Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 7 States intervening)

Press releases

11 November 2019
The Republic of The Gambia institutes proceedings against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and asks the Court to indicate provisional measures
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
Available in:
18 November 2019
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to hold public hearings from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 December 2019
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
Available in:
12 December 2019
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Conclusion of the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Republic of The Gambia - The Court to begin its deliberation
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
Available in:
15 January 2020
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to deliver its Order on Thursday 23 January 2020 at 10 a.m.
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
Available in:
23 January 2020
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - The Court indicates provisional measures in order to preserve certain rights claimed by The Gambia for the protection of the Rohingya in Myanmar
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
Available in:
28 January 2020
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Fixing of time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings
Available in:
26 May 2020
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Extension of the time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings
Available in:
19 January 2022
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - The Court to hold public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar from Monday 21 to Monday 28 February 2022
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
Available in:
28 February 2022
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Conclusion of the public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar - The Court to begin its deliberation
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
Available in:
11 July 2022
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Preliminary objections - The Court to deliver its Judgment on Friday 22 July 2022 at 3 p.m.
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
Available in:
22 July 2022
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - The Court finds that it has jurisdiction, on the basis of Article IX of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, to entertain the Application filed by the Republic of The Gambia on 11 November 2019, and that the Application is admissible
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
Available in:
16 November 2023

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (jointly) and the Maldives file declarations of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute

Procedure(s):Intervention
Available in:
3 July 2024

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - The Court decides that the declarations of intervention filed by seven States are admissible

Procedure(s):Intervention
Available in: