"Myanmar's government has set up a special unit on "international criminal justice" as it faces a series of lawsuits over its brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in 2017. The unit is designed to strengthen legal expertise and provide opinion to government ministries in relation to international criminal law, according to a statement from the office of State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi. More: Will cases brought against Myanmar deliver justice to the Rohingya? Lawsuit: Aung San Suu Kyi 'committed crimes' against Rohingya Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at UN court The country's de facto leader and Nobel Peace prize winner is heading the country's delegation to the United Nations' top court where it faces accusations of genocide against the Rohingya. The hearings are due to start on December 10. More than 730,000 Rohingya, most of them Muslims, fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following the brutal crackdown by the military, which UN investigators have concluded was carried out with "genocidal intent"..."