Month: September 2020

The FRC Genocide podcast with Michael Becker covers: 1) The recent developments around the Myanmar genocide case at ICJ, specifically Canada and the Netherlands’ official joint plan to “intervene” in The Gambia vs Myanmar; 2) The Gambia team’s litigation in USA regarding Facebook’s refusal to cooperate with The Gambia legal team on the release of the potentially valuable evidence of Myanmar’s genocidal intent; and 3) Myanmar’s specific acts of non-compliance with the ICJ provisional measures order to protect Rohingyas Former ICJ Associate Legal Officer  and PhD scholar at Cambridge U. Michael A. Becker shared his expert views on the various

The FRC Genocide Podcast with Edith Mirante covers: 1) “the unlivable Bhasan Cher island” where Bangladesh is planning to relocate 100,000 Rohingya genocide survivors 2) The sordid history of Bangladesh in mistreating Rohingya refugees over the last 40 years 3) Burma or Myanmar’s internal colonialism towards national minorities 4)  Western and global corporate involvement and Burma’s “Resource Curse” 5)  The slow Balkanization of Myanmar as the result of decades of repression by Myanmar or Bama ruling class Edith Mirante founded and maintained Project Maje, one of the earliest and longest-serving human rights research projects on Burma,  established in 1986.  A

The FRC Genocide Podcast with Dr. Gianni Tognoni covers: 1) The problems with international law as the law of the states 2) The rights of peoples, not states 3) The origin of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunals 4)  The nature and proceedings of the PPT 5) PPT on international crimes such as genocides, war crimes, exploitation 6) Peoples’ Tribunals as part of People’s Struggle for Freedom, Justice and Accountability A medical doctor by profession, Dr Gianni Tognoni is the Secretary General of the Rome-based Permanent Peoples Tribunal since its establishment in 1979. Over the last 35 years Dr Tognoni has been deeply