Tag: Rohingya

The International Court of Justice, on 22 July, rejected Myanmar's objections to a genocide case over its Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar, now governed by a Military Junta that seized power in 2021, had argued that the Gambia, which brought the suit, had no support to do at the top UN court, formally known as the International Court of Justice. But presiding Judge Joan Donoghue stated that all states that had signed the 1948 Genocide Convention must take the step to protect against genocide, and the court had jurisdiction in the case. The court will now proceed toward the merits of the case, which will take years. The Gambia looked up the Rohingya issue in 2019, backed by the 57-nation Organisation against Islamic Cooperation, in a suit targetting to hold Myanmar chargeable and pro