Nerin Kyaw (Washington,
DC)
2022.02.17
Some protesters in front of
the ICJ court in The Hague, Netherlands, December 10, 2019.
Photo:
Reuters
The
International Criminal Court (ICJ) in Gambia will hold its second hearing on
the case against Burmese authorities since 2019 on Monday, February 21.
Therefore, Rohingya activists, Human rights groups held an online
press conference before the hearing on 17 February.
Shayna Bauchaner, Asia researcher at HRW, says the current justice
system is important for both the Rohingya and the Burmese people.
In this regard, Ma Wai Wai Nu, the leader of the Women's Peace Network
....
"After the military coup in Burma, the people have witnessed the
oppression of the Rohingya, and they have come to understand the plight of the
Rohingya, and civil society groups are grateful for their support for the
Rohingya .
U Tun Khin, chairman of the British-based Burmese Rohingya Association,
said ....
" The
Rohingya on the Burmese side are still being persecuted, and those in
Bangladesh are still under restriction and being deported to Bashanchar, so the
world needs to support a federal democracy for the persecuted ethnic people and
the Rohingya in Burma . "
Phil Robertson, Assistant Director for Asia at Human Rights Watch
"With the extrajudicial killings and killings in Burma, justice
must be done to stop these acts, and the ICJ recognizes that this case is being
treated as genocide, and we need to continue to work harder to bring the
perpetrators to justice," he said.
ဖိနှိပ်ခံရသူအားလုံး တရားမျှတ ...
After the military coup, there were reports that the military council
was working with the Bangladeshi authorities to repatriate the Rohingya.
"After the military coup, they just show that they are the
authority and that they can solve the political problems. In fact, under the
current situation in Burma, no Rohingya will return . "
Phil Robertson, assistant director for Asia at Human Rights Watch, said
no Rohingya would be trusted under the circumstances and no one would return.
RFA asked if the NUG government's Rohingya community had any agreement
on the NUG government's decision to send Burmese Ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe
Tun and a delegation to the second hearing.
"We have heard and welcomed NUG's actions in principle, and so far
there has been no direct contact between the NUG and the Rohingya community,
and we wish to cooperate in the future, which is for justice," Ma Wai Wai Nu said.
Rohingya
refugees fleeing Burma to Bangladesh in 2017. (Photo: Reuters)
Tun Khin, chairman of the Myanmar Rohingya Association, said:
"Of course, we want to see collaboration with NUG,
and we need to see NUG move forward and succeed internationally. That's what we
want to see."
When asked by RFA what he expects from the second hearing at the ICJ
....
"The ICJ usually takes years to process, so it is unlikely that any
significant decisions will be made this time around," she said.
"Actually,
given the current situation in Burma, no Rohingya will return."
Finally, Phil Robertson, Assistant Director for Asia at Human Rights
Watch, said:
"There have been years of violence and human rights abuses in Burma
and there has been no accountability, and now there is a need for
accountability to end the Burmese crisis, whether it is a PDF or a CDM," he added.
The military council has now appointed International Cooperation
Minister Ko Ko Hlaing and Union Attorney General Thida Oo for the ICJ, and the
NUG government has appointed Kyaw Moe Tun and two international lawyers.
Akila Radhakrishnan, chairwoman of the Global Justice Center, who
attended a briefing yesterday, said the ICJ had not yet decided which side to
take and would wait until Monday, February 21, for the hearing to begin.
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