Grand Hall in the International Court of Justice, Wikimedia Commons In January 2026, the International Court of Justice held hearings on the merits in the case concerning the Application on the Convention Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar). While the proceedings are historic in many respects, one notable yet often overlooked aspect of the case is The Gambia’s arguments on sexual and gender-based viol