Articles by John Packer

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The ICJ and the Issue of Lawful Representation in The Gambia v Myanmar
John Packer, Gregory Stanton, Nathalie Chaar, Loujain El-Sahli, and Bailey Pelletier | FORSEA - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Feb 2022

18 Feb 2022 – Ahead of the scheduled public hearings in The Gambia v Myanmar (the Rohingya genocide case) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada, the Genocide Watch of USA and FORSEA release a comprehensive legal analysis. It focuses on the crucial question of who should lawfully speak for Myanmar before the ICJ as Myanmar’s coup resulted in an unprecedented situation with no recognized government or even regime with effective control of the state.

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Genocide Is an Act of State and Demands Response by Other States
John Packer | Open Global Rights – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Jun 2019

The Myanmar state can and must be held accountable for the genocide being perpetrated against the Rohingya, a point lost in largely illusory efforts to pursue international criminal trials of individuals.

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Genocide Is an Act of State, and Demands a Response by Other States
John Packer | OpenGlobalRights – TRANSCEND Media Service, 29 Apr 2019

24 Apr 2019 – The Myanmar state can and must be held accountable for the genocide being perpetrated against the Rohingya, a point lost in largely illusory efforts to pursue international criminal trials of individuals.

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