The United Nations Security Council has failed to prevent the Rohingya refugee crisis, and the 15-member body must refer sexual violence and other crimes against the ethnic group to the world’s top criminal court, a Rohingya lawyer said on Monday.
UN officials urge action to prevent sexual violence in conflict; Rohingya lawyer says ‘Security Council failed us’
- 16 April 2018
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