9. META AND THE RIGHT TO REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA “Facebook must pay. If they do not, we will go to every court in the world. We will never give up in our struggle.” Showkutara, 22 year-old Rohingya survivor and refugee331 As outlined in Chapter 8, above, Meta contributed to serious adverse human rights impacts suffered by the Rohingya in the context of the 2017 atrocities in Northern Rakhine State. As a result, the company has a responsibility to provide effective remediation to affected Rohingya communities for the rights abuses the communities have suffered. This chapter surveys the efforts of Rohingya communities to seek a remedy from Meta to date. 9.1 IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: ROHINGYA COMMUNITIES DEMAND AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY For the Rohingya survivors of the 2017 atrocities, the great majority of whom still live under conditions of extreme deprivation in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, the pursuit of justice and reparations is both a matter of principle and one of urgent material need. According to the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar continue to face a massive funding shortfall in respect of their humanitarian needs, entailing huge impacts on their livelihoods and human rights. Of a total budget requirement of US$881million, only $117.5million, or 13.3%, has been actually funded in 2022.332 Since 2019, a range of complaints have been brought forward which seek justice and reparations for the 2017 atrocities suffered by the Rohingya. In November 2019, a case was filed by The Gambia against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention).333 In July 2022, the ICJ dismissed 331 Amnesty International interview by video call with Showkutara, 06 April 2022. OCHA Financial Tracking Service, ‘Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugee Crisis Joint Response Plan 2022’, fts.unocha.org/appeals/1082/summary 332 Human Rights Watch, “Developments in Gambia’s Case Against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice”, 14 February 2022, hrw.org/news/2022/02/14/developments-gambias-case-against-myanmar-international-court-justice#whatisthe 333 THE SOCIAL ATROCITY META AND THE RIGHT TO REMEDY FOR THE ROHINGYA Amnesty International 64