ICJ Orders Preliminary Relief in Myanmar Genocide Case

JUST SECURITY

by Andrew Boyle
January 28, 2020

For the first time, a court has ordered Myanmar to take actions to protect the Rohingya. Last Thursday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nation’s highest court, issued an order in a case brought against Myanmar by Gambia claiming violations of the Genocide Convention. For more on Gambia’s filing in this case, as well as other efforts to bring accountability for the crimes against the Rohingya, see my previous post for Just Security here.

Request for the indication of provisional measures ( Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)

International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to prevent genocide against Rohingya

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2020.01.25 

 Rohingya refugees in a camp in Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh.

The International Court of Justice has ordered measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The panel of 17 judges at the ICJ on Thursday voted unanimously to order Myanmar to take “all measures within its power” to prevent genocide, which they said the Rohingya remained at serious risk of.

Myanmar Rohingya: World court orders prevention of genocide

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23 January 2020

More than half a million Muslims are still believed to live in Myanmar's Rakhine state 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (formerly Burma).

The decision comes despite de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi defending her country against the accusations in person last month.

Thousands of Rohingya died and more than 700,000 fled to Bangladesh during an army crackdown in 2017.

Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide

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AFP/The Hague
Thursday، 23 January 2020

The UN’s highest court ordered Myanmar yesterday to do everything in its power to prevent the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims, as international justice stepped into the crisis for the first time.

The International Court of Justice rejected arguments made by Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in The Hague in December and set out urgent steps for the majority Buddhist nation to end the violence.

Press Statement on the decision by the ICJ on ‘provisional measures’ in the case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar.