World Court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from acts of genocide

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The court's decision only dealt with Gambia's preliminary request and the final decision could take years.

The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Rohingya population from atrocities, a ruling hailed as a “triumph of international justice” by the tiny African country that brought the case.

Myanmar must “take all measures within its power to prevent all acts” prohibited under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and report back within four months, presiding judge Abdulqawi Yusuf said, reading out a summary of the judgment. Mainly Muslim, Gambia brought the case despite being located halfway around the world, on the argument that all nations have a universal legal duty to prevent genocide. The case was argued last month by some of the world’s top human rights lawyers, with Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi personally attending hearings at The Hague to ask judges to dismiss it.

“Concerned governments and UN bodies should now weigh-in to ensure that the order is enforced as the genocide case moves forward.”

 

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Such a farce. Means nothing. Since the ICJ CIJ_ICJ seems to know the identity of the people causing the problem, instead of making this ruling which will change nothing on the ground, the ICJ should have ruled that United Nations sends a peace-keeping mission to Rakhine.

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