Prosecute the Myanmar government in the ICC for its genocidal crimes against the Rohingya

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948 as General Assembly Resolution 260. The Convention entered into force on 12 January 1951.


Article 2 of the Convention defines genocide as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole, or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Article 3 defines the crimes that can be punished under the convention: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.

Myanmar/Burma signed the Convention on 30 December 1949 and its ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 14 March 1952.

 

Yet, the Myanmar government - past and present - are guilty of the crimes of genocide against the Rohingya people.

 

The conscientious international citizens need to bring the criminal government of Suu Kyi in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court for its genocidal crimes against the Rohingyas. The info below may help legal experts to bring criminal cases against the major players in Myanmar.

	War Crimes		Crimes against Humanity		Genocide		Torture		Ordinary Crimes
Country	Defined in Law	Universal Jurisdiction	Defined in Law	Universal Jurisdiction	Defined in Law	Universal Jurisdiction	Defined in Law	Universal Jurisdiction	Universal Jurisdiction
Denmark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Norway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Finland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Germany	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Australia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Belgium	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Estonia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Czech Republic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
United States of A	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Republic of Korea	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
France	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Uruguay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Poland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portugal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Costa Rica	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Slovenia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Croatia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Ghana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	No
Hungary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Senegal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Trinidad & Tobago	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Bosnia & Herzegovia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Argentina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Belarus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	No
Macedonia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Panama	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Philippines	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	No
Albania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Serbia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
El Savador	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ukraine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Mexico	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Nicaragua	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Honduras	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Uganda	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Ethiopia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cambodia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Andorra	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Armenia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Burundi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Congo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Cuba	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Cyprus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
DR of Congo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eritrea	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fiji	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Iraq	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Israel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Latvia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Lithuania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mali	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malta	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Niger	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Samoa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Slovakia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Sudan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Switzerland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes?	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes