Whose Justice? Rohingya Perspectives on Post-Atrocity Justice

JUST SECURITY
by Rebecca Hamilton
June 11, 2024

Over the past two decades of listening to survivors of atrocity crimes – including the perspectives shared in a recent survey of Rohingya survivors of genocidal violence in Myanmar – I have seen time and again that while the desire for justice is universal, the question of what justice means in any given community (and for different individuals within any given community) is often very particular and highly influenced by local context. There is nothing terribly surprising in this observation. What is striking, however, is the degree to which the professional community working on and around international criminal law (ICL) (and I include myself in this) often fails to absorb the full implications of this reality.

No more words, the Rohingya deserve justice

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Editorial
Publish : 21 Apr 2024,

The international community has a moral duty to ensure that the Rohingya are ensured justice.

It has now been close to eight years since the Rohingya crisis resulted in over a million of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities being driven out of their homeland and finding shelter within the borders of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh promises that killers of prominent Rohingya activist will be brought to justice

Morning Star
Oct'13 2021

BANGLADESH promised “stern action” against those responsible for the assassination of a Rohingya Muslim leader who was shot dead in a refugee camp on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen vowed today to bring the killers of 46-year-old Mohib Ullah, who was gunned down in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, to justice.

Justice for Rohingyas

FRONTLINE
Haroon Habib

Dhaka , February 21, 2020

n a significant ruling, the International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to protect the minority Rohingya population from human rights atrocities, particularly genocide.

IN the absence of any meaningful global effort to hold Myanmar accountable for the continued military campaign against the Rohingya community in Rakhine State, the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Myanmar should protect the Rohingyas against genocide comes as a relief to the beleaguered minority population. In November 2019, The Gambia, the West African country, filed a suit against Myanmar accusing it of systematic ethnic cleansing from October 2016 in violation of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention. It alleged that the country was committing “an ongoing genocide against its minority Muslim Rohingya population”.

Europeans demand Rohingya justice at UN

AA
James Reinl
04.02.2020
 
Diplomats bash Myanmar’s human rights record after Security Council closed-door meeting

UNITED NATIONS 

Myanmar must start prosecuting those responsible for atrocities against its mostly-Muslim Rohingya minority and uphold decisions by international judges, European diplomats said Tuesday in New York.

Speaking with reporters after a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council, Estonia’s Ambassador Sven Jurgenson, said last month’s ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague must be followed.

New fronts in the fight for justice

Frontier

MYANMAR 

By THOMAS KEAN | FRONTIER

November 20,2019

The filing of cases against Myanmar and its leaders in The Hague and Argentina for their role in the Rohingya crisis will increase the pressure on Nay Pyi Taw. In the first of a two-part series, we explain how these cases emerged, what challenges they face and how Myanmar is likely to respond.
THE international push for accountability over alleged crimes committed against the Rohingya in Rakhine State – which potentially include genocide – has taken some important steps forward.

Will cases brought against Myanmar deliver justice to Rohingya?

Aljazeera
Mia Swart

19 November 2019

Genocide case filed at ICJ and Suu Kyi named in lawsuit in Argentina while ICC set to investigate Rohingya crimes.

Thousands of Rohingya have been killed and more than 740,000 have taken shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh since August 2017 [Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters]

Last week, three separate cases were filed against Myanmar for atrocities against Rohingya people in the first international legal attempts to bring justice to the persecuted Muslim minority.

The Gambia brought a genocide case against Myanmar on November 11 in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), urging the United Nations court to order measures to immediately stop atrocities and genocide against its own Rohingya people.

Int’l Conclave on Justice and Accountability for Rohingyas to be held in Hague

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
October 6th, 2019

File photo: Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017 Reuters 

The event will be held on October 18

The International Conclave to bring focus on the issue of justice and accountability for the Rohingyas will be held in Hague.

The Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ) of BRAC University, Asia Justice Coalition, and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam will organize the event, said a press release.

Atrocities on Rohingyas: Inaction of key world powers delays justice

The Daily Star
August 27, 2019
Porimol Palma

Justice remains elusive for Rohingyas even after two years due to a lack of strong support from major world powers, like the US, China, and Russia, said legal and international experts.

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) move to probe the alleged acts of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar military on Rohingyas was promising but the court has no jurisdiction over Myanmar, they said.