UN Court Remembers Some Genocides Exist
While Al Jazeera laudably covers the ICJ taking up the Rohingya genocide, note the conspicuous absence of commentary on other ongoing, well-documented genocides. The court's willingness to probe Myanmar stands in stark contrast to the global silence (or outright denial) surrounding contemporaneous atrocities. One might wonder what makes Myanmar’s actions uniquely worthy of legal scrutiny while
others, equally horrific and often funded or enabled by powerful states, receive little more than 'deep concern' statements. The international community's selective outrage isn't accidental. It's a calculated affair, where geopolitical interests often determine whose suffering merits a legal spotlight and whose is conveniently ignored. The Rohingya case is a reminder that justice, even at the
highest levels, remains a commodity, dispensed only when it doesn't inconvenience the powerful. How many more 'first full genocide cases in a decade' will we need before all victims of mass violence are seen as equally deserving of legal recourse?