World Court Orders Interim Protection for Myanmar’s Rohingya
- Aung San Suu Kyi says war crimes ‘may have been committed’
- As many as 740,000 Rohingya were forced to flee to Bangladesh
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The International Court of Justice has ordered the implementation of emergency measures to protect Myanmar’s minority Muslim Rohingya population from genocide, ruling on a request by The Gambia on Thursday.
The Muslim-majority African country has accused Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention using so-called “clearance operations” that began in earnest in 2017, resulting in the deaths and rapes of thousands of Rohingya living in western Rakhine State. As many as 740,000 Rohingya were forced to flee for their lives across the border to Bangladesh.