The ICJ welcomes today’s Order of the International Court of Justice (Court) in the case of The Gambia v Myanmar indicating provisional measures to protect the rights of the persecuted Rohingya minority under the Genocide Convention and calls on Myanmar to implement the Order without delay.
Women and children fleeing violence in their villages arrive at the Yathae Taung township in Rakhine State in Myanmar on August 26, 2017 [Wai Moe/AFP/Getty Images]
In a ruling that the Rohingya minority have celebrated, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect the mostly Muslim minority.
On Thursday, a panel of 17 judges unanimously decided that Myanmar should take "all measures within its power" to prevent genocide, following a case filed by The Gambia in November.
The UN's International Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the Myanmar government "take all measures" to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims, a minority group in the country.
The decision is a win for Rohingya Muslim activists and refugees who have been persecuted by the Myanmar military and government for the last 40 years, according to activists.
While Myanmar reported only 400 deaths in the military crackdown that began in 2017, outside organizations estimate the death toll to be over 10,000
