CNI News
10 January 2026

A Myanmar delegation led by U Ko Ko Hlaing, Union Minister for the Ministry (2) of the President's Office, will present oral arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, regarding the Rohingya (Bengali) case.

Minister U Ko Ko Hlaing is accompanied by Dr. Thida Oo, Minister for Legal Affairs and Union Attorney General. The Myanmar delegation departed for the Netherlands on January 9, 2026.

The ICJ hearings are scheduled to take place from January 12 to January 29. Myanmar is slated to present its arguments twice: first from January 16 to 20, and again from January 28 to 29.

The ICJ case stems from allegations of genocide following coordinated attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on 30 border guard outposts in Rakhine State on August 25, 2017, during the tenure of the National League for Democracy (NLD) government.

The Gambia filed the lawsuit against Myanmar at the ICJ based on these allegations, leading to the current legal proceedings.

This is not the first time U Ko Ko Hlaing has represented Myanmar at the ICJ; he previously led the delegation for oral arguments in February 2022.