International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to believe Min Aung Hlaing bore criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has been accused of crimes against humanity by the ICC’s chief
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday applied for an arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
He said that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the junta leader was involved in crimes against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
A panel of three judges will now decide whether to issue the warrant.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled a Myanmar military crackdown and live in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in southeastern BangladeshImage: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
What else do we know about the ICC warrant request?
Khan said that deportation and persecution were among the alleged crimes.
He said that they were committed by Myanmar’s armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, supported by the national and border police and non-Rohingya citizens of Myanmar.
“This is the first application for an arrest warrant against a high-level Myanmar government official,” the prosecutor said, vowing that “more will follow.”
Over 730,000 Rohingya people fled to neighboring Bangladesh from Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine State during the 2016-2017 period when the crimes were allegedly committed.
Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, but 2018 and 2019 rulings found that the court had jurisdiction over alleged crimes that partially took place in Bangladesh, which is an ICC member.
The announcement comes several days after the ICC issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Chief Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif for crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Chief prosecutor Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to believe Min Aung Hlaing bore criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims.
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to believe Min Aung Hlaing bore criminal responsibility for crimes against humanity committed against Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has been accused of crimes against humanity by the ICC’s chief
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday applied for an arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
He said that there were reasonable grounds to believe that the junta leader was involved in crimes against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
A panel of three judges will now decide whether to issue the warrant.
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled a Myanmar military crackdown and live in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in southeastern BangladeshImage: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
What else do we know about the ICC warrant request?
Khan said that deportation and persecution were among the alleged crimes.
He said that they were committed by Myanmar’s armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, supported by the national and border police and non-Rohingya citizens of Myanmar.
“This is the first application for an arrest warrant against a high-level Myanmar government official,” the prosecutor said, vowing that “more will follow.”
Over 730,000 Rohingya people fled to neighboring Bangladesh from Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine State during the 2016-2017 period when the crimes were allegedly committed.
Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, but 2018 and 2019 rulings found that the court had jurisdiction over alleged crimes that partially took place in Bangladesh, which is an ICC member.
The announcement comes several days after the ICC issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Chief Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif for crimes against humanity in Gaza.
