Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Of course, there's not an actual enforcement mechanism for this ruling so it's entirely symbolic. UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt Rafah offensive | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM ICJ president says humanitarian situation in Gaza’s southernmost city is now classified as ‘disastrous’ Quote The UN’s top court has ordered Israel to halt its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a landmark ruling that will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. The president of the international court of justice, Nawaf Salam, said the humanitarian situation in Rafah had deteriorated further and was now classified as “disastrous”, meaning the ICJ’s previously issued provisional measures “do not fully address the consequences arising from the change in the situation”. He said the court had voted by a majority of 13 votes to two that “Israel shall, in conformity with its obligations under the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, and in view of the worsening conditions of life faced by civilians in Rafah governorate … immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part”. The order by the ICJ is not enforceable, and Israel has previously said it would brush off an order to stop its operations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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