2018 September 18 The FFM releases a 444-page report cataloging Myanmar military-led atrocity crimes in Myanmar and calls for the ICC or an international criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute Myanmar security forces for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity against Rohingya, Kachin, Shan, and others. November 13 Under the principle of universal jurisdiction, the Burmese Rohingya Organization U.K. and Latin American human rights groups file a petition in an Argentinian court to open a criminal investigation into Myanmar’s atrocity crimes against Rohingya. The judiciary has subsequently initiated an investigation and the case is currently ongoing at the time of writing. 2021 Following the coup, tens of millions of people in Myanmar join protests and strikes in opposition to junta rule. In its effort to crush the opposition, the junta kills more than 1,500 civilians, detains at least 12,000, disappears untold numbers of people, and forcibly displaces more than 440,000 during the first year of the coup. June 3 NUG announces its commitment to “abolishing” the NVC process. The NUG further commits to ensuring citizenship based “on birth in Myanmar or birth anywhere as a child of Myanmar citizens.” September 6 International Criminal Court (ICC) finds that it has jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The Office of the Prosecutor subsequently initiates an investigation, which is ongoing at the time of writing, into crimes committed by the Myanmar military. 2019 November 11 The Gambia brings a case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging violations of the Genocide Convention. The ICJ subsequently issues legally binding “provisional measures of protection” for Rohingya. This case is currently ongoing at the time of writing. 2020 November 9 The NLD wins re-election in Myanmar’s second democratic election. Rohingya are again denied the right to participate in the election process. February 1 Rejecting the election results, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing launches a military coup and detains State Counsellor Suu Kyi and others, declaring himself the head of the junta’s State Administration Council (SAC) the following day. April 16 The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)—a group of elected Myanmar parliamentarians who evaded arrest during the coup— establishes the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar to serve as the legitimate elected government. 2022 July 17 NUG submits a declaration to the International Criminal Court (ICC) delegating jurisdiction to the Court to address mass-atrocity crimes committed in Myanmar. March 22 The U.S. government concludes that the Myanmar military is responsible for committing genocide against the Rohingya people, marking the eighth time since the Holocaust that the U.S. has recognized a genocide.