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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Gambia urges UN court to continue Rohingya genocide case Lawyers for Gambia on Wednesday urged the United Nations\u2019 top court to throw out Myanmar\u2019s legal bid to end a case accusing the Southeast Asian nation of genocide against the country\u2019s Rohingya minority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis court must reject Myanmar\u2019s meritless preliminary objections and proceed to adjudicate the merits of this dispute,\u201d Gambia\u2019s Attorney General and Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told judges at the International Court of Justice.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Paul Reichler said the military takeover of power in Myanmar last year made the case all the more important as the country\u2019s new rulers are alleged to be behind the atrocities committed against the Rohingya.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they can escape the court\u2019s jurisdiction, they will be accountable to no one and there will be no constraints on their persecution and ultimate destruction of the Rohingya,\u201d he warned, adding that \u201cthe Rohingya remain at grave risk of mass atrocity crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The case stems from what the Myanmar military called a clearance campaign it launched in Rakhine state in 2017 after an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group. Security forces were accused of mass rapes, killings and torching thousands of homes as more than 700,000 Rohingya fled into neighboring Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

The Gambia has argued that the 2017 crackdown amounts to genocide and is asking the world court to hold Myanmar accountable. On Monday, lawyers representing Myanmar\u2019s military-installed government urged judges at the global court to throw out the case, arguing they did not have jurisdiction, in part because they say The Gambia was acting as a mouthpiece for an organisation of Muslim nations.<\/p>\n

Myanmar\u2019s legal team was led by Ko Ko Hlaing, the minister for international cooperation. He replaced pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the country\u2019s legal team at earlier hearings in the case in 2019. She now is in prison after being convicted of what her supporters call trumped-up charges.<\/p>\n

The leader of Gambia\u2019s legal team stressed the case was brought by The Gambia and not the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. \u201cWe are no one\u2019s proxy,\u201d Jallow told the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very much a dispute between The Gambia and Myanmar,\u201d he added in a direct rebuttal of Myanmar\u2019s argument that The Gambia\u2019s case was really brought by the Muslim organisation and that the court can only hear cases between nations.<\/p>\n

Judges will likely take months to rule on Myanmar\u2019s preliminary objections. If they reject them, the case will go ahead and likely take years to reach a conclusion. Summing up Gambia\u2019s presentation on Wednesday, Philippe Sands was dismissive of Myanmar\u2019s attempts to have the case dropped.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo say that the arguments of Myanmar are tantamount to clutching at straws would be generous,\u201d he told judges. \u201cIt would require you to redefine both the act of clutching and the nature of straw.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pro-democracy advocates have harshly criticized the UN court for allowing the military government to represent Myanmar in a case focusing on alleged atrocities by the country\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is outrageous for the ICJ to proceed with these hearings on the basis of junta representation. The junta is not the government of Myanmar, it does not represent the state of Myanmar, and it is dangerous for the court to allow it to present itself as such,\u201d said Chris Sidoti of advocacy group Special Advisory Council for Myanmar. The Washington Post<\/p>\n

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