1st Edition

The Rohingya Crisis Humanitarian and Legal Approaches

Edited By Manzoor Hasan, Syed Mansoob Murshed, Priya Pillai Copyright 2023
270 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume addresses the broader aspects of the political and social landscape, human rights violations, accountability and advocacy efforts, and humanitarian challenges faced by the Rohingya from Myanmar. The work brings together different voices of legal, policy, and international affairs experts to construct a framework which addresses the complex and nuanced issues comprising the... Read more

Introduction: The Complex Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis

Manzoor Hasan, Syed Mansoob Murshed and Priya Pillai

Theme 1: The Rohingya Crisis and Myanmar’s Social and Political Landscape

1. Political-Legal Considerations of the Rohingya Refugee Situation: Seeking Accountability, Relief and Solutions

Brian Gorlick

2. The double burden of lives in camps: Stateless Rohingya communities in Bangladesh and their multiple displacements

Sadaf Noor E Islam and Nayanika Mookherjee

Theme 2: Justice and Accountability

3. A Tale of Two International Law Principles: Ensuring Justice and Accountability for the Rohingya 

Quazi Omar Foysal

4. Who speaks for the Rohingya? Ideals and Realities of Intervention before the World Court

Brian McGarry

5. Racialised Denationalisation as Apartheid

Michelle Foster and Jade Roberts

6. Identifying ‘Other Argentinas’: Variables in Considering Universal Jurisdiction Forum States

Jennifer Keene-McCann and Aakash Chandran

7. A "Patchwork Quilt" of Fact-finding and International Accountability in Myanmar

Priya Pillai

Theme 3: Toward Sustainable Solutions: Multi-faceted Engagements for Concrete Action

8. Are you real, seriously? Ethical dilemmas of an online role play on the Rohingya crisis

Helen Hintjens, Md. Mizanur Rahman and Ron Linser 

9. NGO roles in achieving Transitional Justice for crimes against the Rohingya

Tonny Raymond Kirabira and Emma Palmer

10. Re-envisioning the Responsibility to Protect for the Rohingya Context

Ahmed Shafquat Hassan

Biography

Manzoor Hasan is Executive Director at the Centre for Peace and Justice, Brac University, Bangladesh.

Syed Mansoob Murshed is Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Priya Pillai is Head of the Asia Justice Coalition Secretariat.