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Title: Myanmar forms special unit on int'l criminal justice
Description: "Myanmar government has formed a Special Unit on international criminal justice in order to strengthen internal capacity and expertize and provide legal opinion to relevant ministries on issues related to international criminal law, according to a press statement of the Ministry of the State Counselor's Office late Tuesday. The special unit will be led by the Union Attorney General's Office and comprises of legal experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Union Attorney General's Office and the Office of the Judge Advocate General, the statement said. The formation of the special unit came after Myanmar government announced on last Thursday that State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, in her capacity as foreign minister, will lead a legal team to Hague, Netherlands to defend the country's national interest at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Rakhine issue, filed by Gambia against Myanmar. Myanmar has retained the services of top most legal experts to contest the case. Gambia, on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has submitted an application to the ICJ against Myanmar with regard to the displaced persons from Rakhine state..."
Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-27
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Title: Just suing and putting international pressure on Myanmar can’t settle the problem
Description: "Just taking legal action against Myanmar and putting global pressure on Myanmar as to the repatriation process of the displaced persons who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar can’t settle the on-going issue. Bangladesh should follow the repatriation process agreed by both sides, said Zaw Htay, the spokesperson of the President Office. “The international community is putting pressure on Myanmar regarding the repatriation process. The ICC is suing Myanmar. The complex issue remains in Bangladesh. Bangladesh should use the problem-solving approach. The problem can’t be settled by suing Myanmar. We will have to negotiate the problem with Bangladesh. Especially, Bangladesh should follow the repatriation process and cooperate with Myanmar according to the bilateral agreement. Our problem will still remain as long as Bangladesh doesn’t cooperate. Bangladesh needs to understand this point,” said Zaw Htay. There were those who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in 1993. Collaborative efforts resulted in a success in the repatriation process. Cooperative measures are of great importance. The repatriation process remained deadlock as Bangladesh failed to cooperate. Only with the collaborative efforts can settle the problem, said Zaw Htay. “Bangladesh and Myanmar carried out the repatriation process two times in the past. According to this knowledge, mutual cooperation can solve the problem and these were examples. Both sides have physical arrangements to implement the agreed points. Working groups have been already formed. The root cause of the unsuccessful repatriation process is that Bangladesh fails to cooperation and this is a point,” said Zaw Htay..."
Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-18
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