Organization of Islamic Cooperation member state The Gambia

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Organization of Islamic Cooperation member state The Gambia is a small West African country that, as an OIC member, has taken a leading role in international legal action concerning alleged human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Organization of Islamic Cooperation member state ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
bordersCountry Senegal ⓘ
capital Banjul ⓘ
colonialHistory former British colony ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country The Gambia ⓘ
currency Gambian dalasi ⓘ
filedCaseAt International Court of Justice ⓘ
filedICJApplicationDate 2019 ⓘ
foreignPolicyFocus human rights issues in Muslim-majority contexts ⓘ
multilateral diplomacy ⓘ
governmentType presidential republic ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of The Gambia ⓘ
humanRightsAdvocacy advocated for accountability for crimes against the Rohingya ⓘ
ICJCaseName Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) ⓘ
ICJProceedingsStatus case admitted and proceeding on the merits ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
independenceYear 1965 ⓘ
legalActionBasedOn Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ
legalActionMotivation to prevent and punish alleged genocide against the Rohingya ⓘ
legalActionSubject alleged genocide against the Rohingya ⓘ
legalActionTargetState Myanmar ⓘ
legalActionType contentious case before the International Court of Justice ⓘ
legalStandingBasis party to the Genocide Convention ⓘ
locatedOn Gambia River ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
Economic Community of West African States ⓘ
linked to: ECOWAS

Organization of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
OICMembershipCharacteristic smallest mainland African OIC member by area ⓘ
OICRole acted on behalf of OIC member states in Rohingya proceedings ⓘ
OICSupport backed by Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Rohingya case ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly Muslim ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
rejoinedOrganization Commonwealth of Nations in 2018 ⓘ
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
requestedICJRelief declaration of Myanmar’s responsibility under the Genocide Convention ⓘ
orders for Myanmar to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya ⓘ
roleInRohingyaCase applicant state at the International Court of Justice ⓘ
soughtProvisionalMeasures to protect the Rohingya in Myanmar ⓘ
UNBodyEngagement raised Rohingya issue in UN forums ⓘ

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The Gambia v. Myanmar → filedBy → Organization of Islamic Cooperation member state The Gambia ⓘ