Fallen rights icon at UN court for Rohingya genocide case

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Twenty-eight years to the day after Aung San Suu Kyi’s husband and sons accepted her Nobel Peace Prize while she remained under house arrest in Myanmar, the former pro-democracy icon appeared in a United Nations court ready to defend her country’s army from allegations of committing genocide against the Rohingya minority.

Acting on behalf of the 57-country Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Gambia is asking the world court to take “all measures within its power to prevent all acts that amount to or contribute to the crime of genocide.”

Suu Kyi, who was awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize for championing democracy and rights, is leading the Myanmar delegation in her capacity as foreign minister.