Australia And Timor-Leste: Refer Myanmar Crisis To International Criminal Court(BANGKOK, January 28, 2026)—The Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste should jointly refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fortify Rights said today. “As we approach the fifth anniversary of the attempted coup in Myanmar, Australia and Timor-Leste should show global leadership for the values of democracy and human rights and the principle of accountability, and translate rhetoric into action by referring Myanmar to the International Criminal Court,” said Benedict Rogers, Senior Director at Fortify Rights. Earlier this week, Fortify Rights exposed how the Myanmar junta is increasingly using paramotors and gyrocopters – low-cost, commercially available aircraft–to attack civilians and civilian infrastructure. Earlier that year, seemingly in response to Timor-Leste’s support for democracy and human rights in Myanmar, the junta expelled the top-ranking Timorese diplomat from the country. “Australia and Timor-Leste both provide leadership, including moral leadership, within ASEAN and the wider Asia-Pacific region in the struggle to defend and promote democracy and human rights,” said Benedict Rogers.