International Court Of Justice Will Hold Public Hearings From 12th January 2026 To 29th January 2026.

Hague; December 2025: The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening) from Monday 12^th January to Thursday 29th January 2026.

It is recalled that on 11th November 2019, The Gambia filed in the Registry of the Court an Application instituting proceedings against Myanmar concerning alleged violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”). In its Application, The Gambia requests, among other things, that the Court adjudge and declare that Myanmar has breached its obligations under the Convention, that it must cease forthwith any internationally wrongful act, that it must perform the obligations of reparation in the interest of the victims of genocidal acts who are members of the Rohingya group, and that it must offer assurances and guarantees of non-repetition. As a basis for the Court’s jurisdiction, the Applicant invokes Article IX of the Genocide Convention. The Application was accompanied by a request for the indication of provisional measures.

On 23rd January 2020, the Court made an Order indicating a number of provisional measures addressed to Myanmar. Subsequently, the Parties filed their written pleadings on the merits in two rounds.

Declarations of intervention under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court were filed, respectively, by Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (jointly), the Maldives, Slovenia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium and Ireland. The Court found these Declarations admissible (see Order dated 03rd July 2024 and Order dated 25th July 2025).

The intervening States were informed that the Court considered that it had been sufficiently informed of their positions by way of their written observations, and that it did not deem it necessary for them to take part in the oral proceedings, in accordance with Article 86, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court.

The hearings will be devoted to the merits of the case and will include the examination of witnesses and an expert called by the Parties.

Schedule for the hearings:

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