International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC on Wednesday looked for an arrest warrant for Myanmar Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing (L, standing). The ICC declares criminal activities versus humankind targeting the Rohingya with deportation and persecution. Submit image by EPA-EFE/Myanmar Military Information Team
Nov. 27 (UPI)– International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC on Wednesday looked for an arrest warrant for Myanmar Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing. The ICC declares criminal offenses versus mankind targeting the Rohingya with deportation and persecution.
Khan stated more than 1 million Rohingya have actually been required to run away violence in Myanmar. The violence consists of rape and abuse of females and ladies.
“After a substantial, independent and objective examination, my Office has actually concluded that there are affordable premises to think that Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defense Services, bears criminal obligation for the criminal activities versus humankind of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya, dedicated in Myanmar, and in part in Bangladesh,” Khan stated in a declaration.
Myanmar rejects criminal activities versus mankind and asserts actions versus Rohingya individuals have actually been targeted at what Myanmar’s federal government refers to as Rohingya militants.
Khan declares the criminal offenses versus humankind occurred in between Aug. 25 and Dec. 31, 2017.
He stated the criminal offenses were devoted by “the militaries of Myanmar, the Tatmadaw, supported by the nationwide authorities, the border guard authorities, in addition to non-Rohingya civilians.”
Myanmar is not an ICC signatory, however Bangladesh is. A few of the criminal offenses declared happened in Bangladesh, according to Khan.
Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard stated in a declaration: “Min Aung Hlaing has actually been at the center of several human best disasters in Myanmar. He managed violent operations versus the Rohingya in 2016 and 2017, and he led the 2021 coup, which has actually caused the killing of almost 6,000 civilians and plunged Myanmar into financial, political and social mayhem.”
Callamard stated the ICC district attorney’s action is a definitive action and an essential signal for Myanmar and the world that “those who are presumably accountable for criminal activities under worldwide law will be looked for to deal with arrest and trial, no matter how effective they are or the length of time they have actually left analysis.”
ICC judges will choose whether to give the application for an arrest warrant versus Min Aung Hlaing. Khan stated more applications for arrest warrants versus Myanmar leaders will follow.
“In doing so, we will be showing, together with all of our partners, that the Rohingya have actually not been forgotten. That they, like all individuals around the globe, are entitled to the security of the law,” Khan’s declaration stated.