From February 21 to 28, 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, will hold public hearings in the Case of The Gambia v. Myanmar concerning Myanmar\u2019s alleged violations of the Genocide Convention against the ethnic Rohingya population in Myanmar\u2019s northern Rakhine State. The following questions and answers address key issues regarding those hearings.<\/p>\n
1. What is the status of the case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice? <\/strong><\/p>\n In November 2019, Gambia \u2013 with the backing of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation<\/u><\/a> (OIC) \u2013 filed a case, The Gambia v. Myanmar, <\/em>before the International Court of Justice in The Hague<\/a>.<\/u> The case alleged that Myanmar\u2019s atrocities against the ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State violated various provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention). Gambia, which ratified the Genocide Convention in 1978, brought the case under Article 9 of the convention, which allows for disputes between parties \u201crelating to the responsibility of a State for genocide\u201d and related acts to be submitted to the ICJ.<\/p>\n In December 2019, the court held hearings on Gambia\u2019s request for provisional measures to protect the Rohingya remaining in Myanmar from genocide, which the court unanimously adopted in January 2020 (see below<\/a>). In January 2021, Myanmar, then under the government led by Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s National League for Democracy, filed preliminary objections challenging the court\u2019s jurisdiction and Gambia\u2019s standing to file the case.<\/p>\n On February 1, 2021, Myanmar\u2019s military staged a coup, overthrew the democratically elected government, and replaced it with a military junta, the State Administration Council. The case continues and the ICJ will hold public hearings on Myanmar\u2019s preliminary objections from February 21 to 28, 2022.<\/p>\n <\/i>Download the Full Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From February 21 to 28, 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, will hold public hearings in the Case of The Gambia v. Myanmar concerning Myanmar\u2019s alleged violations of the Genocide Convention against the ethnic Rohingya population in Myanmar\u2019s northern Rakhine State. 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