Court orders Israel to leave Rafah

On 24 May, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to stop its military operations in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. What is the ICJ? The ICJ is the most senior legal court of the United Nations (UN). The UN is an organisation made up of most of the world’s countries and it works to tackle the world’s problems, such as war and climate change. Israel is a member of the UN. One of the ICJ’s roles is to settle legal disagreements between UN members. Part of the United Nations Charter, a document signed by UN member countries that lays out their rights and responsibilities, says that every member has to try to comply with (obey) the ICJ’s rulings. However, the ICJ has no way of forcing a…

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