OIC welcomes JCJ's order to stop Rohingya genocide

JEDDAH, Jan 26 (KUNA) -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) order to Myanmar to take all measures to prevent "genocide being committed against the Muslim Rohingya minority." In a statement on Sunday, OIC called on Myanmar to fully abide by the court's order, also calling on the international community to support laws and exert further diplomatic efforts to protect the Rohingya Muslims.
The order, issued by the principal judicial organ of the United Nations based at the Hague last Thursday, states that "the Republic of the Union of Myanmar shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in relation to the members of the Rohingya group in its territory, take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts, in particular killing members of the group and deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part." ICJ also ordered that "The Republic of the Union of Myanmar shall submit a report to the Court on all measures taken to give effect to this Order within four months, as from the date of this Order, and thereafter every six months, until a final decision on the case is rendered by the Court." (end) nsa.ag