Description:
"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
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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