--- title: U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya | TIME description: In a landmark verdict, the United Nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that it has the authority to consider a genocide case against Myanmar and ordered the country to prevent genocide from being committed against its Rohingya Muslim minority. canonical: https://time.com/video/tRiQUj6H/ og:title: U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya og:description: In a landmark verdict, the United Nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that it has the authority to consider a genocide case against Myanmar and ordered the country to prevent genocide from being committed against its Rohingya Muslim minority. og:url: https://time.com/video/tRiQUj6H/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tRiQUj6H/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya twitter:description: In a landmark verdict, the United Nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that it has the authority to consider a genocide case against Myanmar and ordered the country to prevent genocide from being committed against its Rohingya Muslim minority. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tRiQUj6H/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya ## Video: U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya [Watch (HLS stream): U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tRiQUj6H.m3u8) (2:57)  _Published 2020-01-23. In a landmark verdict, the United Nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that it has the authority to consider a genocide case against Myanmar and ordered the country to prevent genocide from being committed against its Rohingya Muslim minority._ --- Jul 28, 2023 1:41 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The Myanmar Army Should Face Charges for Genocide, U.N. Investigators Say](/video/4J3IyA8P/) ### The Myanmar Army Should Face Charges for Genocide, U.N. Investigators Say [Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Blame Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya 'Genocide'](/video/IT10bqTG/) ### Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates Blame Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi for Rohingya 'Genocide' [The U.N. Has Agreed to Investigate Myanmar's Alleged Abuse of Rohingya](/video/62F7wDzA/) ### The U.N. Has Agreed to Investigate Myanmar's Alleged Abuse of Rohingya --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"U.N.'s Top Court Orders Myanmar to Take All Measures to Prevent Genocide Against Rohingya","description":"In a landmark verdict, the United Nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that it has the authority to consider a genocide case against Myanmar and ordered the country to prevent genocide from being committed against its Rohingya Muslim minority.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tRiQUj6H/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2020-01-23T13:21:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tRiQUj6H.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/tRiQUj6H/","duration":"PT2M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/tRiQUj6H/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```