{"id":82977,"date":"2025-07-29T16:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/icj-says-gambias-myanmar-genocide-case-can-proceed"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:46:20","slug":"icj-says-gambias-myanmar-genocide-case-can-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/icj-says-gambias-myanmar-genocide-case-can-proceed","title":{"rendered":"ICJ Says Gambia\u2019S Myanmar Genocide Case can Proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Judges at the United Nations\u2019 highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The decision establishing the International Court of Justice\u2019s jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against the Rohingya that human rights groups and a UN probe say breach the 1948 Genocide Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia filed the case in 2019 amid international outrage at the treatment of the Rohingya, hundreds of thousands of whom fled to neighbouring Bangladesh amid a brutal crackdown by Myanmar forces in 2017. It argued that both Gambia and Myanmar were parties to the 1948 convention and that all signatories have a duty to ensure it was enforced. Judges at the court agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Tun Khin, president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, welcomed the decision, saying 600,000 Rohingya \u201care still facing genocide,\u201d while \u201cone million people in Bangladesh camps, they are waiting for a hope for justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Judges at the United Nations\u2019 highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. 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