The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday rejected all of Burma’s preliminary objections to a case alleging that the military-ruled nation committed genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority.
The Gambia filed the case in November 2019, alleging that Burma, also known as Myanmar, committed genocidal acts against the minority to “destroy the Rohingya group in whole or in part.”
The Burmese government raised four preliminary objections to challenge the court’s jurisdiction and the admissibility of the application, saying that the Gambia had no standing to bring the case to the ICJ.
The court unanimously rejected three of Burma’s objections (pdf), and one objection by a majority of 15 to 1. ICJ president Joan Donoghue said the court has jurisdiction over the case, and that Gambia’s application was “admissible.”…