Third Phase of Voting & Arguments at the ICJ

We identified and corrected a factual error in this episode.

With Seng, human rights advocate from Myanmar. This week on episode 62 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the military's Union Election Commission reduces the areas where voting will occur in the final phase of its so-called election on January 25, and we discuss the background and ongoing arguments of the Gambia's long-delayed case at the International Court of Justice, where it accuses Myanmar of breaking the UN Genocide Convention for its atrocities against the Rohingya people.

Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me

Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(01:17) Military cancels third phase voting in townships

(04:46) With Seng, the ongoing case at the ICJ

(15:12) Why The Gambia?

(17:12) Prosecution arguments

(22:21) Evaluating The Gambia's approach

(27:09) The military delegation strategy

(31:39) Upcoming nationalist protests

(44:26) Success and failure at the ICJ

(50:30) Close

Our guests—

Seng, a human rights advocate from Myanmar

New on the Frontier website:

No alternative: The junta's election and Myanmar's first-time voters
Learning the hard way: Students warn against MBA scams

Referenced this episode:

Military Elections Will Not Resolve Myanmar's Deeper Problems
Secretary Antony J. Blinken on the Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity in Burma
IAGS RESOLUTION: Persecution of Rohingya By Myanmar Is Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity
THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case The Gambia v. Myanmar
Who is Myanmar Regime Apologist Ko Ko Hlaing?
Ultranationalist group plans anti-Rohingya rally in Yangon as ICJ hearings proceed

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