The International Court of Justice opened public hearings in The Hague in a case brought by Gambia against Myanmar alleging violations of the Genocide Convention over the military’s treatment of the Rohingya minority. ICJ judges will hear oral arguments from both sides over three weeks, examine witnesses and experts, and hold closed sessions for testimony from witnesses called by Gambia. Gambia said it filed the case in November 2019 and cited credible reports of brutal violations against the Rohingya during Myanmar military “clearance operations” that escalated in 2017 and drove more than 700,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh. The Court ordered provisional measures in January 2020 and ruled in July 2022 that it was competent to hear the case.