International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and atrocities.
In a unanimous ruling by a panel of 17 judges, the court said Myanmar must now take all steps within its power to prevent serious harm to Rohingya, and report back within four months.
Moments before the court in The Hague began reading its ruling, the Financial Times published an article by Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she said war crimes may have been committed against Rohingya Muslims but that refugees had exaggerated the abuses against them.The court's rulings are final and without appeal, but it has no real way of enforcing them.
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