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.

Taking refuge from persecution and violence.

The Washington Times
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
By Mohammad Ziauddin

How Bangladesh saves Rohingya refugees from scorn and hardships

Photo by: Dar Yasin

Rohingya refugee children shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The head of Bangladesh's refugee commission said plans to begin a voluntary repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their native Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Reports out of the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh usually focus on the massive humanitarian efforts carried out by Bangladesh and its international partners. Together, they have supplied food, education, housing and medicine for hundreds of thousands of people with no other place to go.