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Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice: the Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar and its domestic ramifications
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract The recent decision by The Gambia to file a genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has directed international attention again towards Rakhine State in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya people have faced discrimination and persecution for decades. What took many ... view more
The recent decision by The Gambia to file a genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has directed international attention again towards Rakhine State in western Myanmar, where the Rohingya people have faced discrimination and persecution for decades. What took many observers by surprise was the announcement by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi that she would be travelling to The Hague to personally "defend the national interest" and thus, by extension, the actions of her former nemesis. After all, she had enjoyed broad international support precisely for her role as leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and her democratic, non-violent opposition against the military dictatorship. These developments, we argue, must be understood against a wider rollback of the democratisation process. The rollback is at least partly being orchestrated by Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD, and it could bode ill especially for the ethnic minorities in the country. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Gambia; International Court of Justice; human rights violation; genocide; Myanmar; ethnic group; minority
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit; Rohingya; Aung San Suu Kyi; Innenpolitische Faktoren; Verhältnis Parteiführung - Parteibasis; National League for Democracy (Myanmar)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 51/2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2019C51
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications