{"id":5825,"date":"2024-03-30T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:50:09","slug":"accountability-for-crimes-against-the-rohingya-strategic-litigation-in-the-international-court-of-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"Accountability for Crimes Against the Rohingya: Strategic Litigation in the International Court of Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5825\" class=\"elementor elementor-5825\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-300ea04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"300ea04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40c116c\" data-id=\"40c116c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c454a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c454a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/prof-michael-ramsden\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michael Ramsden<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssrn.com\/index.cfm\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Social Science and Research Network<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January 21, 2021\/Hong Kong<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Article<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">24<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3768924\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3768924<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b>Keywords:\u00a0 <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">War Crimes, Strategic Litigation, The Genocide Convention.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strategic litigation is a popular tool for campaigners against ongoing crimes, as the use of strategic litigation provides not only judicial resolution but accountability prevents crimes from continuing. In this way, even cases which are not concluded could change a case\u2019s theoretical framework. The author uses the case of Gambia v. Myanmar as an example of how Gambia represents the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as a proxy. Under the Genocide Convention, the OIC has campaigned against Myanmar\u2019s treatment of the Rohingya; but Gambia brought Myanmar to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to account for its crime. The important point was the reframing of the case as a non-security problem, as Gambia reframed it under the Genocide Convention. By doing thus, the ICJ took some actions against Myanmar.\u00a0 Therefore, the OIC used strategic litigation as a tool against Myanmar to answer for the genocide. In this way, even if the case takes years to conclude, the ICJ has ordered some provisional measures in order to compel Myanmar to reform its actions. The use of strategic litigation helps campaigners\u2019 efforts against atrocious crimes. The author believes in strategic litigation\u2019s effectiveness in these kinds of cases; but after the Court ordered provisional measures, Myanmar did not go beyond diplomatic means and denial to escape accountability.<\/span><\/p><p><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Esra Ibrahima\u011faoglu, CIGA Research Intern<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Michael Ramsden Affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Organization\/Publisher: Social Science and Research Network Date\/Place: January 21, 2021\/Hong Kong Type of Literature: Article Number of Pages: 24 Link: https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3768924 Keywords:\u00a0 War Crimes, Strategic Litigation, The Genocide Convention.\u00a0\u00a0 Brief: Strategic litigation is a popular tool for campaigners against ongoing crimes, as the use of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-and-southeast-asia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice.jpg",800,480,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice-768x461.jpg",768,461,true],"large":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice.jpg",800,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice.jpg",800,480,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Accountability-for-Crimes-Against-the-Rohingya-Strategic-Litigation-in-the-International-Court-of-Justice.jpg",800,480,false]},"author_info":{"info":["CIGA Staff"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?cat=34\" rel=\"category\">South &amp; 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