When three Rohingya survivors entered the International Court of Justice in The Hague earlier this year to give evidence about what had happened to them and their families, something unusual took place. This is the world’s principal court for disputes between states. Its own statute is explicit: only states may be parties before it. Individuals cannot bring cases, however grave the abuses they have suffered. Yet, during the merits hearings in Gambia v. Myanmar, the judges heard directly from Roh
