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982:"Press Release: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom (jointly) and the Maldives file declarations of intervention in the proceedings under Article 63 of the Statute"
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School of Law, called the Court's order of provisional measures "obviously a win for The Gambia, and for the
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Myanmar to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya Muslims during the pendency of the case, and to report regularly on its
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726:"Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at UN court"
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