World Court orders Myanmar to impose measures to protect Rohingya

[bd_4_ever]

The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take sweeping provisional measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population and avoid acts that could constitute genocide.


In a victory for Gambia, which filed the case accusing Myanmar of genocide, the panel of 17 judges unanimously supported imposing measures on Myanmar to protect any evidence of crimes that could be used by the court in later hearings.

The Rohingya remain "at serious risk of genocide," the court found, ordering Myanmar to report back within four months on the steps it had taken to comply with its decision.


https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/202...iminary-jurisdiction-in-myanmar-genocide-case

 

[UKBengali]

Noose just tightens more against savages.

 

[ARMalik]

Myanmar is NOT a member of the ICC. Hence ICC has no jurisdiction.

 

[bluesky]

The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take sweeping provisional measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population and avoid acts that could constitute genocide.


In a victory for Gambia, which filed the case accusing Myanmar of genocide, the panel of 17 judges unanimously supported imposing measures on Myanmar to protect any evidence of crimes that could be used by the court in later hearings.

The Rohingya remain "at serious risk of genocide," the court found, ordering Myanmar to report back within four months on the steps it had taken to comply with its decision.


https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/202...iminary-jurisdiction-in-myanmar-genocide-case

I am surprised how fast the Court has given a verdict. I read someone telling it takes many years to get one. Burma, do not take back Rohingya, just give Arakan to them. The crime will then be vindicated. After all, Arakan was an independent kingdom. The Bamars have occupied it and has now expelled the legal citizens.

Burma, hands out of Arakan. Arakan belongs to Rohingya. @Aung Zaya, read wiki below and wash your Bamar brain:

"The history of Rakhine is divided into 7 parts - the independent kingdoms of Dhanyawadi, Waithali, Lemro, Mrauk U, Burmese occupation from 1784 to 1826, British rule from 1826 to 1948 and as a part of independent Burma from 1948".

 

[Indos]

If Rohingya problem doesnt emerge and Myanmar treat Rohingya better, Myanmar will become a respected country as it has joined an elite democratic nations club.

 

[Abu Shaleh Rumi]

If Rohingya problem doesnt emerge and Myanmar treat Rohingya better, Myanmar will become a respected country as it has joined an elite democratic nations club.

About Rohingya issue, these burmese will eat their own vomit and scream its yummy!

And about their so called democracy, I dont know how a country that has parliamentary seat reservations for its military can claim itself a democracy...

 

[Indos]

About Rohingya issue, these burmese will eat their own vomit and scream its yummy!

And about their so called democracy, I dont know how a country that has parliamentary seat reservations for its military can claim itself a democracy...

I think they need transition period, so having some parliament seats for military is not something strange for any new democratic nation which has long history under military regime. Indonesia did the same thing from 1998 until 2004 before we eliminate military parliament seats entirely.

 

[Abu Shaleh Rumi]

I think they need transition period, so having some parliament seats for military is not something strange for any new democratic nation which has long history under military regime. Indonesia did the same thing from 1998 until 2004 before we eliminate military parliament seats entirely.

Lets see...

 

[Michael Corleone]

Myanmar is NOT a member of the ICC. Hence ICC has no jurisdiction.

Then they had no reason to send their delegations and by doing so they effectively agrees to being a member state

 

[bluesky]

Myanmar is NOT a member of the ICC. Hence ICC has no jurisdiction.

No criminal offender is a member of the Court or Judicial systems. Yet, they have to accept the Court verdicts.

 

[ARMalik]

No criminal offender is a member of the Court or Judicial systems. Yet, they have to accept the Court verdicts.

No, they don't have to accept anything dude but obviously you do not know the basics of criminal law. Example, It is like you, a BD citizen sitting in BD, being trialed in UK with or without your knowledge, and declaring you a criminal and putting you in jail for 20 years.

 

[Michael Corleone]

No, they don't have to accept anything dude but obviously you do not know the basics of criminal law. Example, It is like you, a BD citizen sitting in BD, being trialed in UK with or without your knowledge, and declaring you a criminal and putting you in jail for 20 years.

Then as long as their isn’t a deal between my country of residence and UK... I can’t be apprehended. But in case of countries it’s different. They’ll face economic pressure etc

 

[ARMalik]

Then as long as their isn’t a deal between my country of residence and UK... I can’t be apprehended. But in case of countries it’s different. They’ll face economic pressure etc

No it is NOT. You need to get your understanding of basics right first before you keep babbling on with this nonsense.

 

[mmr]

The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take sweeping provisional measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population and avoid acts that could constitute genocide.


In a victory for Gambia, which filed the case accusing Myanmar of genocide, the panel of 17 judges unanimously supported imposing measures on Myanmar to protect any evidence of crimes that could be used by the court in later hearings.

The Rohingya remain "at serious risk of genocide," the court found, ordering Myanmar to report back within four months on the steps it had taken to comply with its decision.


https://bdnews24.com/neighbours/202...iminary-jurisdiction-in-myanmar-genocide-case

This is just beginning. Myanmar about to lose EBA. Trump admin will announce full ban of its citizens to enter usa.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rt.com/usa/478838-trump-travel-ban-muslim/amp/


Myanmar is ever more dependent on china and Chinese will take as much advantage they can get from Myanmar.

This rule will keep up pressure on Myanmar further. Good job OIC. For once they did something useful.

 

[Black_cats]

Myanmar Rohingya: Government rejects ICJ ruling

• 23 January 2020
  
• Asia

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Image captionMore than half a million Muslims are still believed to live in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Myanmar has responded defiantly to a ruling by the UN's top court ordering measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it presented a "distorted picture of the situation".

Thousands of Rohingya died and more than 700,000 fled to Bangladesh during an army crackdown in 2017.

The measures imposed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding and not subject to appeal.

However the ICJ has no way of enforcing them.

The case was lodged by the African Muslim majority nation of The Gambia. The ruling warned that genocidal actions could recur.

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Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its own commission, the Independent Commission of Enquiry, found that there had been no genocide in Rakhine state. However it did say that war crimes had occurred, and were being investigated and prosecuted by Myanmar's national criminal justice system.

It also blamed condemnation by "human rights actors" for affecting Myanmar's bilateral relations with some countries.

"This has hampered Myanmar's ability to lay the foundation for sustainable development in Rakhine," it added in a statement.

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Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist state, has always insisted that its military campaign was waged to tackle an extremist threat in Rakhine state.

During her defence statement at the court in The Hague, Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi described the violence as an "internal armed conflict" triggered by Rohingya militant attacks on government security posts.

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What did the court say?
The panel of 17 judges at the ICJ on Thursday voted unanimously to order Myanmar to take "all measures within its power" to prevent genocide , which they said the Rohingya remained at serious risk of.

These include the prevention of killing and "causing serious bodily or mental harm" to members of the group, as well as preserving evidence of possible genocide that has already occurred.

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Presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said Myanmar should report back within four months on how it was implementing the ruling.

Video captionRohingya refugee: "They killed my family in front of me"

What now for Aung San Suu Kyi?
By Nick Beake, Myanmar correspondent, BBC News

This judgment has surely obliterated any remnants of Aung San Suu Kyi's international reputation.

Remember, she didn't have to go to The Hague and become the embodiment of Myanmar's defence. She chose to argue, in person, there was no mass murder, rape or arson.

Even her biggest critics used to acknowledge she doesn't control the still powerful Burmese army, but now she has destroyed the firewall between her and the generals by trying - and failing - to justify their actions.

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What has been the reaction?
Rohingya groups have welcomed the decision.

"Today's ruling by the ICJ is a crucial moment for Rohingya justice, and vindication for those of us who have lived through this genocide for decades," tweeted Tun Khin, president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK.

"The court's decision clearly shows that it takes the allegations of genocide seriously, and that Myanmar's hollow attempts to deny these have fallen on deaf ears."

Human rights organisation Amnesty International said the decision sent a message that the world would not tolerate Myanmar's "atrocities".

Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou, who led the prosecution, said he was "very, very pleased".

Video captionThe BBC saw the remains of burned villages on a tightly controlled government trip to Rakhine state
But some Burmese people responding to a BBC Facebook live broadcast were scathing of the court and its judges.

"This is not a fair and just ruling. I would like to speak on behalf of the Myanmar people that those judges are blind. They are deaf. They do not know the real situation in the country," said Nu Yimwin.

Kyaw Myint Oo described the ruling as a tragic day for the country: "Our situation is like being a prey gradually strangled by a python and eventually we will be forced to give in to all their demands."

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said: "We hope good sense will prevail in Myanmar and they will take back all the Rohingya refugees and provide them security."

What is the background to the case?

The Rohingya, who numbered about one million in Myanmar at the start of 2017, are one of the many ethnic minorities in the country. Rohingya Muslims are the largest community of Muslims in Myanmar, with the majority living in Rakhine state.

But Myanmar's government denies them citizenship, refusing to recognise them as a people and seeing them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

Waves of Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh over the decades but their latest exodus began on 25 August 2017 after militants from a Rohingya insurgent group called Arsa launched deadly attacks on more than 30 police posts.

Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh said they had fled after troops, backed by local Buddhist mobs, responded by burning their villages and attacking and killing civilians.

The government claims that "clearance operations" against the militants ended on 5 September 2017, but analysis of satellite imagery by Human Rights Watch suggests hundreds of villages were destroyed after August that year.

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