Thread by @matthewfsmith

The public hearing on the #Rohingya #genocide case at the Int’l Court of Justice (#TheGambia v. #Myanmar) resumes today. We’ll hear today from The Gambia on why the case should proceed. Begins momentarily: 1:30pm The Hague/ 7:30am ET / 7pm MYA. Watch via: media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k…

Needless to say @NUGMyanmar should be represnting #Myanmar at the court & not the junta, but we stand w The #Gambia & more importantly #Rohingya people everywhere in seeking to justice. Defeating the junta at the ICJ will be a massive step toward justice. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

The Gambia’s state agent set the stage, clarifying its interest in responding to the #Rohingya #genocide & the considerable support for the case. Now hearing from Gambia counsel Paul Reichler on the coup & the importance & effectiveness of the provisional measures.

Paul Reichler cites in-depth the reporting of @RapporteurUn and adds the Myanmar military has "shown that Rohingya lives have no matter to them. This is especially the case of Rohingya girls."

Gambia counsel Andrew Lowenstein addresses the junta's false claim that the Gambia is a mere puppet of the OIC. Adds that both #Myanmar and The #Gambia are parties to the court and signatories of the #Genocide Convention. "This, Madame President, should be the end of the matter."

Lowenstein: "The Gambia is, by any measure, the real applicant...Myanmar deliberately glided over the evidence that matters." Lowenstein explains background on why the Gambia brought the case, including powerful testimony from Gambia Minister Tambadou on "the stench of genocide".

Dipping back into the hearing to hear Gambia counsel @Arsalan_Suleman calmly devastate the #Myanmar junta's arguments opposing The Gambia's standing at the court. Impossible to imagine how the court could rule in favor of the junta's objections.