Pages with references to "Rakhine" from "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 12 December 2019

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"THE International Court of Justice (ICJ) held the second day of oral hearings on the application submitted by The Gambia. The State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in her capacity as the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs appeared as Agent for Myanmar and delivered the oral presentation at 10 am today at The Hague, the Netherlands. The Gambia presented its oral arguments on the first day of oral observations on 10 December 2019. The full text of the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s statement is published separately. At the oral observations, the counsels and advocates for Myanmar presented the following oral arguments: Professor William Schabas argued on the lack of a plausible claim; Dr Christopher Staker argued the lack of prima facie jurisdiction of the court, the lack of prima facie standing of The Gambia, and inappropriateness of the provisional measures requested; and Professor Phoebe Okowa argued on the lack of real and imminent risk of irreparable prejudice to the rights in dispute..."

Source/publisher: 

Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"

Date of Publication: 

2019-12-12

Date of entry: 

2019-12-12

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

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English

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text

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