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A landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against minority Muslim Rohingya yesterday opened at the UN’s top court. It is the first genocide case the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is to hear in full in more than a decade. The outcome …

The United Nations’ top court has begun hearing a landmark genocide case accusing Myanmar of trying to wipe out its Rohingya Muslim minority. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague was told on Monday that Myanmar’s military used “horrific …

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A pivotal legal battle accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority opened at the United Nations' highest judicial body, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Monday, January 12, 2026. This …

MYANMAR heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began today. Gambia first filed the case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2019 …

Open this photo in gallery:Myanmar representative Ko Ko Hlaing attends the first day of two weeks of hearings in a landmark genocide case brought to the International Court of Justice by Gambia. Myanmar is accused of committing genocide against the …

… on Monday. The West African country The Gambia first filed the … 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention. The Southeast Asian … In his opening statements, Gambian Justice Minister Dawda Jallow … said. A finding of genocide would bolster the ongoing …

ShareSave Many Rohingya have fled Myanmar, ending up in neighbouring Bangladesh and in other Asian countries Myanmar wanted to erase the Rohingya people through its use of "genocidal policies", The Gambia's foreign minister Dawda Jallow has …

By Staff, Agencies The International Court of Justice [ICJ] is set to begin hearings in a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Muslim Rohingya population. Proceedings at the UN’s highest court are scheduled to start at 0900 GMT …

… case involving the alleged genocide committed by the Myanmar … to Dawda Jallow, Gambian Justice Minister, who presented … winner defined the genocide accusations presented by Gambia as “incomplete … to deny the genocide accusations, the National Unity …