Myanmar finds war crimes but no genocide in Rohingya crackdown

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ICOE report comes days before UN's top court issues ruling on whether urgent measures are necessary to stop genocide.

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"A commission set up to investigate the 2017 crackdown in Rakhine that led hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim Rohingya to flee Myanmar, has concluded that while some soldiers probably committed war crimes there was no genocide. The Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) released the findings of its investigation, but not the full report, to the country's president on Monday, a few days before the United Nations' top court is set to rule on whether to impose urgent measures to stop the alleged continuing genocide in Myanmar. More: Transcript: Aung San Suu Kyi's speech at the ICJ in full Rohingya refugees reject Aung San Suu Kyi's 'lies on genocide' Top court to rule on emergency measures against Myanmar on January 23 The ICOE conceded some security personnel had used disproportionate force and committed war crimes and serious human rights violations, including the "killing of innocent villagers and destruction of their homes". But the crimes did not constitute genocide, the panel decided..."

Source/publisher: 

"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)

Date of Publication: 

2020-01-21

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2020-01-21

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  • Individual Documents

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Myanmar, Bangladesh

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English

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text

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