International Court of Justice to Issue Judgment in The Gambia v. Myanmar Genocide Case on November 19
November 04, 2026
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that it will deliver its judgment on November 19, 2026, in the case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide brought by The Gambia against Myanmar. The judgment will be read by Court President Judge Iwasawa Yuji during a public sitting at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
Foley Hoag serves as lead counsel to The Gambia, which alleges that Myanmar committed brutal acts of genocide against the Rohingya people during military operations in 2016-2018. Those acts of genocide include mass executions, indiscriminate killings of thousands of innocent civilians including women and children, pervasive acts of sexual and gender-based violence, and the deliberate burning and destruction of hundreds of villages across northern Rakhine State in Myanmar.
The Gambia, led by Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda Jallow, filed this case in November 2019 under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Gambia secured a unanimous provisional measures order from the ICJ in January 2020 ordering Myanmar to cease its genocidal acts. The Gambia also secured a near-unanimous judgment upholding the Court’s jurisdiction over the case in July 2022.
The merits hearings concluded in January 2026 following three weeks of proceedings before the Court. The forthcoming judgment will mark a significant milestone in one of the most consequential international law cases currently before the ICJ.
The Foley Hoag team is led by M. Arsalan Suleman and includes Andrew Loewenstein, Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, Pierre d'Argent, Yasmin Al Ameen, and Sun Young Hwang.
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