The Gambia v. Myanmar will decide whether the Genocide Convention is international law
Enforcement is one of the primary attributes that constitute law. If a law cannot be enforced, it can no longer be considered law. It is crucial that the ICJ's judgment in The Gambia v. Myanmar be used to correct the ICJ's erroneous requirement that genocide be the only intent of a State to prove its special intent to commit genocide.
The ICJ and the Issue of Lawful Representation in The Gambia v Myanmar
Ahead of the scheduled public hearings in The Gambia v Myanmar (the Rohingya genocide case) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada, the Genocide Watch of USA and FORSEA release a comprehensive legal analysis. It focuses on the crucial question of who should lawfully speak for Myanmar before the ICJ as Myanmar's coup resulted in an unprecedented situation with...
Legal and Holistic Perspectives on The Gambia v Myanmar at ICJ
"These processes do not automatically improve humanitarian responses, amend the Myanmar Constitution, eliminate discriminatory laws, support restorative justice among divided communities, or directly build rule of law in Myanmar. They are complementary to and not a substitute for long-term solutions."
The Gambia vs Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ): The Uncertainties and Limits
FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles Across Asia. On 10 February 2022, FORSEA will host the second roundtable with two well-known American legal scholars, namely Michael A. Becker, who served as Associate Legal Officer at the International Court of Justice at the Hague from 2010-2014 and Dr Katherine Southwick, formerly with the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and now an engaged scholar on the...
The addresses from Tapan Kumar Bose and Barbara Harriss-White at FORSEA’s global civil society gathering
In increasing frequency and ferocity, Muslims are threatened, lynched, beaten, raped, and murdered, and their homes, businesses, and mosques vandalized and attacked. Disturbingly, there’s been little action taken against the perpetrators. Lynching of Muslims by Hindu nationalists are so commonplace today that the attacks are often organized on social media.
Professor Noam Chomsky’s address at the FORSEA event: A Scream from Global Civil Society: India Genocide Warning
The world-renowned activist and intellectual offers his words of concern and solidarity for the persecuted minorities of India while touching on other issues of global importance.
A Scream from Global Civil Society: India Genocide Warning
Fifty-four renowned intellectuals, musicians, scholars, and activists from 24 countries will gather in a live YouTube public event which is billed “A Scream from Global Civil Society: India Genocide Warning!” View LIVE on Friday 4th February, 12:00PM - 5:00PM GMT/LONDON | 5:30PM - 10:30PM NEW DELHI | 07:00AM -12 NOON CANADA/US EASTERN.
Questioning the legitimacy of Myanmar’s coup regime acting as human representatives of “a state party”
ICJ, UN’s court, owes an explanation and transparency behind its dubious decision to allow the murderous regime of Myanmar to act as if it were a state actor in effective control of the state in the Gambia vs Myanmar.
သူခိုးဓါးရိုးကမ်း၊ ပြင်ညာရှင်လုပ်စား ရောဂါ | The Cancerous Roles of Experts in Myanmar’s International State Crimes
ဂျီနိုဆိုက်ကျူးလွန်နေတဲ့ တရားမဝင် စစ်အာဏာရှင်ကို မြန်မာနဲ့ နိုင်ငံခြားသား ပညာရှင်တွေက ဘာကြောင့် သူတို့ပညာတွေ သုံးပြီး ကူညီနေတာလဲ။
Should the International Court of Justice allow the Illegitimate and Universally Unpopular Military Regime to act as State Actor in the Gambia vs Myanmar?
International Holocaust Remembrance Day special event in memory of the victim of Nazi Genocide. Thursday 27th January 2022.