, Jan. 12 -- Hearings opened on Monday at the United Nations' highest judicial body to determine whether Myanmar is responsible for committing genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority.

The case was brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2019 by The Gambia, which argues that Myanmar's military campaign against the Rohingya in 2017 breached the 1948 Genocide Convention. Myanmar, now under military rule, has consistently rejected the allegations.

In his opening remarks, Gambian Justice Minister Dawda Jallow said his country pursued the case out of a "sense of responsibility," shaped by its own history under military rule. Addressing judges in a packed courtroom in The Hague, he said the international community must...