Criminal Law’s Jurisdictional Tightrope and the Limits of Accountability in Myanmar
Since 2016, more than 700,000 Rohingya have been forcibly displaced from Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh following a coordinated campaign of violence by the armed forces of Myanmar, the Tatmadaw.[i] The situation therefore poses a central challenge for international criminal law: how far can the International Criminal Court stretch jurisdiction in pursuit of justice when state consent is absent and enforcement is elusive?
