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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025
Canada, Netherlands intend to assist Gambia in ICJ against Myanmar

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10 December, 2019, 08:55 am
Last modified: 10 December, 2019, 12:56 pm

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Canada, Netherlands intend to assist Gambia in ICJ against Myanmar

Gambia on November 11 filed the case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Rohingyas seeking the global court’s urgent interventions “to stop Myanmar’s genocidal conduct immediately”

BSS/AFP
10 December, 2019, 08:55 am
Last modified: 10 December, 2019, 12:56 pm
Representatives of the Rohingya community, with Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Abubacarr M. Tambadou, left, listen to testimony during a news conference in The Hague on Monday. Photo: Collected
Representatives of the Rohingya community, with Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Abubacarr M. Tambadou, left, listen to testimony during a news conference in The Hague on Monday. Photo: Collected

Canada and the Netherlands have expressed their intention to jointly assist Gambia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the top global court is set to start hearing from today on Rohingya genocide drawing Myanmar to dock.

The ICJ in The Hague of the Netherlands will hold the three-day hearing with the Gambia being the complainant on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

In a join Joint statement today, Canada and the Netherlands said they will explore all options to support and assist the Gambia in order to uphold international accountability and prevent impunity.

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"The Genocide Convention embodies the solemn pledge to prevent the crime of genocide and hold those responsible to account. Canada and the Netherlands consider it their obligation to support the Gambia before the ICJ, as it should concern all of humanity," read the statement, issued simultaneously by the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Canada and the Netherlands.

IT said Canada and the Netherlands welcome the Gambia's application before the ICJ against Myanmar on the alleged violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention).

"We call upon all State Parties to the Genocide Convention to support the Gambia in its efforts to address these violations," both the countries made the urge through the statement.

In 2017, it said the world witnessed an exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya from Rakhine State who sought refuge from targeted violence, mass murder, and sexual and gender-based violence by Myanmar security forces, the very people who should have protected them.

Mentioning that for decades the Rohingyas have suffered systemic discrimination and exclusion, marred by waves of abhorrent violence, it said these include crimes that constitute acts described in Article II of the Genocide Convention.

The statement referred these facts have been corroborated by several investigations, including those conducted by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar and human rights organizations.

"In light of this evidence, Canada and the Kingdom of the Netherlands strongly believe this is a matter that is rightfully brought to the ICJ, so that it can provide judgment on whether acts of genocide have been committed," said the statement.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who once drew global supports for her fight against injustice in Myanmar and won the Nobel Peace Prize, arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday, to defend her country's record during three days of hearings.

She would head a team of counsels on Naypyidaw's behalf while Gambia's Attorney General and Justice Minister Abubacarr Marie Tambadou would lead a panel of lawyers on the other hand.

Gambia on November 11 filed the case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Rohingyas seeking the global court's urgent interventions "to stop Myanmar's genocidal conduct immediately".

The West African state said it was acting on behalf of the 57-nation OIC in bringing the case against Myanmar before the ICJ.

According to ICJ, Gambia would made its first round of oral observations tomorrow while the Myanmar side would place its first round of oral observations on Wednesday.

The Gambian and the Myanmar sides would present their second round of oral observations respectively in the morning and in the afternoon on Thursday.

A Bangladesh delegation, led by Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque, including representatives from civil society left here for The Hague as observers to witness the hearing from the sidelines.

A foreign ministry official preferring anonymity told BSS that Bangladesh delegation would watch and listen to the hearing but make no statement.

Bangladesh and Gambia are both OIC member states while all the three countries including Myanmar are signatories to the 1948 Genocide Convention.

The convention prohibits states from committing genocide and simultaneously compels all signatory states to prevent and punish the crime of genocide.

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