New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Myanmar will face accusations Monday it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings are set to begin.

The West African country of Gambia first filed the case at the International Court of Justice in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Myanmar, which has since been taken over by the military, has denied the allegations.

Without the ICJ, the military "will be accountable to no one and there will be no constraints on their persecution and ultimate destruction of the Rohingya," lawyer Paul S. Reichler argued on behalf of Gambia during a preliminary heari...