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United Nations Rights experts have lamented the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and warned that the violence against women and children in Rakhine State "may amount to crimes against humanity".

The ongoing crisis has so far seen over 507,000 Rohingya Muslims flee into Bangladesh with analysts expecting more.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of a Child called on Myanmar authorities to "promptly and effectively investigate and vigorously prosecute cases of violence against women and children" in northern Rakhine. 

"We are particularly worried about the fate of Rohingya women and children subject to serious violations of their human rights, including killings, rape and forced displacement," the committees said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Such violations may amount to crimes against humanity and we are deeply concerned at the state's failure to put an end to these shocking human rights violations being committed at the behest of the military and other security forces, and of which women and children continue to bear the brunt."