With international law at a ‘breaking point’, a tiny country goes after Myanmar’s junta on its own

Just four months ago, Timor Leste formally became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). This week, the tiny country took an unprecedented step: its judicial authorities appointed a prosecutor to examine the Myanmar military s responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It s believed to be the first time an ASEAN state has taken such an action against another member. The case resulted from the persistence of a victims’ group, the Chin Human Rights