On 22 July 2022, the International Court of Justice
(ICJ)
dismissed all preliminary objections raised by Myanmar against
a claim brought by The Gambia alleging violations of the 1948
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The
judgment confirms that the ICJ will go on to rule on the merits of
The Gambia v. Myanmar. The ICJ’s…