World Court to rule on request to halt Israel's Rafah offensive on Friday
Rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, are final and binding, but have been ignored in the past. The court has no enforcement powers.
THEN-PRESIDENT of the International Court of Justice, Judge Joan Donoghue, speaks during a hearing in January.(photo credit: PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/REUTERS)ByREUTERS