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Rohingya women from Myanmar, in Bangladesh.
How Argentina deals with sexual crimes against the Rohingya
9 May 2025 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
An Argentine court ordered arrest warrants against Myanmar’s military leadership for genocide against the Rohingya community. But why do we need Argentina when several international institutions are already involved?
Putin, Netanyahu, al-Assad, Jammeh, Hasina, Akhundzada, Bozizé, al-Bashir, Hlaing, Mengistu: the ten heads of state wanted by international justice. Illustration: portraits of the 10 heads of state on a map of the world and a ‘wanted’ stamp. Putin, Netanyahu and the others: ten wanted heads of state
17 February 2025 by Golnouche K. Barzegar
It's a very exclusive club, and here is its world map. The club of heads of state wanted for international crimes. There are ten of them. At the top of this ‘wanted list’ are those accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity [...]
Myanmar - International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for General Min Aung Hlaing. Photo: The Burmese Head of State standing in uniform in a vehicle during a military parade. ICC: it's Burma's No. 1's turn
27 November 2024 by AFP
After Putin and Netanyahu, it's now the head of Myanmar's military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, who is accused of crimes against humanity by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). On November 27, Karim Khan asked for [...]
A group of Rohingya Muslim refugees are closely gathered, hoping to be called to recieve food aid of rice, water, and cooking oil in a relief centre at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. Uncovering Myanmar’s atrocities
15 April 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Nick Koumjian has been the head of the UN's International Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) since 2018. He is the guest in this podcast by our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts. The IIMM is not only collecting evidence of [...]
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3 years after the coup in Myanmar: what justice? Photo: soldiers stand guard on a blockaded road to parliament (February 1, 2021).
1 February 2024 by Julia Crawford
Three years after the coup, hopes of justice for Myanmar? February 1 marks three years since the coup in Myanmar, where the military regime is accused of widespread abuses against civilians. It is also more than six years since 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee to Bangladesh. With the [...]
Universal jurisdiction (podcast) - Rohingya refugee woman from Myanmar in a camp in Bangladesh
1 May 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Has universal jurisdiction come of age? “It seems like every week, across a variety of situations, there’s a new universal jurisdiction case. We used to count case by case to see how this phenomenon was growing. Now we wonder whether it’s a standard response by victims’ [...]
14 October 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Is there a right methodology to document war crimes in Myanmar, Syria, Iraq or Ukraine? “Don’t over document” warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan in a recent meeting held in The Hague with Eurojust, in an address to civil society organizations, referring to situations in Myanmar, Syria [...]
A man speaks into a microphone, on a platform, surrounded by a crowd. He raises his fist in front of a banner that reads,
25 August 2022 by Julia Crawford
Five years after the crackdown on Rohingya, “it’s getting worse and worse” With one million Rohingya still in Bangladesh refugee camps and increased violence after the military coup last year, justice efforts for Myanmar are still in their early stages. But the UN body in Geneva that is gathering evidenc [...]
Chines judge Hangin Xue and other ICJ judges
26 July 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
ICJ admits genocide case against Myanmar On July 22, the International Court of Justice rejected Myanmar's arguments that it lacked jurisdiction over charges brought against the Burmese government by Gambia. Almost three years after the case was filed, the court will now [...]
Protesters step on portraits of Myanmar's armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
11 February 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Legal battlefields on Myanmar Multiple and very diverse procedures are undergoing to address the crimes committed against Myanmar’s Rohingyas. The proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are back in the spotlight but there is a knotty issue [...]
Tun Khin and Tomás Ojea Quintana walk side by side
10 December 2021 by Christine Chaumeau
Argentina comes to the aid of Myanmar Rohingya On November 26, the Argentine judiciary decided to open an investigation into the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Since the Myanmar military’s coup on February 1, 2021, a new common fro [...]
Protesters against the military coup in Yangon
12 March 2021 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
How the military coup in Myanmar impacts international justice A year ago Aung San Suu Kyi was in The Hague defending Myanmar against accusations of genocide before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Now she is under house arrest following a military coup last month. What does the coup [...]
28 September 2020 by Julia Crawford
Myanmar Mechanism knocking at Naypyidaw’s door The UN’s new evidence-gathering body on international crimes in Myanmar, launched a year ago, announced it has started to share information in the Rohingya genocide case before the International Court of Justice, including with th [...]
23 January 2020 by AFP
Rohingya: Myanmar loses first round The International Court of Justice calls on Myanmar to take "all measures" within its power to stop the grave violence against the Rohingya community. This is a first setback for Myanmar, which is accused of genocide by the Gambia [...]
19 December 2019 by Julia Crawford
Myanmar: the UN body is building up, and watching The latest evidence gathering body, located in Geneva, is for Myanmar. It is one of the United Nations’ “International, Impartial, Investigative Mechanisms”. How is this new body progressing and what can be expected of it? Justice [...]
10 December 2019 by Joseph Powderly
Does “the lady doth protest” mark the beginning of Myanmar’s reckoning? The hearings start on Tuesday, 10 December. Aung San Suu Kyi is in The Hague, to defend Myanmar against charges of genocide filed by The Gambia to protect the Rohingya before the International Court of Justice. In a bitterly ironi [...]
11 November 2019 by Janet H. Anderson
Stop genocide against the Rohingya, Gambia asks the ICJ Gambia today referred Myanmar to the International Court of Justice, accusing it of committing genocide against the Rohingya minority, on behalf of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation's 57 Muslim-majority states. The action i [...]
4 February 2019 by Janet H. Anderson
Liking genocide on Facebook The social media network Facebook is 15 years old today. The role of the platform in fueling hate speech has been widely discussed recently. At the heart of it was the case of Myanmar, where Facebook was used in the campaign to fo [...]
18 December 2018 by Luke Svasti
Rohingya: A genocide a century in the making While the Rohingya crisis has reached unprecedented levels of harm, it is often attributed to, and publicly understood, as a consequence of Myanmar’s limiting 1982 citizenship law. This short paper argues that the crisis isn’t sim [...]
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