Top UN Court to Rule Nov 19 on Myanmar/Rohingya Genocide Case
Judges will read the ruling as The Gambia seeks a finding that Myanmar’s 2017 crackdown forced 730,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh.
- On November 19, the International Court of Justice will deliver a landmark ruling on whether Myanmar's 2017 crackdown against the Muslim Rohingya minority constituted genocide.
- The Gambia brought the case to the World Court, arguing a 2017 offensive forced at least 730,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh after judges spent seven years weighing allegations.
- Myanmar has denied accusations of genocide, asserting its actions were a legitimate counter-terrorism campaign following insurgent attacks that left a dozen security personnel dead.
- This marks the third time the ICJ has handed down a judgment in a genocide case, with the outcome expected to shape South Africa's case accusing Israel of genocide.
- More than one million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh, and while the court has no means of enforcing decisions, a ruling against Myanmar would heap significant international pressure on its military junta.
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International Court of Justice to deliver verdict in Rohingya genocide case on November 19
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For the past seven years, the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have been examining the Gambia's accusations that Burma's brutal repression of the Rohingya is a violation of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.
From Myanmar to Gaza: Why the ICJ's Rohingya genocide ruling matters
The judgment will mark only the third time the ICJ has ruled in a genocide case. Brought by Gambia in 2019, the proceedings concern Myanmar's 2017 military offensive against the Rohingya and could have implications for future cases involving allegations of genocide.
Radio France Internationale
Top UN court to rule Nov 19 on Myanmar/Rohingya genocide case
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have for seven years been weighing accusations by The Gambia that Myanmar's brutal repression of the Rohingya breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. While the ICJ has no means of enforcing its decisions, a ruling that Myanmar committed genocide would heap more international pressure on its military junta and be seen as justice for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya. Legal experts are closely w…
Burma has for decades been brutally cracking down on this ethnic minority, mainly Muslim and deprived of citizenship by the current government.
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