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.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Gambia v. Myanmar Context triple: [Article IX (Genocide Convention), usedInCase, The Gambia v. Myanmar]
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A.
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the landmark International Criminal Court case in which Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga was tried and convicted for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting child soldiers.
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B.
Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice
The Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice is a smaller, specially constituted body of the Court designed to handle certain cases more expeditiously than the full bench.
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C.
Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is the management and legislative oversight body of the International Criminal Court, composed of representatives of the treaty’s member states.
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D.
INS v. Chadha
INS v. Chadha is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the legislative veto as unconstitutional, significantly reshaping the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch.
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E.
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015)
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) is a landmark International Court of Justice case in which the Court adjudicated mutual genocide claims arising from the 1990s Yugoslav wars and clarified key aspects of state responsibility under the Genocide Convention.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Gambia v. Myanmar Target entity description: 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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A.
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the landmark International Criminal Court case in which Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga was tried and convicted for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting child soldiers.
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B.
Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice
The Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice is a smaller, specially constituted body of the Court designed to handle certain cases more expeditiously than the full bench.
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C.
Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is the management and legislative oversight body of the International Criminal Court, composed of representatives of the treaty’s member states.
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D.
INS v. Chadha
INS v. Chadha is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the legislative veto as unconstitutional, significantly reshaping the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch.
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E.
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015)
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) is a landmark International Court of Justice case in which the Court adjudicated mutual genocide claims arising from the 1990s Yugoslav wars and clarified key aspects of state responsibility under the Genocide Convention.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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 ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| 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
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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
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Gambia v. Myanmar Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Article IX (Genocide Convention)
this entity surface form:
International Court of Justice case against Myanmar
this entity surface form:
The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ)
this entity surface form:
The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ, provisional measures, 2020)
subject surface form:
The Gambia
this entity surface form:
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)