release, “[t]hrough more than 150 interviews with eyewitnesses, the Clinic documented how soldiers fired mortars at villages; opened fire on fleeing villagers; destroyed homes, crops, and food stores; laid landmines in civilian locations; forced civilians to work and porter; and captured and executed civilian.” The report also states that “[i]n relation to three specific military commanders, the Clinic has collected evidence sufficient to satisfy the standard required for the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court.”