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UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority groupThe United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s…
Read MoreVanuatu is leading a campaign to have the international court of justice issue an opinion on climate change – which could have huge legal ramificationsDuring their final year at law school, Solomon Yeo and his classmates set their minds to saving the w…
Read MoreMilitary, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocideMyanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court, where it sought to throw out a case alleging …
Read MoreLawyers and activists say persecution of Muslims is continuing despite UN actionMyanmar is continuing to commit genocide against Rohingya Muslims in breach of orders by the UN’s top court, according to human rights lawyers and activists.The internation…
Read MoreReported video confessions could be used as evidence in international criminal courtTwo Myanmar soldiers have detailed a campaign of blanket killings, rape and mass burials of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state in video testimony that could be used as e…
Read MoreThe ICJ ruling on Myanmar is a rare bright point in a woeful international response. Unfortunately its powers are limitedOn Thursday the internet in Kutupalong, a city-sized refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh, was switched back on for a few hours…
Read MoreMomentous pronouncement follows Hague hearing at which Aung San Suu Kyi gave evidenceThe United Nations’ highest tribunal is to deliver its decision on whether emergency measures are required to prevent Myanmar conducting genocide against its Rohingya …
Read MoreCriticism of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country must not overshadow the issue at the heart of the case at the international court of justice: the ongoing suffering of Rohingya MuslimsAung San Suu Kyi’s decision to personally defend Myanmar in th…
Read MoreLeader’s silence ‘says far more than your words’, lawyer says during genocide hearingAung San Suu Kyi has been told her silence over allegations of sexual violence and rape carried out against Rohingya people in Myanmar “says far more than your words”,…
Read MoreLeaders in refugee camps says justice will be delivered based on the evidence they have provided of Myanmar atrocitiesRohingya refugees have hit back at Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims at the international court of justice in testimony on Wednesday after she…
Read MoreAung San Suu Kyi has dismissed allegations of state violence against Rohingya Muslims at The Hague. Speaking on the second day of hearings at the International Court of Justice in the genocide case against Myanmar, the country’s de facto prime minister…
Read MoreDe facto PM defends actions of government, saying attacks were initiated by insurgentsThe Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the a…
Read MoreWorld’s failure to act over Myanmar is ‘stain on collective conscience’, UN court toldAung San Suu Kyi has sat impassively through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape perpetrated by Myanmar’s military at the start of a three-day hearing into alleg…
Read MorePeace prize winner will lead her country’s defence against claims at court in NetherlandsA momentous legal confrontation will take place at the UN’s highest court this week when the Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi appears in person to defend …
Read MoreBurmese leader will lead delegation to international court of justice next monthAung Sang Suu Kyi will travel to The Hague to defend Myanmar against allegations of genocide, her office has announced.The Burmese leader, once an icon of democracy but now…
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