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Qatar Wednesday launches an urgent case before the UN's highest court against United Arab Emirates, accusing it of human rights violations after its Gulf neighbours cut all ties with Doha last year. During a three-day hearing at the International Court of Justice, judges will hears arguments by Doha's lawyers, with the UAE to respond on Thursday. Both will talk on Friday. 1ST IMAGES
Images outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top court, ahead of a landmark ruling on allegation of genocide in Gaza -- a case that has sparked global attention. The case was brought by South Africa, which has accused Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention, set up in 1948 as the world reeled from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. IMAGES
The UN's highest court rules that a landmark case filed by the Gambia, accusing Myanmar of genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims, can proceed. International Court of Justice president Joan Donoghue declares the tribunal "finds that it has jurisdiction (...) to entertain the application filed by the Republic of the Gambia". SOUNDBITE
International Court of Justice presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf says the UN's top court has the authority to rule in an urgent case in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. IMAGES
Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
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