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What genocide allegations did The Gambia bring against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice?
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Freight train tracks leading to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nazi Germany's largest concentration camp, near Oświęcim, Poland.
In 2019, The Gambia filed a lawsuit against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging that the country committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.1
The allegations center on the systematic persecution of the Rohingya people by Myanmar’s security forces, particularly during brutal crackdowns in 2016 and 2017. These actions included widespread human rights violations such as killings, beatings, and rape, which forced more than 800,000 Rohingya to flee the country. The Gambia’s case asserts that these acts were committed with the intent to destroy the group, a core element of the legal definition of genocide.21