Lawyers look to Rohingya case in court bid to stop Gaza war

N MENA
Tim Stickings
Jan 10, 2024

South Africa's lawsuit against Israel in The Hague draws on 2020 verdict against Myanmar 

Palestinians search the rubble of destroyed buildings after an Israeli attack on Rafah. AFP

 

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Lawyers seeking to halt Israel’s offensive in Gaza hope tactics that swayed judges on Myanmar's alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims will prevail again as the Middle East conflict enters court in The Hague.

Rohingya refugees' lawyers lobby for International Criminal Court to sit in Asia

RNZ
1 September 2020

Two Australian lawyers acting on behalf of hundreds of Rohingya refugees are pushing to have the International Criminal Court (ICC) sit in Asia for the first time. 

Rohingya people at Jamtoli refugee camp at Ukhia in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP / NurPhoto / Rehman Asad

The ICC is investigating allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Myanmar government and military officials in 2017.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya - a stateless, mostly Muslim minority group - fled to neighbouring Bangladesh during the unrest.

Maldives gets top lawyer to fight for Rohingya at UN court

Bangkok Post
2020.02.26

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney will represent the Maldives at the UN's highest court in the Rohingya case.

COLOMBO: The luxury tourist destination of the Maldives has hired prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent it at the UN's highest court in seeking justice for Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims.

The Maldivian government said Wednesday it will formally join the mainly Muslim African state of The Gambia in challenging Myanmar's 2017 military crackdown that sent around 740,000 Rohingya fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh.