On a chilly Wednesday morning in The Hague, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi stood before the United Nations’ highest court to defend her country from charges of genocide. It was a powerful reminder of how far the former human rights’ icon has fallen from grace in the eyes of the West. As Myanmar’s de facto leader, Suu Kyi made an unusual decision to personally lead the defense at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), answering to allegations that Myanmar tried to exterminate the Rohingya, a majority-Muslim ethnic minority from Myanmar’s westernmost state of Rakhine.

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