Gambia accuses Myanmar of Rohingya 'genocide' at top UN court

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Myanmar has been accused of perpetrating genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority in a landmark lawsuit filed at the United Nations’ top court.

"Gambia is taking this action to seek justice and accountability for the genocide being committed by Myanmar against the Rohingya," Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said.

Human Rights Watch’s associate international justice director Param-Preet Singh called the case a"game-changer" and called on other states to support it. Representatives of the Rohingya community and Gambia's Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou, left, listen to testimony during a press conference in The HagueBoth the Gambia and Myanmar are signatories to the 1948 Genocide Convention, which gives them an obligation to prevent and punish the crime of genocide.ther legal attempts to prosecute it for alleged criminal treatment of Rohingya are yet to amount to anything concrete.

The ICJ normally deals with issues of international law such as border disputes, but sometimes rules on alleged breaches of UN conventions such as those on terrorism or genocide.'They are cleansing our people': Melbourne Rohingya refugee shares life story of oppression

 

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