Tag: Rakhine state

By Can Erozden, Ankara: Myanmar has disregarded the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court’s (ICC) ruling that the court has jurisdiction to investigate the crimes against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s northwestern Rakhine state. "The Court has jurisdiction over the crime against humanity of deportation allegedly committed against members of the Rohingya people," the Hague-based court said in a statement on Thursday. "The reason is that an element of this crime -- the crossing of a border -- took place on the territory of a State party ," it added. This statement said it “may...