Myanmar at the International Court of Justice
Judith Beyer writes on the Myanmar military's appearance at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on 21 February 2021 and explains the background as well as the implications of the assemblance.
On the platform Allegra Lab, Prof. Dr. Judith Beyer discusses the background of the case the Gambia vs. Myanmar at the International Court of Justice as well as its suspension after the military coup in February 2021. Referring to the catastrophic humanitarian situation of the people of Myanmar, the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and the National Unity Government (NUG), which have been fighting the military since the attempted military coup, Beyer explains that the case of the Gambia vs. Myanmar, which accuses Myanmar of having violated the UN Genocide Convention of 1948, is now being misused by the military to gain international standing as the representative of the country of Myanmar. Beyer sees the International Court of Justice as having the responsibility to avoid this ethical, political and legal failure.
- Get to the full article „Who gets to be ‘Myanmar’ at the ICJ?“ on Allegra Lab.
- A comment by Judith Beyer in German language was published in Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) on 21 February 2022: „Der IGH der UNO erkennt das Militär Myanmars indirekt an, sagt die Konstanzer Ethnologin Judith Beyer“