Rohingya genocide: The Gambia’s fight for humanity

The Daily Star

December 21, 2019
Hasan Al-Mahmud

Aung San Suu Kyi led Myanmar’s defence team at the landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing. PHOTO: REUTERS/YVES HERMAN

When almost all the countries are silent about Myanmar’s genocide in its Rakhine state and the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh, a western African country, The Gambia, has raised its voice boldly. Recently, The Gambia has taken Myanmar to the international court for the first time since the Rohingya genocide started a few years ago, and the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been called upon to respond to this allegation as the representative of the country. Here is how and why The Gambia did this.

GAMBIA VERSUS MYANMAR: International Court of Justice Blue

BNI
Monday, December 16, 2019
Shan Herald Agency for News
by - Sai Wansai

The three-day International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing from December 10 to 12 – in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) – ended with decision pending on provisional measures tabled by Gambia and Myanmar rejecting it.

Hague hearing offers ray of hope to Bangladesh’s Rohingya

ARAB NEWS
SHEHAB SUMON
December 10, 2019

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organizations at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters/File)

• International Court of Justice seeks to address atrocities committed by Myanmar

DHAKA: Several members of the Rohingya community in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar expressed optimism on Monday that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would rule in their favor once it began its three-day hearing against Myanmar on Tuesday.

Aung San Suu Kyi heads to Hague for Myanmar genocide showdown

The Guardian 
@owenbowcott
Sun 8 Dec 2019

Peace prize winner will lead her country’s defence against claims at court in Netherlands

A protest in Yangon in support of Aung San Suu Kyi before the genocide hearing in The Hague. Photograph: Reuters

A momentous legal confrontation will take place at the UN’s highest court this week when the Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi appears in person to defend Myanmar against accusations of genocide.

Once internationally feted as a human rights champion, Myanmar’s state counsellor is scheduled to lead a delegation to the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague.

The claim that Myanmar’s military carried out mass murder, rape and destruction of Rohingya Muslim communities has been brought by the Gambia, a west African state that belongs to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Questions and Answers on Gambia’s Genocide Case Against Myanmar before the ICJ

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

December 5, 2019

Why has Gambia filed a case against Myanmar before the International Court of Justice?
Why is this case important?
Will Myanmar respond to Gambia’s ICJ case?
How could the ICJ enforce a provisional measures order?
What has Gambia alleged in its complaint against Myanmar?
What relief can the ICJ provide to victims if it rules in favor of Gambia?
Who are the ICJ’s judges?
Has the ICJ ruled on other genocide cases?
Are there efforts to bring individual perpetrators in Myanmar to justice?
What are the prospects for justice in Myanmar?

ICJ အမူနှင့် ICC စုံစမ်းဖော်ထုတ်မှု ကိစ္စရပ်အပေါ် ကရင် အဖွဲ့အစည်း ၄၀ ကျော်က ထောက်ခံ ကြိုဆို

KIC
December 4, 2019

ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၃ ရက်၊ ၂၀၁၉ ခုနှစ်။ စအိုင်ဆူး

အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ တရားရုံး-ICJ တွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရင်ဆိုင်သွားရမည့်အမှုနှင့် နိုင်ငံတကာ ရာဇဝတ်ခုံရုံး-ICC ၏ စုံစမ်းဖော်ထုတ်မှုအပေါ် ကမ္ဘာအနှံ့ရှိ ကရင်အဖွဲ့အစည်းပေါ်း ၄ဝကျော်မှ ကြိုဆိုထောက်ခံကြောင်း ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၂ ရက်နေ့က ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာလိုက်သည်။

Press release 2019/49 ,Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to hold public hearings from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 December 2019

ICJ
18 November 2019

 

Why a tiny African country is taking the Rohingya’s case to the world court

The Washington Post 

 Danielle Paquette 

November 12, 2019 

 Representatives of the Rohingya community, with Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Abubacarr M. Tambadou, left, listen to testimony during a news conference in The Hague on Monday. (Peter Dejong/AP)

 
DAKAR, Senegal — Gambia, the smallest country in continental Africa, took an unprecedented step this week in the realm of international justice: It filed a lawsuit at the United Nations’ top court accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims.

The case at the International Court of Justice, which typically addresses disputes between states, raised eyebrows because Myanmar sits roughly 7,000 miles from Gambia, which lacks any tangible connection to the protracted crisis in Southeast Asia.

Application instituting proceedings and Request for the indication of provisional measures

ICJ
11 November 2019

Why we file a case against Myanmar for accountability for the Rohingya? Why the Gambia?

FREEDOM NEWSPAPER
November 9, 2019

Why we file a case against Myanmar for accountability for the Rohingya? Why the Gambia?
The Gambia as a country largely supported by the international community liberated itself from 22 years of dark history characterized by among others, atrocities and enforced disappearances. The new Gambia is determined to return as it were under the era of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, a country known for its rule of law and respect for human rights, hence its recognition as the human rights capital of Africa.

Genocide: Gambia to file case against Myanmar at ICJ

The Daily Star
October 20, 2019
UNB, Dhaka

Rohingya refugee children walk along the road at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Gambia will be taking Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to face charges of genocide against its Rohingya minority, said Gambia's Attorney General and Minister for Justice Abubacarr Marie Tambadou.

The charges, which will be filed by the Gambian Ministry of Justice's legal team, will be the first time that the Myanmar authorities will be accused of the crimes of genocide at the International Court of Justice, according to Asia Justice Coalition.

OIC Pushes For Increased Pressure On Myanmar

FREEDOM NEWSPAPER
February 10, 2019 

The Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights Violations Against the Rohingya ended Sunday its meeting in The Gambia with a renewed commitment to apply more pressure on Myanmar as the Muslim minority continues to face persecution. 

“The OIC must not leave it to others alone to demand accountability for crimes committed against fellow Muslims, especially when the affected Muslim community constitutes a minority in a State as the Rohingyas are in Myanmar,” said Gambia Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou in a statement delivered during the inaugural meeting of the OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee held at Labranda Coral Beach Resort & Spa in Brufut, Gambia.