| ID | 170259 |
| Title Proper | ICC, the Rohingya and the limitations of retributive justice |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pedersen, Morten B |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The recent decision by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs Fatou Bensouda, to launch preliminary investigations into the alleged deportation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity is part of a growing push to punish Myanmar’s military leaders for large-scale human rights violations committed during army ‘clearance operations’ in Northern Rakhine State (ICC 2018). The operations, which were launched in response to attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on some thirty government security posts on 25 August 2017, were found by international human rights organisations to have systematically targeted civilians, including mass killings, rape and the destruction of scores of villages (UNHRC 2018), thus causing the mass exodus. |
| `In' analytical Note | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 73, No.1; Feb 2019: p.9-15 |
| Journal Source | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol: 73 No 1 |
| Key Words | ICC ; Rohingya |