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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver its judgment on Nov. 19 on whether Myanmar violated the UN Genocide Convention in its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the court announced late Tuesday, according to Anadolu Agency.
The ruling is scheduled for 10 am local time in The Hague, Netherlands. Gambia brought the case in 2019, and 11 states have intervened in the proceedings.
The lawsuit accuses Myanmar of breaching its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide during military operations against the Rohingya.
Rohingya community members hailed Gambia’s decision to take the case to the UN’s highest court as a “historic achievement.”
The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority who have faced decades of discrimination and displacement in Myanmar.
More than 700,000 people fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State after a military crackdown in August 2017, with most seeking refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
The UN has described the Rohingya as the world’s most persecuted minority. A report by the Ontario International Development Agency estimated that thousands were killed by Myanmar’s security forces.
