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Rohingya and the ICC – The Rights of the Rohingya?

November 26, 2018 in , , /von

The “preliminary probe” announced by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the exodus of the Rohingya opens the door to further international legal inquiry into the accusations of systemic ethnic violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority. But the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is facing serious challenges in fulfilling the raised expectations. […]

Die Notlage der Rohingya und die Verantwortung, ethnische Säuberungen zu verhindern

Februar 14, 2018 in /von

Die Gewalt gegen die Rohingya in Myanmar und deren erzwungene Vertreibung hält weiter an. Obwohl die dortigen Geschehnisse als ethnische Säuberungen bezeichnen werden können, zeigt sich der UN-Sicherheitsrat unfähig, die Gewalt entsprechend zu verurteilen. Das wirft die Frage auf, was die ‚Responsibility to Protect’ in der Praxis bedeutet. Die anhaltende humanitäre Krise ist Resultat und […]

The Plight of the Rohingya – Responsibility to prevent ethnic cleansing?

November 28, 2017 in , , /von

Given the ongoing violence in Myanmar against and forced displacement of the Rohingya, the seeming inability of the international community to either condemn or prevent what arguably could be described as text book ethnic cleansing raises the question of what the responsibility to protect means in practice. The threat to their safety and violation of […]