UNB, Dhaka :
Gambia will be taking Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to face charges of genocide against its Rohingya minority, said Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister for Justice Abubacarr Marie Tambadou.
The charges, which will be filed by the Gambian Ministry of Justice’s legal team, will be the first time that the Myanmar authorities will be accused of the crimes of genocide at the International Court of Justice, according to Asia Justice Coalition.
“I can confirm that on October 4, I have instructed our lawyers to file the case at the International Court of Justice,” the Asia Justice Coalition quoted Tambadou as saying at a conclave on ‘Justice and Accountability for the Rohingya’ at the Hague recently.
Bangladesh is hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas and most of them entered Cox’s Bazar since August 25, 2017 amid military crackdown against Rohingyas in Rakhine State.
Tambadou said, “I could smell the stench of genocide from miles away when I visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. It was all too familiar for me, after a decade of interacting with the victims of the Rwandan mass rapes, killings and genocide.”
Gambia will be taking Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to face charges of genocide against its Rohingya minority, said Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister for Justice Abubacarr Marie Tambadou.
The charges, which will be filed by the Gambian Ministry of Justice’s legal team, will be the first time that the Myanmar authorities will be accused of the crimes of genocide at the International Court of Justice, according to Asia Justice Coalition.
“I can confirm that on October 4, I have instructed our lawyers to file the case at the International Court of Justice,” the Asia Justice Coalition quoted Tambadou as saying at a conclave on ‘Justice and Accountability for the Rohingya’ at the Hague recently.
Bangladesh is hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas and most of them entered Cox’s Bazar since August 25, 2017 amid military crackdown against Rohingyas in Rakhine State.
Tambadou said, “I could smell the stench of genocide from miles away when I visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. It was all too familiar for me, after a decade of interacting with the victims of the Rwandan mass rapes, killings and genocide.”
