The International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to take "all measures within its power" to prevent alleged genocide against Rohingya genocide.
The UN's top court has granted a series of emergency steps requested by the largely Muslim African state of The Gambia under the 1948 Genocide Convention.
Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said that Myanmar must "take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts" described by the convention.
"Killing members of the group" and "deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part," were included.
The court, which is based in The Hague, ordered Myanmar to report back within four months, and then every six months after that.
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The accusations refer to a 2017 military crackdown by Myanmar, which resulted in around 740,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh, bringing allegations of widespread rape, arson and mass killings.
