Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Kyaw Tint Swe, attends the ruling in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eva Plevier
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - In ordering Myanmar on Thursday to take immediate measures to prevent atrocities against its Muslim Rohingya minority, the International Court of Justice in The Hague was handing down a binding ruling with no possibility of appeal - and no means of enforcement.
It was exercising its power to ordain provisional measures - a restraining order for states - while it takes its time to considering the broader case in which Gambia alleges that Myanmar's military committed genocide against the Rohingya. That ruling could take years.
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