KARAÇI – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver its judgment Nov. 19 on whether Myanmar violated the UN Genocide Convention in its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the court announced late Tuesday.
The ruling is scheduled for 10 a.m. local time in The Hague, Netherlands, in a case brought by Gambia in 2019, with 11 states intervening in the proceedings.
The lawsuit accuses Myanmar of violating its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide during military operations against the Rohingya.
Gambia’s decision to bring the case before the UN’s highest court was hailed as a “historic achievement” by members of the Rohingya community.
The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority who have faced decades of discrimination and displacement in Myanmar.
More than 700,000 fled the country’s Rakhine State following a military crackdown in August 2017, with most seeking refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
The UN has described the Rohingya as the world’s most persecuted minority, while a report by the Ontario International Development Agency estimated that thousands were killed by Myanmar’s security forces. (Anadolu)
