Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head a delegation to the United Nations' top court next month to challenge its prosecution of an alleged military-led genocide targeting Rohingya Muslims, her government said on Wednesday.
The announcement by Myanmar's presidential office came in response to a lawsuit against the nation filed by Gambia with the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, the U.N.'s main judicial body based at The Hague, Netherlands. Myanmar's president, Win Myint, holds a largely ceremonial post and is a close associate of Suu Kyi, a former icon of democracy and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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