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Gambia's landmark case, accusing Myanmar of genocide against its predominantly Muslim Rohingya minority, begins at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week.
Bloomberg · Philip Heijmans and Khine Lin Kyaw For years, Myanmar’s Rohingya—a Muslim minority that Burmese nationalists view as an intruder group—have lived in legal and political limbo. They have been losing more and more of their rights, including citizenship, while trying to evade state repression. The Rohingya crisis, which had been brewing for years, finally erupted in 2017, when a campaign of military repression—described by UN investigat…
Public sitting held on Monday 19 January 2026, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Iwasawa presiding, in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States i
Public sitting held on Monday 19 January 2026, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Iwasawa presiding, in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States i l.vandousselae… Mon, 01/19/2026 - 18:12 Document Number 178-20260119-ORA-01-00-BI Document Type verbatim_record Case 178 - Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of t…
Myanmar begins defense in genocide case at UN court
NAYPYIDAW – Myanmar has denied committing genocide against the Ronhingya people, saying The Gambia has failed to provide enough proof, as it begun its defense at the United Nations’ (UN) top court. Ko Ko Hlaing, a Myanmar government representative, told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the allegation was “unsubstantiated”. Earlier last […]
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Gambia's Rohingya Genocide Case Against Myanmar Shows States Have Responsibilities – The Standard Newspaper
By Janine di Giovanni This week, after years of preliminary legal arguments, the case concerning Myanmar’s alleged brutal treatment of the Rohingya people opened at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. There, in the weeks to come, expert witnesses and survivors will recount, in terrible detail, how a Muslim minority in Rakhine state was ethnically cleansed from its homes and subjected to horrific cruelty – rape, mass killings and sys…
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