Miscellaneous
This week Dr. Emma Irving joins me on Jus Cogens to discuss hate speech and incitement on social media and the role of international accountability mechanisms in light of OHCHR commissioned Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. The report establishes the facts and circumstances of the alleged recent human rights violations by military and security forces, and abuses, in Myanmar. Dr. Emma Irving's article on Opinio Juris, "‘The Role of Social Media is Significant’: Facebook and the Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar" http://opiniojuris.org/2018/09/07/the-role-of-social-media-is-significant-facebook-and-the-fact-finding-mission-on-myanmar/ United Nations Human Rights Council Independent International Fact-Finding Mission's Report on Myanmar "https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/MyanmarFFM/Pages/ReportoftheMyanmarFFM.aspx" Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Mrs Fatou Bensouda, on opening a Preliminary Examination concerning the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh https://www.icc-cpi.int/Pages/item.aspx?name=180918-otp-stat-Rohingya