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62 Va. J. Int'l L. Online 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/vajoillw62 and id is 1 raw text is: Ordering the Repatriation of the Rohingya MD. RIZWANUL ISLAM* The Gambia has app/ied for the Internationa/ Court of Justice (ICJ) to ho/l \anmar reponsib/e /or vio/ating the Genocide Convention and to order Manmar to return disp/aced Rohingyas to their homes. This essay argues that Rlohingyas have indeed been wvronged under the Genocide Convention, an order |or repatriation y the ICJ may naturai/ /o//on-. The Ilor/ld Court has at times contributedt o the progressive deve/opment o/ internationa/ /an- through its innovative intepretive exercises and in this case, too, the Court can take a simi/ar course if it so chooses. Such an order wou/l ame/iorate the situation of thousands of persecuted Rohingyaspresently Iving in desperate conditions. * Md. Rizwanul Islam is a Professor of Law at North South University. All views expressed herein are his own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of his employers or clients. He received his Ph.D. from Macquarie University, his LL.M. (Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law), from National University of Singapore, and his LL.B. (Honours) from the University of Dhaka.