The ICJ prepares a landmark ruling on the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar

The ICJ prepares a landmark ruling on the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar

The International Court of Justice is reportedly going to rule in the coming weeks in The Gambia v. Myanmar, the genocide case against Myanmar. In 2019, The Gambia filed an application at the ICJ alleging that Myanmar had violated the United Nations’ 1948 Genocide Convention in its treatment of the Rohingya people. The Rohingya aren’t from The Gambia, and no atrocities against them took place there. But, under international law, any state can fi…