CNI News
3 December 2024
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's request for an arrest warrant for Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Sr. Gen. Min Aung on 27th November, alleging his responsibility for the crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya committed in Myanmar and in part in Bangladesh between August and December 2017, which could not impact on Myanmar, Myanmar issue analysts told CNI News.
As Myanmar is not a member of the ICC and has not signed, the actions of the ICC would not impact on Myanmar, director of the Thayninga Institute for Strategy Studies, U Thein Tun Oo told CNI News.
" No.1, Myanmar is not a member of the ICC and hasn't signed the agreement regarding the ICC. Among the ASEAN countries, Cambodia and Timor-Leste only are the members of the ICC. They also signed the agreement because according to their political history they needed to do so. But the processes of the ICC might not convenient for some countries. The history of Myanmar is a bit complicated. There are a lot of complications on the ground in some countries for which it will be just an embarrassment. As Myanmar is not a member of the ICC, no matter what kinds of actions they are taking outside Myanmar, it won't impact on Myanmar." he said.
While seeing chief prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan
Myanmar is a member of the ICC and it never recognize the statements released by the ICC; Myanmar is practicing a free, active and non-aligned foreign policy in relation with other countries as well as a peaceful co-existence policy, responded the SAC.
That application for the arrest warrant just could affect the political dignity of the SAC and it couldn't be effect, Dr. Hla Kyaw Zaw, a China-Myanmar affairs commentator, told CNI News.
" It can't impact on Myanmar. The ICC has released lots of announcements. It can affect the political dignity of Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing. But the public is heartened because the ICC prosecutor has requested the arrest warrant for a military dictator who is torturing them as he like. And it's invigorated for the propaganda as well. But it doesn't make any difference. The ICC has released lots of statements. It wasn't able to solve anything effective." she said.
While seeing Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing
The request of the ICC prosecutor to arrest warrant for Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the SAC was welcomed, said in the statements released by the National Unity Government (NUG), the Karen National Union (KNU), the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Chin National Front (CNF) on 30th November 2024.
Myanmar is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court.
The Court has no jurisdiction over acts committed by nationals of non-State Parties on the territory of a non-State Party, unless referred to it by the UN Security Council, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning at the regular press conference on 28th November.
