The Gambia v. Myanmar

E92421
case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide contentious case before the International Court of Justice international court case

The Gambia v. Myanmar is an ongoing case before the International Court of Justice in which The Gambia accuses Myanmar of violating the Genocide Convention through its treatment of the Rohingya population.

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Surface form Occurrences
International Court of Justice case against Myanmar 1
The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
contentious case before the International Court of Justice ⓘ
international court case ⓘ
allegedVictimGroup Rohingya ⓘ
alleges causing serious bodily and mental harm to Rohingya ⓘ
deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Rohingya ⓘ
forcible displacement of Rohingya ⓘ
imposition of measures intended to prevent births within the Rohingya group ⓘ
killings of Rohingya ⓘ
widespread and systematic attacks against the Rohingya population ⓘ
applicantState The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
concernsEventsFrom 2016 ⓘ
2017 ⓘ
concernsEventsIn Rakhine State ⓘ
surface form: Rakhine State, Myanmar
court International Court of Justice ⓘ
dateApplicationFiled 2019-11-11 ⓘ
filedBy Organization of Islamic Cooperation member state The Gambia ⓘ
hasShortName The Gambia v. Myanmar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ)
includesPhase merits phase ⓘ
preliminary objections phase ⓘ
provisional measures phase ⓘ
jurisdictionInvokedUnder Article 9 of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
surface form: Article IX of the Genocide Convention
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis GenocideConvention1948 ⓘ
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
placeOfFiling Peace Palace ⓘ
surface form: Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
proceedingType contentious proceedings ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresContent Myanmar must ensure that its military and any irregular armed units do not commit genocidal acts against the Rohingya ⓘ
Myanmar must preserve evidence relating to alleged genocidal acts ⓘ
Myanmar must submit periodic reports to the ICJ on implementation of provisional measures ⓘ
Myanmar must take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of acts under Article II of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresOrderDate 2020-01-23 ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresOrderedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresRequestedBy The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedInstrument Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo Rohingya refugee crisis ⓘ
United Nations fact-finding mission on Myanmar ⓘ
respondentState Myanmar ⓘ
seeks assurances and guarantees of non-repetition ⓘ
cessation of alleged genocidal acts ⓘ
declaration of Myanmar’s responsibility under the Genocide Convention ⓘ
reparations for Rohingya victims ⓘ
status ongoing ⓘ
subjectMatter alleged genocide against the Rohingya ⓘ
alleged violations of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
attempt to commit genocide ⓘ
complicity in genocide ⓘ
direct and public incitement to commit genocide ⓘ
discriminatory state policies against the Rohingya ⓘ
failure to prevent genocide ⓘ
failure to punish genocide ⓘ
supportedBy Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Gambia v. Myanmar → hasShortName → The Gambia v. Myanmar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ)
Rohingya → subjectOf → The Gambia v. Myanmar ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Court of Justice case against Myanmar
Article IX → usedInCase → The Gambia v. Myanmar ⓘ
subject surface form: Article IX (Genocide Convention)