{"id":10986,"date":"2022-02-20T18:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T18:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/un-court-hearings-set-to-resume-into-rohingya-genocide-case"},"modified":"2022-02-20T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T19:06:30","slug":"un-court-hearings-set-to-resume-into-rohingya-genocide-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/un-court-hearings-set-to-resume-into-rohingya-genocide-case","title":{"rendered":"UN court hearings set to resume into Rohingya genocide case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>In August 2017, Myanmar\u2019s military launched what it called a clearance campaign in Rakhine state in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group<\/p>\n<p>The campaign forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee and led to accusations that security forces committed mass rapes and killingsTHE HAGUE: An international case accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority returns to the United Nations\u2019 highest court Monday amid questions over whether the country\u2019s military rulers should even be allowed to represent the Southeast Asian nation. Four days of public hearings at the International Court of Justice start Monday into Myanmar\u2019s preliminary objections to the case that was brought by Gambia, an African nation acting on behalf of an organization of Muslim nations that accuses Myanmar of genocide in its crackdown on the Rohingya. In August 2017, Myanmar\u2019s military launched what it called a clearance campaign in Rakhine state in the country\u2019s west in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group. The campaign forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh and led to accusations that security forces committed mass rapes and killings and burned thousands of homes. Gambia argues that the campaign amounted to a breach of the genocide convention and wants the court to hold the country responsible. The figurehead who led Myanmar\u2019s legal team in court last time there were public hearings in the case \u2014 the nation\u2019s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi \u2014 is in prison after being convicted on what supporters call trumped up charges. Opponents of Myanmar\u2019s military rulers say they have appointed two officials to the country\u2019s legal team at the UN top court who are the subject of international sanctions. Critics of the military rulers say that the National Unity Government \u2014 a shadow civilian administration \u2014 should be representing the country at hearings in The Hague. The group says it has appointed an \u201cacting alternate agent,\u201d UN Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, and says it\u2019s withdrawing the country\u2019s preliminary objections. \u201cThis is a shameful double-whammy. Myanmar is being represented at the ICJ by people sanctioned for gross human rights abuses and violating the rule of law,\u201d said Chris Gunness, director of the Myanmar Accountability Project. \u201cBut in any case, this illegal junta should not be representing Myanmar, it should be the NUG.\u201d The court didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment on Myanmar\u2019s representation at the hearings. \u201cWhat\u2019s really important here is that &#8230; if it is the junta that\u2019s in court, this is not something that should be taken to confer legitimacy on the junta,\u201d said Akila Radhakrishnan, president of the Global Justice Center. At public hearings in late 2019, lawyers representing Gambia showed judges maps, satellite images and graphic photos to detail what they called a campaign of murder, rape and destruction amounting to genocide perpetrated by Myanmar\u2019s military. That led the court to order Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya. The interim ruling was intended to protect the minority while the case is decided in The Hague, a process likely to take years. Since that ruling, the military has seized control of the nation. The takeover prompted widespread peaceful protests and civil disobedience that security forces suppressed with lethal force. About 1,500 civilians have been killed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Earlier this month, the UN Security Council called for an immediate halt to violence throughout Myanmar and reaffirmed support for the country\u2019s democratic transition and democratic institutions. The UN\u2019s most powerful body also reiterated its call for the release of \u201call those who remain arbitrarily detained,\u201d including Suu Kyi, whose elected government was ousted by the military on Feb. 1, 2021. Radhakrishnan said the hearings should \u201care laying the groundwork for accountability in Myanmar \u2014 not only for the Rohingya, but for all others who have suffered at the hands of the military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. In August 2017, Myanmar\u2019s military launched what it called a clearance campaign in Rakhine state in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group The campaign forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee and led to accusations that security forces committed mass rapes and killingsTHE HAGUE: An international case accusing Myanmar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,8],"tags":[2355,2361,260,2060,3675],"class_list":["post-10986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-rohingya","tag-un"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UN court hearings set to resume into Rohingya genocide case - 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