The International Court of Justice rejected Myanmar’s preliminary objections in the case brought by The Gambia under the Genocide Convention. The decision allowed the interstate accountability process concerning the Rohingya to proceed to the merits. It strengthened a legal avenue for a persecuted Muslim minority without itself deciding whether genocide had been committed.
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What was the effect of the ICJ’s Rohingya decision in July 2022?
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Rejecting preliminary objections allowed the interstate case to proceed. It did not decide the merits or convict individual defendants.
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