2023-11-17 03:32:46
The Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom and Germany want humanitarian intervention in Burma in the face of the genocide of the Rohingya, an ethnic minority living in the west of the country. This is what these six countries announced to the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC), according to a press release from this body published Thursday.
The announcement follows legal action filed in 2019 by The Gambia once morest Burma under the Genocide Convention. According to the African country, Burmese security forces are guilty of widespread and systematic “purges” once morest the Rohingya. The Gambia also claims that “the genocidal acts committed during these operations were aimed at destroying all or part of the Rohingya as a group through mass murder, rape and other forms of sexual violence.” »
The Gambia further claims that Rohingya villages are systematically destroyed by arson, with residents often trapped in burning homes. According to the Center for International Law (CIR), the Burmese government continues to believe that these actions are justified by the fight once morest terrorism.
In 2005, United Nations member states, including Burma, adopted the principle of the “responsibility to protect”, which gives the international community the right to engage in humanitarian intervention in emergency situations. acute, such as genocides.
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