Myanmar's Rohingya minority was deliberately targeted by the country's military in a bid to destroy the community, the International Court of Justice was told Monday, as it began a genocide hearing.
"It is not about esoteric issues of international law. It is about real people, real stories and a real group of human beings. The Rohingya of Myanmar. They have been targeted for destruction," Gambia's Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the ICJ judges.
The Gambia brought the case accusing Myanmar of breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention during a crackdown in 2017.
Legal experts are watching closely as it could give clues for how the court will handle s
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