The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun hearing a landmark genocide case filed by The Gambia against Myanmar concerning alleged atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority. The hearings, expected to last three weeks, will examine Myanmar's 2017 military offensive, which led to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh. Myanmar denies the accusations, stating its actions were a counter-terrorism campaign. The case's outcome could set precedents for defining and proving genocide and may influence other international legal proceedings.