UN court to begin hearings on whether  Myanmar committed genocide against...

Key Highlights

• Without the ICJ, the military “will be accountable to no one and there will be no constraints on their persecution and ultimate destruction of the Rohingya,” lawyer Paul S.
• Reichler argued on behalf of Gambia during a preliminary hearing in 2022.
• The Southeast Asian country launched the campaign in Rakhine state in 2017 after an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group.
• Security forces were accused of mass rapes, killings and torching thousands of homes as more than 700,000 Rohingya fled into neighbouring Bangladesh.
• Now, some 1.2 million members of this persecuted minority are languishing in chaotic, overcrowded camps, where armed groups recruit children and girls as young as 12 are forced into prostitution.