ICJ sets late-2024, mid-2025 dates for final statements in South Africa’s Israel genocide case
Today, the ICJ announced dates for South Africa and Israel to offer closing statements.
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VIDEOS: Public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures against Germany submitted by Nicaragua
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua in the case Nicaragua v. Germany on 8 and 9 April 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the Court.
Colombia joins South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ
THE HAGUE, 5 April 2024. Today, Colombia, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
Inside Al-Shifa Hospital after IDF pullout: Total destruction of medical facilities & supplies; zip-tied corpses offer evidence of executions; eyewitnesses say IDF bulldozers buried corpses
Overviews of destruction and eyewitness reports.
ICJ unanimously votes for additional provisional measures to prevent Gaza famine
The ICJ reaffirmed its 26 January provisional orders to Israel, with only the Israeli ad hoc judge and Judge Sebutinde again voting against, and ruled unanimously in favor of South Africa’s 6 March 2024 request for additional provisional measures to stop the famine in Gaza. The court also ordered Israel to not commit any of the crimes of genocide and to report back in one month.
Palestine announces its intention to intervene in South Africa genocide case against Israel at the ICJ
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, representing the State of Palestine, announced on 28 March 2024 its intention to intervene in South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel for violations of the Genocide Convention. Palestine also thanked Belgium and Ireland for also filing interventions, and called on all State Parties who are signatories to the Genocide Convention to do the same.
