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

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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2020/4
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
THE HAGUE, 28 January 2020. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has fixed time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar).
By an Order dated 23 January 2020, the Court fixed 23 July 2020 and 25 January 2021 as the respective time-limits for the filing of a Memorial by the Republic of The Gambia and a Counter-Memorial by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
The Court made the Order taking into account the exceptional circumstances of the case and its gravity.
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History of the proceedings
The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases Nos. 2019/47, 2019/54 and 2020/3, available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org) under the heading “Press Room/Press Releases”.
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The full text of the Order is available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org) under the heading “Cases”.
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