Opening of ICJ Hearings in Case Gambia v. Myanmar

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the UN, holds public hearings from 10 to 12 December 2019 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The hearings focus solely on the request for the indication of provisional measures requested by The Gambia. The session was held under the presidency of Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the Court. The Court's role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States (its Judgments are final and binding) and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and agencies.
The Agent of The Gambia, Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Gambia, speaks on the first day of the hearings. Seated at the front is the Agent of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.