The World Court started to hear preliminary arguments on Monday in a case brought against Myanmar demanding that it halt alleged acts of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, with representatives of the junta representing Myanmar.
Presiding Judge Joan Donoghue only briefly addressed the debate over who has the right to represent the Southeast Asian country at the U.N. court after the military took power a year ago.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMonday is the first of four days of hearing discussing the junta's objections to the jurisdiction of the court, formally known as the International Court of Justice . A decision could take months to reach.
Gambia claims that Myanmar has violated the Genocide Convention, citing events in 2017 when more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown. A U.N. fact-finding mission concluded that the military campaign had included "genocidal acts". Ko Ko Hlaing is minister for international cooperation for the junta. He briefly introduced Myanmar's case and assured the court the military government wants to cooperate with the judges.
At a press conference arranged outside the court, the foreign minister of the National Unity Government called on judges not to recognise junta representatives."The court should discontinue the current hearing and proceed to the merits," Zin Mar Aung said by video link.
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