The Gambia v. Myanmar

E92421

case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide contentious case before the International Court of Justice international court case

The Gambia v. Myanmar is an ongoing case before the International Court of Justice in which The Gambia accuses Myanmar of violating the Genocide Convention through its treatment of the Rohingya population.

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Label	Occurrences
The Gambia v. Myanmar canonical	2
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)	1
International Court of Justice case against Myanmar	1
The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ)	1
The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ, provisional measures, 2020)	1
case The Gambia v. Myanmar at the International Court of Justice	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Gambia v. Myanmar
Context triple: [Article IX (Genocide Convention), usedInCase, The Gambia v. Myanmar]

A. Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the landmark International Criminal Court case in which Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga was tried and convicted for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting child soldiers.
B. Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice
The Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice is a smaller, specially constituted body of the Court designed to handle certain cases more expeditiously than the full bench.
C. Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is the management and legislative oversight body of the International Criminal Court, composed of representatives of the treaty’s member states.
D. INS v. Chadha
INS v. Chadha is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the legislative veto as unconstitutional, significantly reshaping the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch.
E. Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015)
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) is a landmark International Court of Justice case in which the Court adjudicated mutual genocide claims arising from the 1990s Yugoslav wars and clarified key aspects of state responsibility under the Genocide Convention.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Gambia v. Myanmar
Target entity description: The Gambia v. Myanmar is an ongoing case before the International Court of Justice in which The Gambia accuses Myanmar of violating the Genocide Convention through its treatment of the Rohingya population.

A. Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the landmark International Criminal Court case in which Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga was tried and convicted for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting child soldiers.
B. Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice
The Chamber of Summary Procedure of the International Court of Justice is a smaller, specially constituted body of the Court designed to handle certain cases more expeditiously than the full bench.
C. Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute
The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute is the management and legislative oversight body of the International Criminal Court, composed of representatives of the treaty’s member states.
D. INS v. Chadha
INS v. Chadha is a landmark 1983 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down the legislative veto as unconstitutional, significantly reshaping the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch.
E. Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015)
Croatia v. Serbia (ICJ, 2015) is a landmark International Court of Justice case in which the Court adjudicated mutual genocide claims arising from the 1990s Yugoslav wars and clarified key aspects of state responsibility under the Genocide Convention.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ contentious case before the International Court of Justice ⓘ international court case ⓘ
allegedVictimGroup	Rohingya ⓘ
alleges	causing serious bodily and mental harm to Rohingya ⓘ deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Rohingya ⓘ forcible displacement of Rohingya ⓘ imposition of measures intended to prevent births within the Rohingya group ⓘ killings of Rohingya ⓘ widespread and systematic attacks against the Rohingya population ⓘ
applicantState	The Gambia ⓘ
concernsEventsFrom	2016 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ
concernsEventsIn	Rakhine State, Myanmar ⓘ linked to: Rakhine State
court	International Court of Justice ⓘ
dateApplicationFiled	2019-11-11 ⓘ
filedBy	Organization of Islamic Cooperation member state The Gambia ⓘ
hasShortName	The Gambia v. Myanmar (ICJ) ⓘ linked to: The Gambia v. Myanmar
includesPhase	merits phase ⓘ preliminary objections phase ⓘ provisional measures phase ⓘ
jurisdictionInvokedUnder	Article IX of the Genocide Convention ⓘ linked to: Article 9 of the Genocide Convention
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ⓘ linked to: GenocideConvention1948
placeOfFiling	Peace Palace, The Hague, Netherlands ⓘ linked to: Peace Palace
proceedingType	contentious proceedings ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresContent	Myanmar must ensure that its military and any irregular armed units do not commit genocidal acts against the Rohingya ⓘ Myanmar must preserve evidence relating to alleged genocidal acts ⓘ Myanmar must submit periodic reports to the ICJ on implementation of provisional measures ⓘ Myanmar must take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of acts under Article II of the Genocide Convention ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresOrderDate	2020-01-23 ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresOrderedBy	International Court of Justice ⓘ
provisionalMeasuresRequestedBy	The Gambia ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo	Rohingya refugee crisis ⓘ United Nations fact-finding mission on Myanmar ⓘ
respondentState	Myanmar ⓘ
seeks	assurances and guarantees of non-repetition ⓘ cessation of alleged genocidal acts ⓘ declaration of Myanmar’s responsibility under the Genocide Convention ⓘ reparations for Rohingya victims ⓘ
status	ongoing ⓘ
subjectMatter	alleged genocide against the Rohingya ⓘ alleged violations of the Genocide Convention ⓘ attempt to commit genocide ⓘ complicity in genocide ⓘ direct and public incitement to commit genocide ⓘ discriminatory state policies against the Rohingya ⓘ failure to prevent genocide ⓘ failure to punish genocide ⓘ
supportedBy	Organization of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ linked to: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article IX (Genocide Convention) → usedInCase → The Gambia v. Myanmar ⓘ

subject linked to: Article IX

Rohingya → subjectOf → International Court of Justice case against Myanmar ⓘ