While some Muslim Heads of States are busy honoring Prime Minister Modi of India with two genocide alerts, His Excellency Abubacarr Tambadou of the Gambia, stood up to Burma for its genocide of Rohingyas. 

By filing a lawsuit in the world’s highest court, The International Court of Justice, he has forced the arc of justice to bend. For a decade he worked on prosecuting the criminals responsible for the genocide in Rwanda.

In a world where 149 countries who signed the Genocide Treaty remained silent, Tambadou took initiative, despite threats of China, to go after Burma. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

He has elevated the status of the Court as a mechanism to stop genocide. Many had given up on the ICJ. He has single-handedly demonstrated the power of international justice mechanisms, sparked hope for justice for the Rohingya, and laid the seeds for long-lasting reconciliation in The Gambia. His work has become a beacon of light for the entire world.

As the first measure of justice for the Rohingya, the Court 

• Recognized Rohingyas as a group meriting protection under the Genocide Convention,
• Ordered Myanmar to meet its legal obligations to protect 600,000 Rohingyas still in Burma.

It has given hope to over three million Rohingya worldwide that they might receive some measure of justice, at a time when they felt the world had ignored their plight.

The UN has recognized sexual violence as a key tactic in the Rohingya genocide — a horrific pattern now mirrored in the hateful rhetoric and threats against Muslim women in India.