The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on Friday on South Africa’s demand for further legal action against Israel to prevent genocide against the Palestinians.
The ruling concerns in particular the possible order for the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli army from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
South Africa submitted an urgent request to the International Court of Justice on May 10.
The ruling will be announced by the president of the court, the Lebanese lawyer Nawaf Salam, during a hearing at the Peace Palace in The Hague and will be broadcast via livestream.
South Africa justified its request to the International Court of Justice on the grounds that the Court’s previous measures in connection with the Gaza war were inadequate.
Although the rulings of the highest UN court are binding, the court has no means to enforce compliance. However, it can appeal to the UN Security Council to take action.
Israel has rejected all accusations, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoking the country’s right to self-defense in response to the October 7 attack by Hamas and other groups.
