November 12, 2019

Anna Murray 

On November 11th, Gambia filed the Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at UN court, with a 46-page application, including the accusation of Myanmar’s murder, rape, and other devastation to the Rohingya Muslims. It would be the first case if the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague adopted the allegation. The appeal from Gambia looked for the trial for the miscreants and the pay for the victims. 

According to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, genocide “is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.” The vice president of the Gambia points out that although the Gambia is a small country, it cares about human rights in Africa and the world. The associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch, Param-Preet Singh, indicates that if the ICJ takes precise action, the human disaster from Myanmar to the Rohingya will be prohibited. 

The Gambia’s attorney general and justice minister, Abubacarr Tambadou, and the NGOs supporting the initiative held the meeting in the Hague on November 11th. The initial hearing of the Rohingya genocide case is proposed at the ICJ in December. On the other side, Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor from the International Criminal Court (ICC), also launched an investigation against Myanmar. 

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