Wisma Putra: ICJ approval of genocide application a step in right direction to address Rohingya situation

Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (second from right) pictured during the ruling in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the Rohingya at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands on Thursday (Jan 23) Photo: Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia considers the approval of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Thursday (Jan 23) of provisional measures requiring Myanmar to prevent genocide, as a step in the right direction to address the situation of the Rohingya.

The Foreign Ministry said Malaysia also wished to reiterate its supports towards The Gambia, which brought the case under the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and in its capacity as chair of the Ad-Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights Violations against the Rohingya.