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UN’s Top Court to Hold Myanmar Genocide Hearings in January
The Gambia will present evidence accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya, with hearings including witness examination to determine responsibility under the 1948 Genocide Convention.
- On Dec 19, the International Court of Justice scheduled Jan 12–29 merits hearings in The Hague for The Gambia's case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya.
- The Gambia filed the suit in 2019 under the 1948 Genocide Convention, backed by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, alleging abuses during Myanmar's 2017 crackdown.
- The ICJ's procedural chambers scheduled the hearings to focus on the merits, including witness and expert examinations, with three days allocated for testimony, from January 16 to January 20.
- The outcome could shape other international suits, including South Africa's case against Israel, as intervening states including Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom urged the court to consider forced displacement and gender-based crimes beyond killings.
- Humanitarian context: more than one million Rohingya now live in Cox's Bazar refugee camp, Bangladesh, while since 1948 the ICJ confirmed only one genocide, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
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World Court to hear Myanmar genocide case in January
THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice will hear a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Muslim group, the Rohingya, on January 12-29, the United Nations' top court said on Friday.
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ICJ to hear Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar in January 2026
The Hague: The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in January 2026 in the case concerning allegations of genocide against Myanmar over its treatment of the Rohingya community. In a press release issued on Friday, the ICJ said the hearings in the case titled Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)…
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