... {"additionalClasses":""}] Hearings in the case against Myanmar, accused of genocide against the mainly-Muslim Rohingya minority group, concluded on Thursday at the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ), which will now begin its ... 2017, which led to clearances which, according to The Gambia’s submission to the ICJ, were "intended to destroy the Rohingya as a group, in whole or in part", via mass murder, rape and setting fire to their buildings "often with ...

... Kyi was testifying in defence of her country, which is facing charges of genocide committed against the mainly-Muslim Rohingya minority group, brought by The Gambia, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. If war crimes have ... ICC authorized its own investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, committed against the Rohingya.  “If war crimes have been committed, they will be prosecuted within our military justice system”, the Nobel ... opening statement in front of judges in The Hague, Ms. Suu Kyi outlined decades of tensions between Rakhine’s mainly Rohingya Muslim community and their Buddhist neighbours. [scald=614651:un_news_default {"additionalClasses":""}] These ...

... said the independent expert in a statement issued on Tuesday, adding that those targeted include members of the Free Rohingya Coalition.  Legal proceedings begin  The Rohingya are a mainly Muslim population residing in northern Rakhine state in Myanmar, a majority Buddhist country.  ... Court (ICC) has also authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya, while criminal complaints of genocide and crimes against humanity have been filed in Argentina under the ...

... Court said in a  press statement , in addition to “persecution on grounds of ethnicity and/or religion against the Rohingya population.”  After a reported military-led crackdown, widespread killings, rape and village burnings, nearly three-quarters of a million Rohingya fled Myanmar's Rakhine state in August 2017 to settle in crowded refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.  This ... Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the small African nation has taken legal action to assist the persecuted majority-Muslim Rohingya, with support by other Muslim countries.   While the UN’s ICJ , known as the ‘World ...