Public hearings opened on Monday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a landmark case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention over the military’s treatment of the Rohingya minority.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings on the merits of the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening) on 20 January 2026.
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN, holds public hearings on the merits of the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening) from Monday 12 to Thursday 29 January 2026 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court.
First round of oral arguments of Myanmar Related Sites and Documents
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings on the merits of the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening) on 20 January 2026.
Description
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN, holds public hearings on the merits of the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening) from Monday 12 to Thursday 29 January 2026 at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court. First round of oral arguments of Myanmar Related Sites and Documents.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) press release on 29 September calls on United Nations member states to commit to urgent action on 30 September meeting on the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar. HRW says Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Bangladesh and across Asia in need of protection from persecution and violence. The text of the press release continues below.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, DECEMBER 2019 (PHOTO: ICJ)
The NUG’s handling of Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation has become a critical fault line within its coalition, wedging former NLD members, ethnic organisations, and liberal-democratic groups within the political wing of the anti-junta resistance.
On 13 February a federal court in Argentina issued arrest warrants for Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, head of Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC), and Aung San Suu Kyi, the former State Counsellor of the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led administration and the National Unity Government (NUG) and Nobel peace laureate. The warrants, issued under universal jurisdiction, accuse them of genocide and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya ethnic minority. (Universal jurisdiction allows states or international bodies to prosecute individuals for serious crimes like genocide and war crimes, regardless of where they occurred or even without a direct link through nationality.)
The Supreme Court of Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: ID 10811671
A court in Argentina on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military junta, for his role in alleged “genocide and crimes against humanity” against the Rohingya minority group.
© UNICEF/Patrick Brown In this September 2017
photograph, a Rohingya man carrying his two children wades ashore in
Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, after fleeing Rakhine state on a
rickety boat across the Bay of Bengal.
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