Myanmar genocide case can go ahead: UN court

[Black_cats]

Myanmar genocide case can go ahead: UN court​

AFP
The Hague
Published: 22 Jul 2022, 10: 09

The UN's highest court ruled on Friday that a landmark case accusing military-ruled Myanmar of genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims can go ahead.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague threw out all of Myanmar's objections to a case filed by the west African nation of Gambia in 2019.

The decision paves the way for full hearings at the court on allegations over majority-Buddhist Myanmar's bloody 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya.

ICJ president Joan Donoghue said the tribunal "finds that it has jurisdiction... to entertain the application filed by the republic of the Gambia, and that the said application is admissible".

Hundreds of thousands of minority Rohingya fled the southeast Asian country during the operation five years ago, bringing with them harrowing reports of murder, rape and arson.

Around 850,000 Rohingya are languishing in camps in neighbouring Bangladesh while another 600,000 Rohingya remain in Myanmar's southwestern Rakhine state.

Myanmar was originally represented at the ICJ by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, but she was ousted as civilian leader in a coup last year and is now in detention.

Mainly-Muslim Gambia filed the case in November 2019 alleging that Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.

Myanmar's arguments rejected​

Myanmar had argued on several grounds that the court had no jurisdiction in the matter, and should dismiss the case while it is still in its preliminary stages.

But judges unanimously rejected Myanmar's argument that Gambia was acting as a "proxy" of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in the case.

Only states, and not organisations, are allowed to file cases at the ICJ, which has ruled on disputes between countries since just after World War II.

They also unanimously dismissed Myanmar's assertions that Gambia could not file the case because it was not a direct party to the alleged genocide, and that Myanmar had opted out of a relevant part of the genocide convention.

Finally they threw out by 15-1 Myanmar's claim that there was no formal dispute at the time Gambia filed the case, and that the court therefore had no jurisdiction.

It could however take years for full hearings and a final judgment in the case.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared in March that the Myanmar military's violence against the Rohingya amounted to genocide.

The International Criminal Court, a war crimes tribunal based in The Hague, has also launched an investigation into the violence against the Rohingya.

 

[Sage]

So now the ICC remembers that a genocide once took place in Mayanmar.

 

[Bilal9]

So now the ICC remembers that a genocide once took place in Mayanmar.

Does not matter - justice will be served to these thugs in uniform.

What is right is always right. I am very glad that every flimsy excuse the Tatmadaw lawyers had were thrown out unanimously.

In the future I see their SLORC Tatmadaw people sanctioned, their economy suffering and FDI receding, which they justly deserve.

Those who do business with these people must also be punished, if they are subject to UN/ICJ conventions.

The two million refugee Rohingya living in Bangladesh are proof enough of their murder, thuggery and exploitation.

 

[PadmaBridge]

Does not matter - justice will be served to these thugs in uniform.

What is right is always right. I am very glad that every flimsy excuse the Tatmadaw lawyers had were thrown out unanimously.

In the future I see their SLORC Tatmadaw people sanctioned, their economy suffering and FDI receding, which they justly deserve.

Those who do business with these people must also be punished, if they are subject to UN/ICJ conventions.

The two million refugee Rohingya living in Bangladesh are proof enough of their murder, thuggery and exploitation.

White men decide who is guilty and who is innocent.

Rohingyas will only get justice if it’s in the interest of the white men.

Don’t hold your breath!

 

[bluesky]

White men decide who is guilty and who is innocent.

Rohingyas will only get justice if it’s in the interest of the white men.

Don’t hold your breath!

If white men are so bad, why do our black people like you have to come to this Forum with two white flags? It is not only you, but I see many of our BD black men come with white flags with pride in their hearts.

Are not you talking double standard?

 

[PadmaBridge]

If white men are so bad, why do our black people like you have to come to this Forum with two white flags? It is not only you, but I see many of our BD black men come with white flags with pride in their hearts.

Are not you talking double standard?

White men control the world. We have no free will.

If we try to escape their clutch - they will simply take you out.

Look at how US is bullying Bangladesh to join the anti China camp.

Remember how US sent warships to thwart our liberation war?

Remember how Imran Khan was taken out because he wanted Pakistan to be free of US meddling.

Do you not think the CIA helped RAW assassinate Mujib and his family?

Why have Mujib killers found sanctuary in North America?

Muslims lost power to the white men because Muslims were not as ruthless (e.g. genocide in the Americas) as the white men in the Middle Ages. Muslims fell behind due to the superstitious nonsense of the Mullahs!

 

[bluesky]

White men control the world. We have no free will.

If we try to escape their clutch - they will simply take you out.

So, do not complain that our forefathers were stupid not to learn technologies and we have become the slaves of white men.

Regretting is OK but why complain and do nothing to change fate?

Instead of developing and improving our fate with the introduction of science and technologies in our respective (read Muslim) countries, we try to find out some old-time verses to see if our fates have been sealed by God.

 

[UKBengali]

White men control the world. We have no free will.

If we try to escape their clutch - they will simply take you out.

Look at how US is bullying Bangladesh to join the anti China camp.

Remember how US sent warships to thwart our liberation war?

Remember how Imran Khan was taken out because he wanted Pakistan to be free of US meddling.

Do you not think the CIA helped RAW assassinate Mujib and his family?

Why have Mujib killers found sanctuary in North America?

Muslims lost power to the white men because Muslims were not as ruthless (e.g. genocide in the Americas) as the white men in the Middle Ages. Muslims fell behind due to the superstitious nonsense of the Mullahs!

Not for much longer.

By the 2030s the world will be truly multipolar and they will need to learn to behave as equals in world of differences.

 

[PadmaBridge]

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So, do not complain that our forefathers were stupid not to learn technologies and we have become the slaves of white men.

Regretting is OK but why complain and do nothing to change fate?

Instead of developing and improving our fate with the introduction of science and technologies in our respective (read Muslim) countries, we try to find out some old-time verses to see if our fates have been sealed by God.

Our forefathers were stupid for sure.

But our peers are no better!

Believing in nonsensical concepts such as “democracy”!

Which the west peddles but cunningly never practice.

West is the lez chara shial.
But we are too stupid to call it out.

 

[bluesky]

Not for much longer.

By the 2030s the world will be truly multipolar and they will need to learn to behave as equals in world of differences.

Whatever happens according to your great prophecy, black people including Bangladeshis and Africans will be suffering from the disease of non-learning of technologies.

After your 2030, whites and yellows will be ruling. By the way, the yellow Japanese have been ruling since the 1860s. Japanese are bonafide whites. Add Koreans, Taiwanese, Chinese, and Singaporeans to the list.

They will be dominating and people who are born with ugly faces, features, physiques, and minds as you are will be ruled by the whites and yellows.

So, what makes you so elegant talking about 2030? You will remain a natural idiot for the rest of your life.

 

[VikingRaider]

White men decide who is guilty and who is innocent.

Rohingyas will only get justice if it’s in the interest of the white men.

Don’t hold your breath!

Since white supremacy of 500+ years is coming to an end , so the drama is plotted!

All issue will be suppressed again if Russia fall back in Ukraine war!

Our forefathers were stupid for sure.

But our peers are no better!

Believing in nonsensical concepts such as “democracy”!

Which the west peddles but cunningly never practice.

West is the lez chara shial.
But we are too stupid to call it out.

The main imbecile were Mughal who let the British start their business in subcontinent! After settlement of these white supremacists, the world had changed permanently!

 

[Bilal9]

Hentai mama again going on racist rant... God this man lives with ugly japanese people whilst calling other races ugly and the fool really thinks he's above everyone else lmao.. what to expect from faridpuira bal pakna...


This bal pakna's only achievement in life was to sneak on a ship to japan,.. contributed nothing to Bangladesh but is the first to critique... classless peasant



shala glorified mistri

Bhai gali dia ki luv? "ignore" korey den bhai. That way you don't see his posts. Moner jhal mitano ki ek barey jai? Manusher mukh o to bondho kora jai na....

And I'd say the same to @bluesky bhai.

 

[UKBengali]

Hentai mama again going on racist rant... God this man lives with ugly japanese people whilst calling other races ugly and the fool really thinks he's above everyone else lmao.. what to expect from faridpuira bal pakna...


This bal pakna's only achievement in life was to sneak on a ship to japan,.. contributed nothing to Bangladesh but is the first to critique... classless peasant



shala glorified mistri

I think calling Japanese people ugly is racist in itself.

We should refrain from slurring a whole nation because of some guy who lashes out in anger as no-one credible listens to anything he says.

 

[bluesky]

White men control the world. We have no free will.

If we try to escape their clutch - they will simply take you out.

Look at how US is bullying Bangladesh to join the anti China camp.

Remember how US sent warships to thwart our liberation war?

Remember how Imran Khan was taken out because he wanted Pakistan to be free of US meddling.

Do you not think the CIA helped RAW assassinate Mujib and his family?

Why have Mujib killers found sanctuary in North America?

Muslims lost power to the white men because Muslims were not as ruthless (e.g. genocide in the Americas) as the white men in the Middle Ages. Muslims fell behind due to the superstitious nonsense of the Mullahs!

Weak people are naturally dominated and ruled by strong people. A nation remains weak because its people are fatalist and are unable to acquire knowledge. BD and Afghanistan are two such nations where ignorance is termed as virtue.

 

[bluesky]

I think calling Japanese people ugly is racist in itself.

We should refrain from slurring a whole nation because of some guy who lashes out in anger as no-one credible listens to anything he says.

It is you who does not have a sense or brain to understand what I say about the past, present and future of BD.

You will lose your falsehood after the next fair election. Hasina and BAL will be out and you will lose the strength of your tongue to speak the future.

Wait for the day. And ask Hasina Bibi to leave BD. Military is waiting to hang her for the Pilkhana conspiracy that killed 57 officers.