On Friday, July 22, 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar). Myanmar raised four preliminary objections regarding the Court’s jurisdiction over the case and the admissibility of the case.
With regard the first preliminary objection, Myanmar argued that the Court lacks jurisdiction, or alternatively the application is inadmissible, as the real applicant in these proceedings...