ICJ to hold Myanmar genocide hearings in January

ICJ to hold Myanmar genocide hearings in January
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has scheduled to hold public hearings in a landmark case next month accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya community, Al Jazeera reported.

The proceedings are expected to set precedents that could affect South Africa’s case against Israel over the war in Gaza, as this will be the first genocide case the ICJ has heard on its merits in more than a decade.

Filed by The Gambia to the UN’s top court in 2019, the case accuses authorities in Myanmar of violating the UN genocide convention during a brutal crackdown by the country’s army and Buddhist militias on the Rohingya in 2017.

More than 742,000 Rohingya fled the bloodshed, while witnesses reported murders, rape and entire villages burned to the ground.