ICJ orders Myanmar to protect 'vulnerable' Rohingyas; seeks report within 4 months

International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take all measures to prevent gecide of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf on behalf of ICJ said that court "is of opinion that Rohingya in Myanmar remain extremely vulnerable.” court ded that its order for so-called provisional measures intended to protect Rohingya is binding "and creates international legal obligations" on Myanmar. It also ordered Myanmar to submit a report of steps taken by country in accordance with  order.

case that ICJ was hearing was about  Gambia accusing Myanmar of committing gecide against Rohingyas. case was defended by de-facto ruler of country Aung San Suu Kyi. Gambia in case accused Myanmar army of carrying out military operations in Rakhine state in 2016 and 2017, after which almost 800,000 Rohingyas fled country.

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What triggered military operations on Rohingyas?

In August 2017, a militant group kwn as Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claimed responsibility of attacking police and army posts. This prompted action from Myanmar army, which declared ARSA as a terrorist organisation and allegedly started a brutal campaign in Rakhine state, burning ir houses, forcing almost seven hundred thousand Rohingya to leave country.

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Who are Rohingyas?

Rohingyas are an ethnic mirity in Myanmar residing in Rakhine state of country. While most of Rohingyas are Muslims, very few are also Hindus. Buddhist majority nation of Myanmar claims that Rohingyas are residents of Banglesh. Rohingyas trace ir origin to fifteenth century Arakan Kingdom. However, y say that many ors settled in w Rakhine state in nineteenth and twentieth-century under colonial regime. 

Buddhist majority govt in Myanmar denied citizenship to Rohingyas in 1962 even as y recognised 135 official ethnic groups in Myanmar. Moreover, y do t recognise term Rohingya and call m "illegal migrants" from Banglesh. however, experts say that Rohingyas gave mselves term for a distinct political identity during 1950s, loosely meaning "from Arakan."

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UN on Rohingyas

As Rohingyas crisis unfolded in 2017, UN h called it "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing." UN human rights council High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ Al Hussein h deunced “brutal security operation” against Rohingya in Rakhine state of Myanmar. Back in 2019, United Nations General Assembly h also passed a resolution strongly condemning rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. In December last year, state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared in UN's top court and denied charges that military h attempted to exterminate Rohingyas. However, she mitted that  army may have used excessive force against Rohingya Muslims.

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