Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver its judgment on November 19, 2026, in a landmark case filed by The Gambia against Myanmar over alleged violations of the UN Genocide Convention in connection with atrocities committed against the Rohingya community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.

According to HRW, the case concerns allegations of genocide against the Rohingya by Myanmar's security forces during a military campaign launched in August 2017 in northern Rakhine State.

Over 700,000 Rohingya were displaced from Myanmar's Rakhine State during the military crackdown, fleeing primarily to neighbouring Bangladesh.

"In August 2017, Myanmar's security forces began a sweeping campaign of massacres, ...