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ICJ Begins Hearings on Myanmar Rohingya Genocide Case
The Gambia accuses Myanmar of genocide against 750,000 Rohingya, with hearings at the ICJ set to last three weeks and evidence of killings, rape, and arson presented.
- On Monday, the International Court of Justice in The Hague began three-week merits hearings at 10.00am, scheduled to wrap up on January 30.
- The Gambia filed its suit in 2019 alleging breaches of the 1948 Genocide Convention after a 2017 military offensive forced at least 730,000 Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh amid alleged atrocities.
- Today 1.17 million Rohingya live in cramped camps across 8,000 acres in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, and for the first time Rohingya victims will be heard in closed court sessions.
- Nicholas Koumjian warned the case could set critical legal precedents, affecting how genocide is defined, proven and remedied, with repercussions for South Africa's ICJ case against Israel and political pressure on Myanmar.
- Myanmar rejects the genocide accusations, calling its 2017 campaign a counter‑terrorism response, while since the 2021 coup it faces domestic turmoil and ICC probes of military chief Min Aung Hlaing.
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UN International Court of Justice to hear 1st genocide case in over a decade
The United Nations International Court of Justice is hearing a genocide case for the first time in more than a decade. The case is focused on the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
·Washington, United States
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The military had acted with unprecedented violence against the Muslim minority since 2017.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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