The head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has praised South Africa for bringing Israel’s military campaign against Gaza to the top UN court and said the international community would be responsible for ensuring that Israel complies with any judicial decision.

“South Africa is providing important leadership here. It’s really using this important opportunity,” Al Jazeera quotes Tirana Hassan, executive director of Human Rights Watch, as saying.

“If Israel does not comply with the measures or orders of the court, then it is up to the international community to ensure that they are leveraging whatever pressure that they can to encourage Israel to actually implement the measures.”