THE junta is set to take part in hearings in the top United Nations court in The Hague next week despite a complaint from political opponents that this could give it international recognition without legal standing.
The hearings will address a jurisdictional dispute arising from Gambia’s claim filed in 2019 at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, accusing Myanmar of genocide against its minority Muslim Rohingya population.
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