The International Court of Justice has asserted its jurisdiction to rule on the case brought by the Gambia against Myanmar for its alleged genocide against its Rohingya population. In a vote of 15 to 1, with Chinese judge Xue Hanqin in lone dissent, the court accepted the application originally filed by the Republic of The Gambia in Nov. 2019, paving the way for litigation to continue in a case that will determine whether Myanmar will be penalized for its violent actions against its Rohingya population in 2017.
While ruling on The Gambia’s application, the court weighed in on Myanmar’s four preliminary objections, rejecting all but one unanimously. Xue broke again with the rest of the bench on Myanmar’s second objection, which sought to dispute The Gambia’s standing in the case. Myanmar questioned whether a nation that does not have directly affected parties could bring a case against another nation under the Genocide ConventionThis article has been indexed from Lawfare
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