International Law in Brief
Myanmar Military Leader Accused of Crimes Against Humanity
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By: Şeymanur Yönt | December 17, 2021 - 10:32am
On December 10, 2021, Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP), submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and accused Myanmar Military Leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of crimes against humanity. According to a MAP press release, MAP, in its submission, under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, presented evidences of systematic and wide-spread torture in Myanmar, and “urged the ICC to open a criminal investigation.” MAP is a human rights organization that works on “a small number of criminal cases against specific individuals.”