Myanmar Faces Genocide Hearings at The Hague
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:00 am
Aung San is currently in Europe to face charges against her military goverment on charges of genocide against the Rohingya.
Looking at reports over the past 2 years i'd say her government is guilty of many things including murder, mass rape and destruction of property , but it will be hard to prove genocide. Even if found guilty, nothing will be done. Bangladesh has tried twice to get the Rohingya's around Cox bazaar to return home, but none are willing to go back as they do not feel safe or believe the Tatmadaw, ( Burmese military) will not do it all over again.
https://theworldnewstoday.com/myanmar-f ... the-hague/
If interested read this Reuters report
Looking at reports over the past 2 years i'd say her government is guilty of many things including murder, mass rape and destruction of property , but it will be hard to prove genocide. Even if found guilty, nothing will be done. Bangladesh has tried twice to get the Rohingya's around Cox bazaar to return home, but none are willing to go back as they do not feel safe or believe the Tatmadaw, ( Burmese military) will not do it all over again.
During three days of hearings starting Dec. 10, it will ask the 16-member panel of U.N. judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose “provisional measures” to protect the Rohingya before the case can be heard in full.
More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2017 military crackdown, which U.N. investigators found in August to have been carried out with “genocidal intent.” Myanmar vehemently denies allegations of genocide.
The office of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize laureate, has said she will lead her country’s defense personally. Myanmar’s legal team is expected to argue that genocide did not occur, that the top U.N. court lacks jurisdiction and that the case fails to meet a requirement that a dispute exists between Myanmar and Gambia.
“But in law genocidal intent has to be established beyond reasonable doubt. It shouldn’t be confused with personal motive prompting actions of a perpetrator. There must be sufficient evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, a policy to destroy the group.”
Myanmar has previously denied almost all allegations made by refugees against its troops, including of mass rape, killings and arson. It says the army was engaged in a legitimate counterterrorism operation against Rohingya militants.
The U.N. investigators concluded that sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 indicated the military intended to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority.
https://theworldnewstoday.com/myanmar-f ... the-hague/
If interested read this Reuters report
https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN1YD0M5THE HAGUE/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Human rights campaigners supporting Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority on Monday called for a global boycott of the country, a day before genocide hearings begin at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
On Monday the Netherlands and Canada put out a joint statement in support of Gambia, the tiny, mainly Muslim West African country that filed the suit in which the Buddhist-majority Myanmar is accused of genocide against its
Rohingya Muslim minority.
During three days of hearings, Gambia’s legal team will ask the 17-member panel of U.N judges at the ICJ to impose “provisional measures” to protect the Rohingya before the case can be heard in full.